Supporting Government to Reduce Emissions, Pertamina Cooperates with ExxonMobil to Develop Low Carbon Technology
JAKARTA, Nov 2, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – In line with President Joko Widodo’s direction to transform businesses towards a green economy, Pertamina is pursuing the Government’s target of reducing 29% Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 with its own efforts and 41% with international assistance. President Director of Pertamina, Nicke Widyawati, and President of ExxonMobil Indonesia, Irtiza H. Sayyed, signed a MoU witnessed by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, and Deputy Minister SOE, Pahala N. Mansury, and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif. With that spirit, the Ministry of SOEs has also introduced a sustainable policy, namely “Eco Lifestyle,” The policy aims to create a better place for the future generation of Indonesia through green energy initiatives. To support this step, the Ministry of SOEs encourages Pertamina to collaborate with various parties. It includes global companies in the development of Carbon Capture and Utilization and Storage/CCUS technology. “This CCUS collaboration...
Record number of students and graduates receive Sinda awards
SINGAPORE - Close to 750 students and university graduates received the Sinda Excellence Awards on Saturday (Sept 11), the largest cohort of recipients in the award's 30-year run. The self-help group's awards are given to those who have done well in their academic studies, or sports and art endeavours. The recipients on Saturday included pupils who received good results in the Primary School Leaving Examination, and university graduates with bachelor's degrees. The awardees received between $150 and $500. Held annually since 1992, the awards have honoured more than 8,000 students over the years. More students this year qualified for the awards across various categories. For instance, there were 123 PSLE recipients this year, the largest number in five years. Speaking at the hybrid award ceremony on Saturday, Second Minister for Finance and National Development Indranee Rajah said that the Indian community's academic performance "is on a very positive, upward trend". She cited the recently released population census, which reported that 67.4 per cent of Singaporean Indians hold a diploma, degree or other post-secondary qualifications, up from 59.3 per cent a decade ago. Congratulati...