Kampung Masdarling (Masyarakat Sadar Lingkungan)
PT Badak NGL
INTRODUCTION
The Company contributes to Bontang city’s social development with their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme known as COMDEV (Community Development). The goal of their CSR programme is to shape the society’s independence on social, environmental, and economic aspects and in order to achieve this, the Company works with the government of Bontang City in the urban village of Gunung Telihan to manage tourism while preserving the environment. The project of Kampung Masdarling, which was initiated back in 2018, was the first ever environmental tourism village and the Company partnered with Pokdarwis Masdarling in order to develop various tourism attraction in Kampung Masdarling, such as, orchard, organic vegetables, plant nursery, compost house, archipelago culinary, traditional games, photo spots and many more.
FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY
The Company’s CSR programme focuses on four pillars, Empowerment, Capacity Building, Infrastructure, and Charity Programme. It is important to achieve community independence and the Company aims to empower individuals for the betterment of the community. The key is to have good environmental management through the concept of shared value, by planning and implementation. The Company have been running a series of community programmes such as the endorsements of small businesses by providing training and the Company also includes a few stakeholders, nongovernmental organisations, higher education institutions, and goverment agencies to help develop businesses to create a community of economic and social welfare to achieve a better society.ACHIEVEMENT AND IMPACT
Kampung Masdarling is Bontang City’s first environmentbased tourism village, managed by the residents. This programme improves the local economy through environment-based tourism and with their unique approach in educating residents and tourists about organic agriculture, it has brought a total of 1,115 visitors to Kampung Masdarling which is greatly noticeable in their income level with the sales of tourism packages, raising their income level from Rp 250.000 - Rp 500.000. To add on to that, stakeholders, businesses and residents are more environmentally cautious by promoting waste segregation while also implementing organic agriculture.FUTURE DIRECTION
Through this programme, the Company is developing the local tourism scene and to transform Bontang into a Green City. Activities consists of making crafts from wood waste and used bottles and the creation of bricks from insulation waste which comes from the Company’s plant activities. Through these activities, it creates more job opportunities and a chance to also increase the income level of the residents. The other attraction is Kampung Kerajinan, which is an innovative city that creates products which are made from non-B3 waste which is then used as an educational tool provided by Pokdarwis Masdarling. Healthy kitchen, is another attraction which is used by mothers to produce souvenirs and traditional menus of Kampung Masdarling. The existence of these attractions will continue to attract more tourists and improve the tourism industry over the years and it will also continue to add value to the residents of Bontang City.
PT Badak NGL is a non-profit organisation that was established on
November 26, 1974 and headquartered in Jakarta. The Company produces
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), with
production facilities in Bontang and East Kalimantan of Indonesia.
