Last October, Bumiterra was invited by @america to become a panelist and a speaker for their EnviroPitch competition, The Future Is Green: Innovations in Carbon Removal, Waste Management, and Sustainable Business to Prolong Our Life On Earth. @america is a centre powered by the U.S. Embassy to provide a space for young Indonesians to learn more about the United States and share ideas on issues of interest to both Americans and Indonesians.

With irregular weather and natural disasters becoming more prevalent, the current climate crisis is increasingly alarming. Countries collaborate with each other to come up with innovative solutions to mitigate climate change. The younger generation has a vital role in tackling the climate issue as they are the people that will inherit the earth in the future. EnviroPitch is a way for brilliant and innovative ideas to be presented and realized with help from a curated panel of experts. The competition entails an infographic with issues surrounding carbon removal, waste management, and managing a sustainable business. The top three finalists have the chance to present their ideas and make them a reality. The winner of the competition will gain funding of 30 million rupiah and get the opportunity to complete an internship at Bumiterra.

On the 12th of October, Bumiterra’s co-founder, James Joseph, along with the Senior Editor at Mongabay Indonesia, Sapariah Saturi-Harsono, together gave a talk with the title ‘Let’s Slow Down The Climate Change’. 

Hunt2SaveTheEarth is a Campaign by Bumiterra and Huntstreet, a platform to buy and sell pre-loved luxury fashion items in order to celebrate Zero Emissions Day. Huntstreet is working with Bumiterra to ensure every carbon footprint from your purchases will be accounted for to minimize the impact of climate change. The Campaign aims to promote climate-conscious luxury shopping and is done between 21 September 2022 to 21 October 2022.

Hunstreet is a sustainable luxury fashion brand aiming to give homes to second-hand quality products that go through extensive inspection. Huntstreet makes shopping consciously accessible to everyone with the internet. All the items sold at HuntStreet are well-priced, highly curated, and quality-controlled by a team of experienced specialists. Their collaboration with Bumiterra is a collection of stylish items whose carbon footprint is accounted for and offset through Bumiterra’s services. The collaboration is aimed to create a more environmentally-conscious way of living.

As a sustainable fashion brand, HuntStreet strives to reduce carbon emissions while still meeting luxury demand. The carbon footprint is calculated from each package and added up to a month’s total. Huntstreet is also accounting for the remaining 20% of emissions that are left from purchasing pre-owned goods. Then, Bumiterra sources qualified projects that reduce or remove CO2 from the atmosphere with real impact on the community. Adding up all these emission scopes, this makes all purchases for this campaign carbon neutral and accounted for through HuntStreet’s partnership with Bumiterra. 

This campaign is supported by Raline Shah, an Indonesian actress in the forefront of advocating saving the environment. Among her many forms of noble work are SaveSoil, Yayasan Tunas Bakti Nusantara, and Rumah Harapan – all projects with a cause to move mankind towards a kinder future. “Conscious luxury personally means the way forward, how I want to live my life.” a statement by Raline. 

“You are what you buy. You’re also choosing what you give power and love to. So conscious luxury just means you can continue your luxurious hedonistic life, but you have to be conscious of where those things come from and how you can impact the world in a better way with your lifestyle.” With this campaign, we hope to see more people being environmentally conscious when shopping for luxury products. The campaign is accessible from the 21st of September to the 21st of October through Huntstreet’s website.

Apa yang dimaksud produk memiliki jejak karbon?

Aktivitas kita sehari-hari mengeluarkan emisi karbon. Emisi tersebut biasanya berasal dari penggunaan kendaraan, pemakaian listrik, pembelian dan penggunaan barang, serta makanan yang kita konsumsi. Menurut Our World In Data, rata-rata emisi karbon satu orang di Indonesia sekitar 2,26 ton CO2 pertahun yang atau setara dengan 0.5 ton CO2 yang dikeluarkan dari berkendara menggunakan bahan bakar gas pertahun. Karbon yang dihasilkan tersebut tentunya akan sangat berdampak bagi kelangsungan hidup kita di dunia.

Selain emisi dari aktivitas sehari-hari, proses produksi barang atau jasa tentunya tidak lepas dari emisi karbon. Setiap tahapan dalam proses bisnis mengeluarkan emisi, mulai dari pengadaan bahan baku, proses produksi, hingga pengiriman barang ke konsumen. Upaya untuk menjaga lingkungan seringkali dianggap berbiaya tinggi dan tidak profitable.

