The Ministry Of Industry Wants Environmentally Friendly Product Industry Companies To Get Incentives

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) encourages incentives for industrial companies that have produced environmentally friendly products.

Head of the Standardization and Industrial Services Policy Agency (BSKJI) of the Ministry of Industry Andi Rizaldi said that currently the government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is drafting the New Energy Renewable Energy Bill (RUU EBET), which is one of the discussions regarding TKDN incentives.

"One of them may have been Mrs. Director General (New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Eniya Listiani Dewi) conveyed that it was related to TKDN. That may also be an incentive, then we are also thinking if there are industrial companies that have produced environmentally friendly products or according to industry standards. green, then they get priority in procurement," Andi said at the Green Economy Expo 2024: Advancing Technology, Innovation and Circularity at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Central Jakarta, monitored online on Thursday, July 4.

Andi said, currently according to the direction of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) that if there are products that have TKDN plus a weight of 40 percent of the company's benefits, then products with TKDN of 25 percent must be purchased.

He added that this was a provision in the process of procuring government goods and services, including BUMN.

"Well, we are now proposing that we are working with LKPP so that environmentally friendly products also get the same incentives. So, getting priority in terms of procurement, both the government, regional governments and SOEs," he said.

If the EBET Bill has been implemented, said Andi, later there will also be a disincentive provision for industrial companies that are indeed disturbing the environment.

"Of course, at this time there will be disincentives, for example. So, friends at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry have also routinely carried out proper (match) for products that do disturb the environment, so they (the company) are given a blacklist or a black sign. (Including) which is not eligible for banking. For example like that," he added.