Preventing KSS Beach Abrasion, Tata Metal Lestari And Kemenperin Plant 661 Mangroves

JAKARTA - The industrial sector is one of the pillars and drivers of the national economy.

However, in every production process carried out, it will produce industrial emissions in the form of air pollutants and/emission Greenhouse Gas (GHG) which has an impact on air quality and human health.

In order to improve air quality and carry out this commitment to climate control, the Ministry of Industry (Kemepnerin) is currently continuing to develop policy sharing.

One of them is the issuance of Circular Letter of the Minister of Industry number 2 of 2025 concerning Submission of Industrial Emission Data through the National Industrial Information System (SIINAS).

"This Ministerial Circular aims to monitor the emission conditions produced by industrial companies and industrial estate companies in order to maintain air quality, achieve national (NDC) targets, decarbonize the industrial sector, and as industrial preparation steps in dealing with industrial emission reduction policies," explained the Head of the Decarbonization Team, Green Industry Center, Ministry of Industry, Sri Gadis Pari Bekti.

Bekti explained that the application of technology-based information systems such as SSIINAs could provide convenience for the industrial sector to report its emission data in an integrated manner.

In addition, this system is also an important basis in supporting the preparation of more effective data-based policies, such as carbon market policies, the procurement of environmentally friendly goods/services, and the application of Green Industry Standards.

The Ministry of Industry is compiling a roadmap for industrial decarbonization. This roadmap includes realistic assumptions and scenarios to achieve net zero targets, projected low-carbon technology industrial production processes, action plans, regulations, and others that regulate industrial decarbonization," said Bekti.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry has issued regulations to support decarbonization; application of Carbon Economic Value (NEK) in the industrial sector; emission reduction policy; implementation of circular economy; capture and utilization of carbon; and the last is the application of Green Industry Standards (SIH).

On this occasion, Bekti also appreciated PT Tata Metal Lestari's steps in implementing Green Industry Standards according to regulations and playing an active role in helping overcome this environmental problem.

He said that the efforts made by PT Tata Metal were in line with decarbonization regulations which were targeted to be carried out by 4 industrial sub-sectors, one of which was the iron and steel manufacturing industry.

"We really appreciate what PT Tata Metal Lestari has done, what has been conveyed and done has been a link and match with what we are pushing in the regulations," he concluded.

VP of Capital Planning of PT Tatalogam Group Nicolas Bagus Setiabudi said that mangrove planting is part of the company's commitment to supporting the 2025-2045 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap launched by the Indonesian Ministry of Industry and Bappenas last year.

Mangroves were chosen because of their ability to absorb carbon 3-5 times more than mainland tropical forests, as well as protect the coast from abrasion.

Through the planting activities of 661 mangrove stems this time, the company has taken several other concrete steps to support decarbonization.

We have also initiated microalgae-based Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects to reduce up to 40-60 percent of GRK emissions in the production process. And lastly, of course, we also support the development of the circular economy by recycling the steel sheet into high-value products," he concluded.

The selection of the KSS coastal area as a location for mangrove planting is none other than due to the critical condition of land due to tidal flooding that often hit the area and the coastal abrasion which is increasingly worrying every year.

Representatives from the Kampung Bahari Nusantara Farmers Group, Ahmad Marbawi or Bawi, said that currently, of the 111 hectares of forest land in the coastal area of Sukawali, 61 hectares have experienced abrasion.

"Currently we are trying to plant mangroves to prevent the spread of coastal abrasion, which ranges from 5 meters every year," he said.