Pematangsiantar, 29th August 2024 – Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) business units are currently preparing a range of activities to mark RGE Founder’s Day 2024. Among these is a mass health check-up organised by the Asian Agri and Tanoto Foundation in collaboration with the Pematangsiantar City Government, held on Thursday, 29th August 2024, at Balai Bolon, H. Adam Malik Field, Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra.
In her opening remarks, Pematangsiantar Mayor, Susanti Dewayani, expressed her highest appreciation to Tanoto Foundation and Asian Agri for their active participation and contribution in efforts to reduce the number of communicable, non-communicable, and infectious diseases in the city of Pematangsiantar.
“I hope this initiative can be carried out continuously, so that healthcare services become more accessible, enabling the people of Pematangsiantar to achieve a healthier, more prosperous, and higher-quality life. Collaboration and synergy among community components are critical to the success of the Healthy Living Community Movement (Germas) in Pematangsiantar.”
The goal of the Healthy Living Community Movement is to reduce key risk factors for communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal mortality, infant mortality, and stunting, whether caused by biological, behavioural, or environmental factors.
Herman Sembiring, Regional Head of Asian Agri North Sumatra, explained, “This health check-up activity is part of the 57th-anniversary celebration of our parent company, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, or RGE Founder’s Day. During this commemoration, we conduct various social initiatives for the communities surrounding our company. This aligns with RGE’s vision and our company’s philosophy that a company’s presence must benefit the community, or ‘good for the community.’”
The Head of the Pematangsiantar City Health Office, Irma Suryani, stated that approximately 500 beneficiaries attended the health check-up.
“As part of the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Screening Implementation, the Pematangsiantar City Health Office conducted early detection of mental health, measurements of body weight, height, waist circumference, and blood pressure, interviews regarding non-communicable diseases within individuals and their families, blood sugar level testing, as well as health and tuberculosis (TB) education.”
During the event, Felly Ardan, Project Management Coordinator at Tanoto Foundation, stated, “Since 2018, Tanoto Foundation has been present in Pematangsiantar city through the PINTAR (Pengembangan Inovasi untuk Kualitas Pembelajaran) program. This time, we are participating in supporting the government’s priority program to reduce stunting rates and carry out social initiatives. This health check-up event is a tangible expression of our commitment to contributing to the community. We hope that through this activity, people will become more aware of their own and their family’s health.”
This mass health check-up by the Asian Agri and Tanoto Foundation is not the first of its kind. Similar activities have been routinely conducted in several cities, such as Medan and Pelalawan in Riau.
In addition to the health check-up, Asian Agri will conduct several other activities across its operational areas to celebrate RGE Founder’s Day 2024, including fruit tree planting, river clean-up initiatives, and school education programs to prevent forest and land fires in North Sumatra, Riau, and Jambi, as well as a beach clean-up in Jakarta.
About Asian Agri
Asian Agri is one of Indonesia’s leading national private companies producing crude palm oil (CPO) since 1979. To date, Asian Agri manages 100,000 hectares of oil palm plantations and employs over 20,000 people.
As a pioneer of the Indonesian Government’s Smallholder Transmigration Core Plantation Program (PIR-Trans), Asian Agri has partnered with 30,000 plasma smallholders in Riau and Jambi who manage 60,000 hectares of oil palm plantations. Additionally, the company fosters partnerships with independent smallholders to bring positive impacts on their welfare and economic improvement.
By implementing a zero-burning policy and sustainable plantation management practices, Asian Agri helps smallholders increase productivity, crop yields, supply chain traceability and supports them in obtaining certifications. Asian Agri’s factories utilize state-of-the-art technology harnessing self-generated green energy to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
All business units under the umbrella of Asian Agri have obtained ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) certification. Currently, Asian Agri’s core plantations in North Sumatra, Riau, and Jambi provinces, as well as plasma smallholders plantations in Riau and Jambi provinces, are 100% RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified. Simultaneously, ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) has been achieved for all plantations owned by Asian Agri and its partner farmers.
Asian Agri’s success as one of the leading CPO producers has been internationally recognized with ISO 14001 certification for all its operations. The Learning Institute in Pelalawan, Riau, and the seedling center in Kampar, Riau, are also ISO 9001 certified. Furthermore, Asian Agri’s research and development center in Tebing Tinggi has been certified by the International Plant-Analytical Exchange at the WEPAL lab at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, ensuring high standards
For further information, please contact:
Lidya Veronica, Media Relation Asian Agri
E-mail : lidya_veronica@asianagri.com
About Tanoto Foundation
The Tanoto Foundation is an independent philanthropic organisation in education, established by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto in 1981, based on the belief that every individual should have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. The foundation’s programs are designed on the philosophy that quality education accelerates equal opportunities.
We develop individual potential and improve quality of life through quality education from early childhood to adulthood. The three pillars of the Tanoto Foundation’s commitment are improving the learning environment, developing future leaders, and facilitating medical research.
For further information, please contact:
Corporate Communications Tanoto Foundation
Email: Communication@tanotofoundation.org
Website: www.tanotofoundation.org
