In 2019, we embarked on an exercise to prioritise the SDGs that are most relevant to our business, operations and our involvement in the textile value chain. Other factors were considered, including Indonesia’s development needs at the national and provincial levels and considering peer benchmarking.
To conduct the prioritisation, APR established an internal working group made up of colleagues working in sustainability, operations, community development and stakeholder relations. This work also built on an assessment conducted by APRIL to identify the most relevant SDGs for its business.
Through our exercise, we identified our Core and Catalytic goals.
Core goals are those that have the most considerable relevance to APR’s business, and where we can make a significant contribution to specific targets set out by the SDG framework.
Catalytic goals are those for which we go above and beyond our business operations to those areas where we believe we can have a significant impact on communities, aligned to the specific targets set out by the SDG framework.
The Core and Catalytic goals will form the focus of our efforts to contribute to sustainable development going forward.