Indonesia’s second largest city, Surabaya, is home to 3 million inhabitants as well as a phenomenally successful composting program. This program was launched ten years ago to combat an ever increasing amount of organic waste produced in the city. Not only has it reduced the city’s organic waste by 30%, it has also created an environmentally sustainable and natural fertilizer for the city’s many parks. The money saved by this [...]
Business enterprises in Indonesia have traditional been dominated by sectors including mining and agriculture, due to the abundance of natural resources throughout the country. However, recent announcements by government ministers, including the Minister of Research and Technology, Dr. Gusti Muhammad Hatta, suggest that Indonesia may soon be headed in a new direction: encouraging small business growth. Read the recent article in Forbes Magazine
Possibilities for Sustainable Energy & Engineering in Indonesia A unique event took place this evening in the Lamont Forum Room at Harvard University: the Harvard College Engineers Without Borders (HCEWB) chapter, co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center, invited Leonardo Stoute to speak to the group regarding the opportunities and challenges for sustainable energy and development projects in Indonesia. Mr. Stoute, with his background in business and proven record of high [...]
Harvard University Engineers Without Borders Invites Leonardo Stoute to Discuss Sustainability Projects in Indonesia April 27th, 2012 | Cambridge, MA Today, at Harvard University, the board members of the university’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter invited Leonardo Stoute, LSI Group CEO, to discuss Sustainability Projects in Indonesia and around the world. EWB is a global non-profit organization that seeks to aid communities in the developing world via providing technical assistance [...]
The past year ended on a strong note for Indonesia as Fitch Ratings raised Indonesia’s sovereign credit rating to investment grade for the first time in more than a decade. This move expected to trigger more investment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Read more at the Wall Street Journal At the same time, Indonesia faces a challenge in the need to improve the nation’s infrastructure. Transportation within the country is associated [...]
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Obama, leaders to report on Pacific trade pact in Hawaii Original Article: Pacific Business News | Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7:22am HST. President Barack Obama and other leaders of Pacific Rim nations in Honolulu this week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Week meetings will report on the effort to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would be the biggest free trade agreement for the United States since the North [...]
