PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Kamojang Area received the Platinum Award for the Novelty Program category at the E2S Proving League 2022 for the "Sinyal Kita" Program.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, internet access is a basic need both for school and work. The "Signal Kita" program emerged from the poor internet access conditions in the Kamojang Area.
“We are developing a Green Living Ecosystem. To get free access to “Signal Kita”, people must exchange it with garbage. First, they must save their garbage to be exchanged later with internet access,” said Yanuaris Dwi Cahyono, Acting General Manager of PGE Kamojang Area.
According to Yanuaris, PGE Kamojang Area focuses on developing environmentally friendly technology. Besides garbage, a total of 1,000 seeds have been planted in conversion to 16,800 hours of internet. Systemic changes happen. "Previously Kamojang Area had limited internet access, but with the conversion of tree planting and garbage exchange, internet access now becomes easier," he said.
Cepi Nugraha, a foster partner of PGE Kamojang Area, felt happy and proud participating in the E2S Proving League 2022 activity because he could contribute to create a good image for PGE. “I would like to affirm that everything that starts well will end well too. Allhamdulillah, praise to God, our network connectivity opens the window to the world,” said Cepi.
PGE Kamojang was one of 22 candidates and recipients of GOLD PROPER 2020-2021in the Energy and Mineral Resources sector who participated in the E2S Proving League 2022 entitled "CSR Collaboration: Building Community Resilience and Local Livelihoods Generation" held on Saturday -Sunday, July 23-24, 2022.
There were eight categories in the E2S Proving League 2022: the Novelty Program; Local Hero Achievement; CSR/CID Manager Performance; Social Innovation Program; Education and Livelihood Skills; Impact on Environment Program; Sustainability Program; and Creating Shared Value (CSV) Program. These categories were then classified into three types of awards, namely Platinum, Gold and Silver.
Besides PGE Kamojang Area, PGE Ulubelu Area also received a Gold award for the Local Hero Achievement Category which was obtained by Kukuh Dwi Prasetia with the Ngopi Doeloe Program.
The Chairperson of the E2S Proving League 2022 Jury, Risna Resnawaty, a CSR expert from Padjadjaran University, said that the CSR programs included in the Proving League 2022 were very special and had a tremendous impact on the community around the company's operational areas.
"Each program has its own excellence, uniqueness, and characteristics based on needs and problem solving that arise in the community," said Risna in the Sharing Session and Announcement of the Winners of the E2S Proving League 2022 on Friday, July 29, 2022.
Risna said that compared to the previous year, this year's programs were more varied and had more innovations. One important factor that needed to be considered was the community's independence, especially after the program had been completed.
The local communities had been trained to analyze problems, but they still needed training to improve networking skills, utilize the source system and analyze both successes and things that still need to be improved in the program.
"Some companies have actively collaborated with various partners and successfully contributed to solving global problems," said Risna.
According to her, CSR was essentially a benefit to the community, but this good thing needed to be packaged and published to the public to encourage many other companies to do good.
"Congratulations to all participants. Please continue to be enthusiastic about building a strong Indonesian society through genuine and innovative CSR programs," said Risna.
Komaidi Notonegoro, Executive Director of the ReforMiner Institute, a member of the jury, said that overall the programs that had been carried out were very good. Therefore, communication and sharing of these activities to the public on a large scale was important to be done. The companies also needed to improve communication and coordination with policy makers in the companies’ operational areas.
"With massive publication through a number of instruments and increased coordination with stakeholders in policy makers, the potential positive dispersal that has been created and implanted by the companies will be able to spread and be duplicated by all levels of society," said Komaidi.
Lili Hermawan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Dunia Energi, who is the jury for media representatives, said that it was necessary to improve the aspect of the relationship between CSR programs and business activities/company operations (CSV).
"Especially when the program is approaching the exit strategy phase because this aspect is one that determines the sustainability of the program," said Lili. (**)
