Build Competitive And Adaptive Human Resources, INALUM Holds ICLF 2025

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JAKARTA - PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum (INALM) presents INALUM Culture & Learning Festival (ICLF) as a company's effort to improve the quality of human resources. This is AN INALM commitment in carrying out the 2030 Sustainability Development Goals and the Idea of Asta Cita Indonesia. The activity that took place during this week (1 - 5 December 2025) presents the theme Forging a Culture of Growth, Ownership, and Sustainability to Lap Forward with three classes, namely Sustainability, Ownership, and Growth.

Director of Strategic Support & Human Capital INALUM Benny Wiwoho said that ICLF is the company's step in fostering a sense of desire to learn and grow from every INALUM human being. This is needed by the company to provide a competitive, agile, and innovative industrial ecosystem.

"INALM as the face of the integrated aluminum industry in Indonesia requires INALM personnel who are ready and responsive in dealing with the dynamics of the company and the national aluminum industry ecosystem. Therefore, this ICLF is made every year, we consider that competitive, agile and ready-to-develop INTALUM personnel will be able to be more competitive, innovative, and agile," said Benny.

ICLF is an annual program of the Strategic Support & Human Capital Directorate that has been running for three years, and this year carries the theme Forging a Culture of Growth, Ownership, and Sustainability to Lap Forward as a form of INALM commitment in building a work culture that encourages sustainable growth, a sense of ownership, and concern for sustainability through various learning programs, training, and discussion forums to improve competence and readiness for INALM people to face the challenges of the aluminum industry.

Since it was first held, ICLF has become a forum for cross-generational learning and function by presenting internal and external resource persons, as well as means of conveying achievements and strategic directions of the company, so as to strengthen the value, culture of learning, and spirit of collaboration towards one common vision.

In 2025, the ICLF was held in 36 sessions with 41 speakers, with the number of participants reaching 2,951 participants, this figure increased 21.2 percent compared to 2024. This shows that interest in the ICLF program continues to increase significantly from year to year.

INALUM believes that the implementation of the ICLF has a real impact on improving the quality of INALUM's human resources. This is reflected in the acceleration of the transformation and strengthening of the company's performance throughout the 2023 '2025 period. In 2023, this program will encourage the transformation of Operational Excellence as well as the development of sustainable human resources that contribute to increased production in the 2023' 2024 period.

Furthermore, in 2025 there will be a surge in innovation through the Technology Innovation Seminar (TIS) which recorded an increase of up to 12 times compared to the previous period, as well as the realization of various strategic milestones such as the operation of the SGAR 1 Alumina Purification Factory.

This achievement is a strong foundation for the next expansion, including the plan to develop SGAR 2 capacity in 2028 as well as the construction of Smelter 2 in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, and Potline 4 in Smelter Kuala Tanjung, in 2029. All of these progresses emphasize the role of ICLF as driving the strengthening of human resource capabilities, accelerating innovation, and increasing the company's long-term competitiveness.