Telkom Wins Lestari Award 2026 for Commitment to Sustainable Talent Development
PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) has won the 2026 Lestari Award in the Talent Management category through its People Development Plan initiative, themed Building Future-Ready Digital Leaders Across TelkomGroup. The award was presented directly by the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, in recognition of Telkom’s commitment to building an integrated talent development ecosystem to prepare future digital leaders whilst supporting sustainable business transformation.
The Lestari Award recognises the implementation of innovative and impactful Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, whilst encouraging collaboration between the business community, government, academics, and society to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year’s edition covered 14 categories, judged by 12 independent jurors from government, academia, practitioners, non-governmental organisations, and sustainability professionals using a multi-layered scoring system.
The People Development Plan is TelkomGroup’s talent development strategy designed to strengthen human resource capabilities in facing the dynamics of the digital industry. Through a learning ecosystem structured around business needs, the programme encompasses competency development, coaching and mentoring, experiential learning, research and innovation, the use of digital learning platforms, and assessments to ensure talent readiness for future challenges.
In a separate occasion, Telkom’s Human Capital Management Director, Willy Saelan, said: “Building an organisation that is ready for the future begins with ensuring that every member of TelkomGroup has room to keep learning, growing, and playing a role in creating impact for the business. That is the direction we are realising through the People Development Plan.”
The People Development Plan (PDP) was designed by the Talent Management Policy unit and operationalised through collaboration with the Telkom Corporate University Center (TCUC) and Assessment Corporate University (ACI), focusing on various strategic business domains of TelkomGroup, from Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) services to digital infrastructure and leadership capability strengthening. This approach ensures every individual has competencies relevant to current business needs and is ready to support the company’s transformation in the future.