Adaro Runs Sustainable Operations, Secures PROPER Gold 2025
PT Adaro Indonesia has successfully received the Company Performance Rating Programme (PROPER) 2025 award from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) with a Gold rating. This award is given as recognition of the company’s commitment to sustainable environmental management.
The award was handed over directly by the Minister of Environment and Forestry/Head of the Environment and Forestry Management Agency, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, during the PROPER Environmental Awards event at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Jakarta, on Tuesday (7/4/2026). Hanif stated that the purpose of PROPER is to appreciate the efforts of business units and company leaders in implementing good environmental governance principles. Companies are required to have complete environmental documents that are reported periodically, including evaluations every six months.
“From there, the company’s compliance level will be assessed, meaning all those documents are prepared and fulfilled properly,” said Hanif on the sidelines of the PROPER Environmental Awards on Tuesday (7/4/2026).
Hanif believes that the PROPER achievement is a source of pride for companies in terms of environmental compliance, while also adding value to the company’s business performance.
“From a business perspective, the PROPER achievement also adds value because it increases investor trust, which ultimately can positively impact the company’s share value,” he explained.
For information, the PROPER award is routinely held as an effort to increase companies’ compliance with environmental regulations. The award is given using several parameters. PROPER is a public disclosure programme for environmental performance assessment.
This programme is complementary and can synergise with other compliance instruments. With this programme, efforts to improve environmental quality can be carried out more efficiently and effectively.
The PROPER assessment criteria are divided into two categories: compliance and criteria beyond what is required by regulations (beyond compliance). The compliance criteria are based on the company’s efforts in fulfilling several aspects, including control of water pollution, maintenance of water sources, control of air pollution, management of hazardous and toxic waste (B3), management of non-B3 waste, management of B3, control of land damage, and waste management. Meanwhile, the beyond compliance criteria are more dynamic as they are adjusted to technological developments, the application of best environmental management practices, and global environmental issues.
Some points in the beyond compliance assessment include the implementation of environmental management systems, energy efficiency efforts, emission reduction efforts, implementation of reduce, reuse, and recycle for B3 waste, water conservation and reduction of pollutant load in wastewater, biodiversity protection, and community development programmes.