Expanding our natural stone scope in Indonesia to the petrified wood supply chain.

This month we embarked on a journey with Cuperus Gedenken and their local suppliers. Our project focusses on improving the socially sustainable petrified wood and minerals supply chains from Indonesia, which entails improving living wage, working conditions and eradicating child labour. Our first phase will focus on conducting a risk assessment in three regions of Java and Sumatra, in collaboration with local NGOs.

After the assessment, the most pressing risks will be assessed and prioritized (following the OECD guidance), in close collaboration and discussion with local stakeholders we will address these focus risks in a 2,5 years execution phase. We are very pleased that we can set interventions to improve this chain over the next three years, especially because of the involvement and intrinsic motivation that we experience among the companies will be the formula to success!

This project is supported by the Social Sustainability Fund, as part of The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and in commission of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.