Education has also remained the highest priority for the CSR programs, as it is deemed the foundation for sustainable community development. In 2020, the allocated funds for education including salaries and honorariums for teachers were 85.16% of the total funds, equalling to IDR 5,246,991,249.

By the end of 2020, PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk has developed five educational foundations in its Business Units: 

• Jambi 1: Putri Ayu Educational Foundation, Tungkal Ulu Regency; 

• Jambi 2: Nusa Cerdas Pertiwi Bakrie Foundation, Muaro Jambi Regency; 

• Sumbar: Bakrie Pasaman Plantations Educational Foundation, West Pasaman Regency; 

• Lampung: Bina Desa Educational Foundation, Tulang Bawang Regency; 

• Sumut 2: Grahadura Leidongprima Private Elementary School Foundation.

Schools managed through these education foundations had shown high performance and become preferred schools. Our Company has developed SD Bakrie Utama Sungai Aur - an elementary school located in Sungai Aur District - West Pasaman (within the Plantation compound of the Sumbar/BPP Business Unit) as an Adiwiyata School (environment-based curriculum).

In the efforts to maintain and enhance the quality of education at schools within the localities of its business units, Our Company also conducts award programs for teachers with outstanding performance, as well as rehabilitation and development projects of educational and support facilities.

In 2020, Our Company collaborated with the Bakrie Amanah Foundation to provide scholarships to through the Cerdas Untuk Negeri (Smart for the Nation) program.

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk conducts activities related to the efforts to improve public health quality; beginning in 1914 with the construction of a hospital in Kisaran, which is now named Kartini General Hospital; continued with the development of clinics serving the local community in each business areas and units, and the empowerment of Integrated Healthcare Service Centers (Pos PelayananTerpadu – Posyandu) to maintain the health of the locals, including infants. 

In the efforts to avoid the spread of virus related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Our Company in cooperation with the Setiabudi Healtcare Center in Jakarta conducted educational socialization programs to enhance public awareness on the danger of Covid-19 virus. Through the Jambi 1 Business Units, Our Company also distributed cloth masks, as well as water gallons and hand wash liquids to four villages nearby the operational areas; and provided personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hazmat suit, surgical gown and N95 masks for medical officials of the Pijoan Baru Healthcare Center. Through the local Covid-19 Task Force Command Posts, Our Company also provided assistance in the form of 1.2 tons of rice. 

In Feruary 2020, Our Company conducted blood donation programs in cooperation with the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and the Bakrie Amanah Foundation, open for all employees. In addition to the blood donation, the employees can also take simple metabolic tests, e.g. non-fasting blood sugar test, blood pressure, total cholesterol, haemoglobin level, body weight and uric acid level. Through 2020 work program of the Sumbar (BPP) Business Unit, Our Company provided assistance for the sanitation programs of local communities as well as assistance for officers of local integrated services centers

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk helps foster the spiritual development of the employees and the community, with the aim of enhancing the quality and moral values of the society

Religious activities conducted by our Company though its business units covered the provision of lebaran packages for the locals in the estate areas, the provision of religious books, financial assistance for religious events - both during the Ramadan month and Christmas, donations for religious facilities as well as the provision of building materials for the rehabilitation and construction of religious buildings in the operational sites, as well as the organization of the Islamic Art Week for children as the means to maintain and strengthen relations between the community and our Company’s employees and management.

In line with the Covid-19 Pandemic, the annual Tali Asih program funds in 2020 was converted into food resilience program ahead of the Idul Fitri celebrations, in cooperation with the Bakrie Amanah Foundation, providing assistance to 1,000 people in several locations in Jabodetabek, covering those loosing their job during the pandemic period, the poor and the elderly.

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk develops the local economy through nonoperational activities including the mentoring of cooperative unions and the development of small-tomedium scale enterprises (SMEs); as well as through activities associated with the company’s core businesses, including core-plasma farmer partnership program, training of plasma and non-plasma oil palm farmers, provision of palm and rubber seeds, free supply of empty bunches, plantation-related technical trainings, as well as comparative study program on palm seeds production.

SMEs Development 

In the Sumbar Business Unit, Your Company has developed 2 groups of cow breeders which have shown significant growth since 2008. The Cow Breeding Center program has also been one of the community development programs conducted by our Company in the Bengkulu Business Unit since 2007; involving 30 public farms in 2 groups in Pelita Village – North Bengkulu as an assisted village. 

