Semen Baturaja (SMBR) Secures Green PROPER Award as 2025 Profits Surge 33 Percent
JAKARTA — The state-owned cement issuer, PT Semen Baturaja (Persero) Tbk, is beginning to integrate business strategy with environmental sustainability amid increasingly tight competition in the cement industry. This is reflected in the achievement of the Green PROPER award from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) at a time when the company’s profit is growing by double digits throughout 2025.
The Green PROPER award is given to companies assessed as exceeding environmental compliance standards or beyond compliance, including in environmental management innovation and community empowerment.
SMBR President Director Suherman Yahya stated that this achievement is proof that sustainability-based transformation is starting to become part of the company’s business strategy.
“The achievement of the Green PROPER is motivation for us to continue improving environmental performance while providing added value for the community and stakeholders,” Suherman said in an official statement on Wednesday (6/5/2026).
“SMBR is committed to continuing to deliver innovations that support energy efficiency, carbon emission reduction, and responsible resource management,” he added.
In the PROPER assessment period, SMBR implemented several programmes, ranging from optimisation of alternative energy, production process efficiency, to strengthening corporate social and environmental responsibility (TJSL) programmes in the areas around the company’s operational regions.
These steps are also part of operational transformation based on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, in line with increasing investor attention to sustainable business practices.
On the other hand, strengthening environmental aspects has run in tandem with improvements in the company’s financial performance. SMBR recorded a net profit of Rp 171.92 billion throughout 2025, up 33 percent from Rp 129.25 billion in 2024.
The company’s revenue also grew 12.9 percent to Rp 2.36 trillion from previously Rp 2.09 trillion. This performance was supported by an increase in sales volume and optimisation of distribution in the company’s main markets.
SMBR also recorded a 32.9 percent decrease in financial expenses to Rp 52.93 billion, from Rp 78.85 billion in the previous year. The decline was driven by debt management strategies and more efficient financing costs.
On the balance sheet side, the company’s total equity increased to Rp 3.41 trillion, up 4.6 percent compared to 2024 at Rp 3.26 trillion. Meanwhile, total liabilities fell 17.8 percent to Rp 1.36 trillion from Rp 1.63 trillion.
This financial structure improvement is considered to make the company’s debt ratio healthier, while strengthening SMBR’s ability to maintain business sustainability amid national cement industry challenges.