Big int'l firms get poor marks for environment management
Big int'l firms get poor marks for environment management
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
A number of multinational firms including domestic subsidiaries
of oil and gas firms and pharmaceutical firms got red labels for
poor performance in environmental management, the government
announced on Monday.
A 2004-2005 environmental audit conducted on 466 selected
firms showed that 150 of them were given the red mark and 72 got
black for not doing enough in terms of environmental management.
As of late Monday The Jakarta Post was unable to contact the
firms listed below.
State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar said there
were 14 firms that got black twice and the government would give
them one month to improve.
"If they failed to improve or show goodwill to, my office will
take them to court in civil or criminal suits based on damages
they have inflicted on the environment," he told The Jakarta
Post.
The Company Environmental Management Assessment Program
(PROPER) was first started in 1995 before the government
suspended it in 1997, citing economic and political constraints.
The program was resumed in 2002.
PROPER has a color-coded system in declining order for
companies -- gold, green, blue, red and black -- with gold
indicating exemplary environmental performance and black
substandard performance.
However, none of the companies audited this year received a
gold mark for satisfactory performance.
The assessment is based on at least 50 criteria, including
control of liquid waste, air pollution and hazardous waste,
implementation of environmental impact analysis, management of
resources and environment and public involvement.
The more criteria a company fulfills, the higher its rating.
The audit, conducted between January 2004 and May 2005,
revealed that 23 firms were given the green label and 221 the
blue label.
Rachmat said the "red firms" were deemed not to have brought
harm to the environment yet, but were poor in environmental
management.
"There are no sanctions against firms. But if any investors or
potential shareholders asked, I will have to mention that," he
said, adding that announcing the names of the firms should
encourage them to work harder on promoting good environmental
management policies.
According to the minister, his office had maintained close
contact with the companies and therefore, most of them would not
be surprised by these latest results.
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PROPER rating 2004-2005 (selected*)
Gold label
None
Green label
PT. Chandra Asri Chemical Banten
PT. Tripolyta Chemical Banten
PT. Astra Daihatsu Motor Automotive Jakarta
PT. Toyota Motor Manufacture Automotive Jakarta
PT. Pertamina (Persero) A.Gt. Kamojang Oil&gas West Java
Chevron Texaco Energy Indonesia Oil&gas West Java
Unocal Geothermal Indonesia Oil&gas West Java
PT. Unilever Indonesia Cons.Goods West/East Java
PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Cement West Java
PT. Matsushita Gobel Battery Indonesia Dry Battery West Java
PT. Jawa Power Energy East Java
PT. Medco Methanol Bunyu Chemical East Kalimantan
PT. Newmont Nusa Tenggara Mining West Nusa
Tenggara
Blue label
Exxon Mobil Oil Oil&gas Aceh
PT. London Sumatra Indonesia Sawit North Sumatra
PT. Semen Padang Cement West Sumatra
PT. Caltex Pacific Indonesia - Bekasap Oil&gas Riau
PT. Medco E&P Ind.- Lirik Op (Kampar) Oil&gas Riau
PT. Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Riau Pulp & paper Riau
Premier Oil Natuna Sea Oil&gas Riau Islands
PT. LG Elektronik Electronics Banten
PT. Krakatau Steel Stell mill Banten
PT. DOW Chemical Chemical Banten
Red label
PT. Pertamina (P.) UP I Oil&gas North Sumatra
PT. Goodyear Sumatera Plant Rubber North Sumatra
PT. Caltex Pacific Indonesia - Duri Oil&gas Riau
Conocophillips (Grissik) oil ops Oil&gas South Sumatra
PT. Semen Baturaja Cement South Sumatra
PT. Bayer Indonesia Pharmaceutical Jakarta
PT. Pfizer Indonesia Pharmaceutical Jakarta
PT. Adaro Indonesia Mining South Kalimantan
Total E&P Indonesie - BSP Oil&gas East Kalimantan
Unocal Indonesia - Santan Oil&gas East Kalimantan
PT. International Nickel Indonesia Mining South Sulawesi
Black label
PT. Bakrie SP (Sei Baleh) Rubber North Sumatra
PT. Dover Chemical Chemical Banten
PT. Dan Motor Vespa Automotive Jakarta
PT. RNI (PG. Tersana Baru) Sugar West Java
PT. Hyundai International Development Industrial Zone West Java
PT. Indonesia Ashahi Kasei (Indaci) Textile West Java
PT. Kertas Basuki Rachmat Pulp & paper East Java
PT. BHSTEX Textile East Java
*Note: Complete list can be seen in the Office of State Minister
of the Environment
Source: www.menlh.go.id