Experts agree that Indonesia’s COVID-19 Recovery Period Should Put an Emphasis on Sustainability

A virtual discussion held by industry experts on the 28th of May 2020 discussed the need for Indonesia to embed its sustainability objectives into its COVID-19 recovery efforts.

Indonesia Foreign Ministry’s Director for the Development, Economy and Environment, Agustaviano Sofjan, stated that the global pandemic had set countries behind their targets to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as laid out by the United Nations by 2030. This was largely due to the disruption caused in economies in relation to supply, demand and people’s livelihoods. Sofjan added that whilst the lockdown periods had positive impacts on the environment due to the reduction of economic activity, these benefits were on...