Kabar baiknya, kini makin banyak bisnis hijau yang memperhatikan dampak lingkungan dari usaha mereka. Sebagai konsumen, kita pun bisa membuat pilihan yang lebih bijak agar uang yang kita belanjakan turut mendukung perusahaan dan UMKM yang berupaya menurunkan emisi karbon, seperti Sustaination.

Sustaination berkolaborasi bersama Bumiterra untuk membuat hampers carbon neutral dalam rangka memperingati Natal tahun 2022. Kolaborasi ini merupakan sebuah dukungan Sustaination terhadap penggunaan produk ramah lingkungan yang rendah emisi karbon.

Nah, bagaimana caranya kolaborasi ini memastikan bahwa semua produk yang memiliki jejak karbon telah dinetralisir? Untuk mengimbangi emisi dari produksi hampers tersebut, Sustaination mendukung proyek konservasi atau reforestasi hutan seperti penanaman hutan dengan bantuan Bumiterra, sehingga nilai akhir dari emisi hampers tersebut netral. Bumiterra telah bersertifikasi AA1000 V3 untuk melakukan kalkulasi emisi karbon yang akan dihilangkan. Prosedur perhitungan emisi gas rumah kaca yang dilakukan oleh Bumiterra mengacu pada standar Protokol GRK (Gas Rumah Kaca) yang disusun oleh World Resource Institute (WRI) Indonesia sesuai dengan regulasi IPCC.

Sebagai contoh, perhitungan emisi karbon yang dilakukan oleh Bumiterra terhadap produk Sustaination Hampers Premium Peralatan Masak & Bumbu Dapur diawali dengan identifikasi bahan penyusun utama dari tiap item untuk didapatkan faktor emisinya. Selanjutnya, dilakukan kalkulasi emisi karbon dengan mengalikan faktor emisi dengan massa masing-masing bahan. Perhitungan juga dilakukan terhadap emisi dari kemasan dan pengiriman hampers. Total emisi yang dikeluarkan untuk membuat hampers ini, termasuk kemasan dan pengiriman, adalah 6.9 kg. Ini kira-kira 37% lebih rendah loh dari Hampers biasa!

Merayakan hari natal bisa menjadi lebih dari sekedar memberikan kado natal untuk orang-orang tersayang, kamu juga bisa menunjukkan rasa sayangmu pada bumi, karena hampers ini rendah emisi, mudah terurai, dapat digunakan berulang kali dan emisi yang dikeluarkan telah dinetralisir.

source : https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

CATUR Coffee Company, a coffee exporter from Indonesia, is collaborating with Bumiterra to reduce carbon emissions. This step is a form of support from CATUR Coffee to the government in order to reduce carbon emissions by 29 percent or equivalent to 314 million tons of carbon dioxide gas by 2030.

This collaboration was signed by Mikael Jasin of CATUR Coffee Company and Tara Lee
Susanto as co-founder of Bumiterra on Tuesday at Common Grounds Menteng, Jakarta. Co-founder and CEO of CATUR Coffee Company, Mikael Jasin, said that efforts to reduce carbon emissions is a sustainable and long-term project, which will be achieved by involving all parties from various industries. This program will start in September 2022 with a target of reducing emissions at the end of the year by 40 percent. Furthermore, in 2023 the company set a carbon emission reduction of up to 100 percent.

“This activity was initiated by the increasing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions caused by
the energy and industrial sector. This makes Indonesia the fourth largest carbon emitter in the world. The Indonesian government’s commitment to achieving the carbon emission reduction target certainly requires support from various parties, including industry players,”
said the man who was ranked fourth in the 2019 World Barista Championship.

Bumiterra, an AA1000 V3 license, calculates CATUR Coffee’s emissions generated from their operational activities using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and offsets carbon through the purchase of carbon credits.

“This collaboration is expected to help reduce the impact of climate change in the world,
especially in Indonesia. In addition, CATUR Coffee Company also has a goal to become a carbon neutral company,” continued the man who is familiarly called Miki.

Mikael said that Bumiterra also has the same goal as CATUR Coffee Company in creating a
more sustainable economy. In this collaboration, Bumiterra creates a portfolio of projects for CATUR to support, with the Katingan Mentaya Project (KMP) among them. The two
companies are to increase their focus on reforestation projects in the future. Tree planting is
beneficial because it supports biodiversity and remove harmful pollutants from the air and
acts as a natural filter. Reforestation offsets emissions by storing carbon in their roots and the ground, effectively removing carbon from the air. “We hope to see more companies and businesses taking a step toward a more sustainable lifestyle in the future.”, says Miki.

In addition, CATUR and Bumiterra are expected to work together in the future to create more transparency and visibility between its sustainable efforts within economic livelihood and
social impact, ensuring that allocated funds are used appropriately.