Mining, energy companies get awards

Mining, energy companies get awards

Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Twenty-one companies operating in the energy and mineral industry
received awards for their real contribution to community
development (CD) in areas surrounding their operational sites.
The awards were presented on Monday by President Megawati
Soekarnoputri at the State Palace.

Such awards, the Padma Community Development Awards, were the
first to be presented to companies in the industry, as well as
local administrations and local community figures.

"Besides representing government's acknowledgement of the role
of stakeholders in the industry, the awards are also intended to
motivate recipients to improve the implementation of CD
programs," said Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo
Yusgiantoro at the announcement of the award recipients.

For this year, 48 national and foreign companies, 16 local
administrations and five community figures participated in the
selection of award recipients. After passing through a selection
and evaluation process, an appointed assessment team determined
four community figures, five administrations and 21 companies as
winners.

Winners included oil and gas companies BP Indonesia, PT Exspan
Nusantara, PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia and PT Arun NGL Co.;
mining companies PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, PT International
Nickel Indonesia and PT Kaltim Prima Coal; and energy and
electricity companies Unocal Geothermal of Indonesia Limited and
Amoseas Indonesia Inc.

On the same occasion, the ministry also introduced a blueprint
for guidelines on CD programs for companies operating within the
energy and mineral industry.

"So far, companies, in implementing CD programs, simply make
contributions to charities and do not involve stakeholders in
their respective areas," said the minister.

He said that the blueprint offered a new model for carrying
out CD programs, involving local communities and administrations.