Expand Export Expansion, Bumi Menara Internusa Focuses On HR Investment

JAKARTA - PT Bumi Menara Internusa (BMI) as a food processing company with an export orientation chose to develop Human Resources (HR) as an investment to encourage the company's expansion.

Director of BMI Hetty Diana said the choice to invest in human resources had been made by the company since it was first established. This is also a commitment of the company that now employs tens of thousands of employees.

He said the commitment was not only carried out on the upstream side, but also on the downstream side, namely to capture farmers and cultivation farmers in 8 regions in Indonesia.

"The empowerment of human resources carried out from upstream to downstream is aimed at increasing the capabilities of human resources which are the backbone of the company. We are well aware that this increase in competence requires employees, farmers and farmers as beneficiaries to not only contribute to the company but also to create a sustainable life for each individual," he said in a written statement quoted on Friday, September 29.

According to Diana, BMI also involves third parties in improving the ability of company human resources, namely parties who have expertise in similar fields.

"Since a few years ago, the company has collaborated with WWF-Indonesia to certify the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for vaname shrimp ponds with intensive methods," he said.

Diana explained that the program, which is also carried out by involving the local Fisheries Service, is expected to increase the competitiveness of shrimp commodities in the international market and also to create a sustainable shrimp farming management area as well as strengthen certification or better cultivation management practices.

The program, which is summarized in a large program called Aquaculture Improvement Program (AIP), touches on technical matters such as monitoring water quality in coastal waters to good shrimp cultivation processes according to international standards. The more beneficiaries of this program, the Indonesian marine products processing industry is expected to increase the competitiveness of the global level toll industry," he said.

He added that marine products are one of the great potential marine natural resources and have a large derivative impact. Referring to data from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia's fishery exports in January-June 2023 were recorded at around US$2.8 billion. Based on export value, the commodities that were most exported after shrimp were tuna and crab.

"We hope that what we are trying to do can contribute positively to the Indonesian economy through the performance of import exports, as well as to the welfare of the people involved in every line of the sea products processing industry in Indonesia. This is our encouragement to continue to focus our investment on the human side as players in this industry, "concluded Diana.