PT Indorayon aims to gain ISO 14000
PT Indorayon aims to gain ISO 14000
JAKARTA (JP): PT Inti Indorayon Utama, which already has an
ISO 9002 certificate for quality management, is making
preparations to earn a ISO 14000 certificate for environmental
management.
"After getting the ISO 9002, we aim to be qualified for
excellent environmental management through the ISO 14000
certificate," P. Daritan, a director of the company, announced in
a statement yesterday.
Recently, Indorayon, a major producer of pulp and paper in
Porsea, North Sumatra, received the ISO 9002 certificate from SGS
Yarsley International Certification Services which is based in
Britain.
He pointed out that stipulations for the ISO 14000 will only
be announced in the middle of this year. But Indorayon has from
the outset strived to apply such conditions in its business
operations.
Daritan was speaking during a meeting with a team of the House
of Representatives commission on development planning,
population, research and technology who visited Indorayon's
industrial facilities and its waste treatment plant in Porsea
yesterday.
The concept of the ISO 14000 series was first introduced in
Indonesia through the national symposium on Environmental
Management System and Environmental Audit held last month by PT
Redecon, in collaboration with Environmental Impact Management
Agency (Bapedal).
It requires an organization to establish internal rules or
mechanisms to meet its policy and objectives on the management of
their environmental impact associated with their activities,
products or services.
The House commission hailed Indorayon for its serious efforts
in improving its environmental management over the last two
years.
The commission's vice chairman, Muhammad Muas, gave a positive
assessment after he and his team inspected Indorayon's waste
processing installations.
Muas noted that the waste processing facility worth Rp 25
billion (US$10.6 million), which employs the technology of Deep
Tank Air Activated Sludge System, has proven that Indorayon is
committed to coping with environmental issues. (13)