Long-Term Business Benefits Inspire Forest Concessionaires to Go Green

TFF Southeast Asia is Working with the Borneo Initiative to Assist Six Companies Working Towards Sustainable Forestry

 January 25, 2010

 Six timber concessionaires in Indonesia's Kalimantan are making a push for green certification, a move they say will not only help preserve the nation’s forests but also ensure their companies survive as viable long-term organizations. 

“We don’t want to be a short-lived company looking for a quick profit,” Bambang Poerwanto, production director of PT Roda MasTimber Kalimantan, said recently. “The main benefit for getting certified as green is the long-term survival of our companies.”   more...