Until the year 2020, our Company has developed 23 public cooperative unions, including eight employee cooperative unions, considering that our Company employees are part of the CSR program stakeholders, and along with their families have equal opportunities to be the target of the empowerment activities.

Core-Plasma Partnership Program 

The Core-Plasma scheme is a partnership program involving core-plasma farmers; providing capital loans, training of professional plantation procedures complying to the corporate standards, as well as the purchase of agricultural yields at market prices. Our Company develops 2 forms of plasma partnership scheme, which are the Perkebunan Inti Rakyat Transmigrasi (PIR-Trans) scheme for transmigrants and the Kredit Koperasi Primer Anggota (KKPA) scheme for local settlers; both are associated in cooperative unions to ensure the effectiveness of the development programs.

The development of plasma farmers groups in the Sumbar Business Unit has brought the Suka Maju farmers group to become a well respected farmers group as a role model for palm farmers in the areas close to our Company operational site; and is expected to develop a farming school specializing in oil palm in the future as a form of awareness on regional advancement.

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk provides adequate attention to the youth within its operational areas, by giving a full support to their efforts to sportively enhance performance. A number of activities have been regularly held, ranging from sports tournaments, external tournament coaching sessions to youth activities supports and the development of sports facilities. 

In 2020, Our Company continued the development of the karang taruna youth group / youth programs in the areas nearby the estate of the Sumbar Unit, as well as the development of the Bakrie Asahan Football School of the Sumut 1 Unit, aside from providing financial assistance for several sports competitions or tournaments in the local areas, as well as for the purchase of sports equipment for the young community / karang taruna youth group.

Bakrie Asahan Football School 

The Bakrie Asahan Football School (SSB Bakrie Asahan), which was established at a location nearby the Bunut and Kisaran plants of the Sumut 1 Business Unit, is a prime CSR program of Your Company for the Youth Development sector. The students of this school are local residents and are trained to develop their talents.

Scout Movement Group 007-008 

Our Company views the Scout Movement as a beneficial activity for the development of the disciplinary and selfreliance of the youth, and also to facilitate other positive activities towards the enhancement of social values and environmental awareness.

Therefore Our Company has developed the Scout Movement at the Penggalang Scouts level for those aged between 11-17 years, through Scout Group 007-008 at the Sumut 1 rubber plant area in Asahan. The majority (75%) of the members are children of employees, 25% are children of residents around the plantation and factory. The scout masters consist of a balanced proportion between Your Company’s employees and local primary school teachers.

The environmentally-related community development activities conducted by Our Company included the management of conservation forests and the synergy of activities with the JTSLP forum of the West Sumatra Province in the Sumbar (BPP) Business Unit, social project on environmental cleaning program (including the cleaning of the Heroes Cemetery Monument in te Lampung Business Unit), as well as the provision of garbage drums for the Environmental Office of the Pesisir Selatan Regency in te Sumbar (CCI) Business Unit.

in 2020, Our Company continued the support for environmental conservation which had been conducted since 2019 in waste paper recycling in collaboration with a designated paper recycling company, of which the total coverage since the beginning of the program in 2019 equalled to the saving of 441 trees.

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk regularly conducts repair and enhancement works for the infrastructure, especially road and bridge construction (in 2020 covering the Sumut 2, Lampung, Jambi 2 and Sumbar Business Units), river normalization, as well as green park development in the operational sites. In 2020 our Company also provided assistance for the rehabilitation of the function hall of the Military Post 415-06/Pijoan.

Improvements of the infrastructure quality lead to costs saving, foster positive impacts to our Company’s business activities and will enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life of the locals

PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk is committed to allocate of the annual budget for social investments in disaster response.

In relation to the floodings which hit the Greater Jakarta area in the beginning of 2020, Our Company has allocated the disaster response funds as financial assistance as well as provided canned beef rendang food for a number of affected areas, as well as assistance for the infrastucture and post-flood equipment. Such moves were also conducted through the Sumut 1 and Sumut 2 Business Units for the locally affected areas.

In 2020 PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations tbk also allocated the regular funds for donations and publication amounting to IDR 434,732,500. The allocation was made among others through te operational funds of the Bakrie Untuk Negeri Management Board. 

During the year 2020, Our Company has been actively involved in providing donations for the development of local areas, as well as for participations in various activities proposed by the local communities in the areas close to the plants and estates (including in the Sumut 2, Kalsel, Jambi 2 and Sumbar CCI Business Units); as well as donations for the synergy of CSR activities with local Regional Government in the Sumbar BPP Unit.