As the KPC’s commitment to be the leading company in conducting corporate social responsibility (CSR), various community development programs are formulated to improve local economic aspects, to decrease poverty, and to improve the life quality of community. The company maintains a strong focus on the support of community health and education, infrastructure, livelihood in term of agribusiness, apprenticeships and skills training, and culture.
To ensure that there is sound and sustainable capability to generate future economic growth in the region, KPC’s community development programs are aimed at increasing self-reliance.
KPC provides community development support in five broad areas; |
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Agribusiness; providing local farmers with initial investment and training required to enable self-sufficiency. |
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Health and Sanitation; aiming to prevent common disease such as tuberculosis, malaria and dengue fever by giving assistance to community on the knowledge of these diseases. |
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Education ; providing incentives for teachers to move to the Sengata area and scholarship for students. |
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Infrastructure development; aiming to develop the public infrastructure to give the comfort for community. |
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Small and Medium enterprises development; providing training and low interest credit for small businesses – with the aim enabling self-sufficiency. |
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Cultural and natural conservation; aiming to keep the community social order by conserving nature and culture |
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Community and Government capacity empowerment |
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These seven areas and the programs are described in more detail in the KPC 2006 Sustainable Report.
Partnership with community representatives, NGOs and local government are considered crucial to the success of KPC’s community development programs. Relationship with these partners also help KPC to define its priorities for community funding. To date, KPC has spent more than US $ 50 million on community development programs in East Kalimantan and it is continuing to fund these initiatives from a budget of US$5 million each year.
KPC actively participates in sustainable development initiatives which are based on the integration and balance of economic, environmental and social priorities. To achieve this KPC will: |
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Remain the supplier of affordable energy and a contributor to the alleviation of poverty, improved health, and better quality of life. |
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Perform community empowerment programs to encourage regional economic development based on local potential. |
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Build and maintain partnership with local communities, governments and stakeholders using mutual trust and mutual respect principles. |
The management of KPC commits to providing the leadership, resources and support to achieve these Sustainable Development outcomes. |
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