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UNESCAP News Services
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Date 5 April
2006
Press Release No: G/11/CS62/5
62nd Commission Session, 6-12 April 2006
PROMINENT INDONESIAN BUSINESSES TO JOIN
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
JAKARTA, 5 April 2006 – PT. Express Transindo Utama and PT. Metropolitan Retailmart are among over a dozen Indonesian businesses and organizations which will sign on to the UN Global Compact at a special ceremony to be held from 12:15-13:30 hrs on Saturday, 8 April 2006 in the Jakarta Convention Centre as part of the Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2006.
The UN Global Compact, which promotes corporate social responsibility, links business enterprises with UN agencies, labour and civil society. A senior official from the company or organization will commit the enterprise to support 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental performance and anti-corruption. Among the new signatories are:
- PT. Express Transindo Utama: Daniel Podiman, CEO
- PT. Metropolitan Retailmart: Christine Barki, CEO
- PT Smart, Tbk.: Franky Oesman Widjaja, Chairman & CEO
- MarkPlus & Co.: Hendra Warsita, President Director
- IndonesiaMarketing Association: Y.W Junardy, President
- Universitas Bina Nusantara: Prof. Dr. Gerardus Polla, M. App. Sc., Rector
- PT. Datascrip: Joe Kamdani, Chairman
- PT Birotika Semesta/DHL, Rocky Pesik, Director
- PT. Dirgahayu Grup: Drs. I Made Dhama, President Director & General Manager
- SWA Magazine: Kemal Effendi Gani, Editor-in-Chief
- Dunamis Organization Services: Nugroho Supangat, Managing Partner
- Bisnis IndonesiaDaily: Ahmad Djauhar, Editor-in Chief
- Wiloto Corp.: Christovita Wiloto, CEO
- PT. Cedefindo Markus Handiwidjaya, President Director
These new global compact signatories, together with the incumbent Indonesian signatories of the global compact, championed by Martha Tilaar Group, will form the Indonesian Network of the Global Compact Participants. The network is expected to serve as a forum for participants to among others, share their experience in practising the 10 principles.
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