Mazars Tree Adoption to Mitigate Climate Change - Mazars - Indonesia

Sukabumi, 22 April 2010

On the Earth Day, 22 April 2010, Mazars, an international, integrated and independent organisation, specialising in audit, accounting, tax and advisory services, partnering with Conservation International in Indonesia and Mt. Gede National Park conducted tree adoption by planting trees together in 5 hectares of land as an effort to rehabilitate and restore Patiwel Forest, in Gede Pangrango National Park in West Java, Indonesia.

On this occasion, Mazars reaffirms its commitment to be an environmentally friendly organisation. Mazars has taken a serious step in replacing 600 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) or 50% from the total of the carbon foot print produced during the Mazars Global Annual Partners Conference in London, December 2009.

Mazars also supports the effort of the Government of Indonesia to reduce emission by 26%, in which the 14% came from forestry sector that is going to be achieved by rehabilitating and restoring the forest area. As part of global citizen, Mazars would like to reduce its carbon footprint by supporting the rainforest programmes in Indonesia. In addition, Mazars is also committed to be a leading ‘paper neutral’ company in Indonesia, by planting trees every year to compensate for the amount of paper used each year.

John Mellows, Senior Advisor of the Group Executive Board affirms: “At Mazars, responsibility has been at the heart of our Organisation. We are committed to pursuing our growth in a sustainable manner, by recognising and limiting as far as possible the impact of our activities on our environment. This year, we audited and measured our own carbon footprint through a major event at Group level and have taken, for the first time, a symbolic action to compensate for our impact. We hope our efforts in the reforestation of Patiwel forest in Bodogol will contribute to the improvement of the water issue and the biodiversity of one of the biggest rainforests in Indonesia.

James Kallman, Managing Partner of Mazars in Indonesia states: “This activity shows that at Mazars ‘we walk the talk’. We are not just talking about the importance of preserving the environment but we are taking considerable action and our action is real. We recognize that working together in a partnership with Conservation International is vital for our carbon audit and for choosing the best way to compensate for it. Conservation International has given Mazars an indispensable contribution and wonderful partnership in executing our sustainable plan”.

Jatna Supriatna PhD., Regional Vice President of Conservation International Indonesia says:” Conservation International is committed to helping societies in rehabilitating the environment, for instance the effort to restore and rehabilitate conservation area, in particular in reducing the carbon emission through carbon offset program by involving the local community living in the area of the National Park.” As an organisation which establishes partnerships with various parties in preserving forest cover area at Mt. Gede Pangarango National Park, Conservation International sees the importance of participation of all stakeholders in business world.

The Head of Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park Association, Ir. Sumarto,MM. said: “The purpose of this program is to restore the function and condition of the forest, which initially was used as a production forest and now is being transformed to be a conservation forest in the expansion area of Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park. This is done by carrying out the tree adoption program by involving the local community.”

Around 7,655 hectares of expansion land at the Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park need to be rehabilitated and restored to be a mountain tropical forest area.” The area is critical for upper course ecosystem that functions as the supporter of livelihood and activities of urban area and cities in West Java and Jakarta. (END).