JAKARTA - PT Satyamitra Kemas Lestari Tbk (“SMKL”), a Company engaged in the production of packaging from cardboard or brown paper, continues to strengthen its sustainability business by planning to install solar panels to achieve the zero-emission target. The move demonstrates that SMKL is ready to welcome the carbon tax era in April 2022. The plan to install solar panels is expected to save electricity costs by 5-8%.
Herryanto Setiono Hidayat as Direktur Marketing SMKL, said, “SMKL as a total integrated packaging solution need to also focus on sustainable business. One of our attempt is will install solar panels to reduce carbon emissions. This is also an effort of SMKL in supporting the Government’s program with the implementation of a carbon tax this year. It is expected that this effort will continue to strengthen the SMKL sustainability business.”
Solar panels are a clean and environmentally friendly energy source by utilizing solar energy. Where in addition to reducing carbon emissions, this solar panel can also save electricity cost. It is planned that these solar panels will be installed in their factories in Balaraja. On the other hand, this year SMKL also plans to replace the boiler engine that uses coal with gas. In addition to welcoming the era of carbon taxes, this sustainability business effort are also in line with the global Paris Agreement concerning climate resilience and low emission development.
In the future, SMKL will continue to strengthen the sustainability of its business by supporting zero emission and improve the performance of SMKL. In 2022, it is expected that SMKL can achieve the performance growth target of 15%. “Our effort to achieve this target is to provide total integrated packaging solutions with logistics. SMKL in addition to providing packaging, also has logistics and warehouse solutions. Along with this, SMKL also continues to improve its sustainability business with plans to install solar panels and various other sustainability principles,” concluded Herryanto. (LM)