Astra Green Company Implementation Programs

Since 1999, Astra has published an Annual Report for EHS, which is named the Astra Green Company
Annual Report. This report describes in detail how EHS has developed, including direct benefits affecting
its bottom line. The implementation of Astra Green Company continues in various Astra business units,
such as: automotive, heavy equipment, plantations, mining, sales operations, and others(see Table 1).
A number of eco-efficiency and health & safety programs have been initiated in affiliated companies,
producing a number of benefits, both tangible and intangible. The tangible results are important for
management to quantify the benefits of EHS implementation.
For example, at P.T. Komatsu Indonesia, sand re-use methods in the shell molding process have achieved a
cost reduction of Rp. 331.7 million annually. This system recycles 90% of the sand and increases moulding
capacity from 5 tons to 10 tons per hour.
At P.T. Gaya Motor, recycling of wastewater has reduced water consumption up to 50%, using water
effluent from wastewater to nourish plants and other non-production water usageIn P.T.
Showa Indonesia Manufacturing, a recycling center recovers significant amounts of waste from product
manufacture, such as cotton gloves and metal, contributing Rp. 1.4 billion annually. This eco-efficiency
movement is not only in the manufacturing businesses. At P.T. Astra Agro Lestari, a major palm oil
plantation division, pesticide use has been reduced by replacement with bio-predators (owls are used to
capture rats). This bio-predator scheme has saved Rp. 1.3 billion annually in one site only.
Other technology and management applications in eco-efficiency are; the utilization of solvent tanks in
vehicle sales operation branches yielding up to Rp. 450,000 per month, the utilization of ash from
incinerators (hazardous waste) for brick material thus reducing disposal material to landfill(P.T. Pantja
Motor), and the application of re-usable coolants for machinery(P.T. Denso Indonesia). Other applications
of EHS practices enforce key EHS principles: Refine, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover and Retrieveto-
Energy. Implementation is regularly monitored and motivated through training programs (EHS Officer
Development and Eco-Efficiency Training Programs). Evaluation for training participants includes
practical projects presented by participants within three months of in-class training. There are currently 351
Environment Officers, 90 Safety Officers and 112 Health Officers in Astra as a result of intensive training
programs during the past three years.

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