PII Committed To Support Sustainable Infrastructure Development

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - PT Penjamin Infrastruktur Indonesia (PII) is committed to supporting sustainable infrastructure development, especially in the context of equitable development in Indonesia, which is still a challenge in line with the economic recovery after COVID-19.

One way to answer these challenges is to support innovative financing not only for large infrastructure projects but also for small-scale projects in the regions at the district level, which have been realized in Madiun Regency with the Government Cooperation with Business Entities (KPBU) project for Road Information Equipment (APJ).

This small-scale APBJ project is a form of PT PII's commitment to supporting sustainable finance, where this project meets the aspects of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) with the green energy it carries.

"With this successful story, PT PII has invited the city government and other districts to participate in implementing the construction of other small projects under the KPBU scheme," said PT PII (Persero) President Director, M. Wahid Sutopo in a written statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, May 8.

This was conveyed when he participated in the Rountable Discussion activity with the theme Breaking barriers - Scaling the sustainable finance agenda in Asia-Pacific organized by The Assets on May 5, 2023 in Incheon, South Korea.

This activity is a series of The 56th Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) which will be held from May 2 to 5, 2023 in the same city.

Sutopo said, according to his mandate as the Ministry of Finance's Special Mission Vehicle (SMV), PT PII continues to strive to help local governments, the private sector, investors/lenders and relevant stakeholders in developing capacity to the regulatory approach to continue implementing the small-scale PPP.

In addition, Sutopo also said that the potential and opportunity for cooperation from green financing in Indonesia is very large, so PT PII is committed to continuing to increase understanding through various capacity development programs to attract potential investors to invest in accelerating infrastructure development in Indonesia.

In order to support sustainable finance, PT PII always ensures that every project that will be supported can meet the principles of sustainability, which has an indicator from the ESG side that needs to be fulfilled by a project to assist the guarantee carried out.

"By paying attention to the fulfillment of the ESG criteria from the start, it is hoped that it will attract investors more and more easily and cheaply in obtaining financing," he added.

In addition to participating in the discussion agenda, in the series of The 56th Annual Meeting of ADB, the President Director of PT PII also held several meetings with stakeholders, one of which was with the Indonesian ADB, where ADB, which has played an active role in supporting financing in various infrastructure projects, to discuss various potentials in the future, especially to support infrastructure projects in accordance with sustainability principles.

This activity is a forum for discussions on the economy in Asia-Pacific, which in the last 3 years has felt the heaviest impact of a global health emergency after the pandemic and is rising by conducting effective cooperation between the government and the private sector to design economic recovery to restore the title of the region as the region with the fastest development growth in the world.