To our stakeholders:

I am pleased to confirm that PT Aicón Global Indonesia reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

Sincerely yours,

Jimmy Tanaya
President Director
PT Aicon Global Indonesia

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) has the Human Rights Policy signed by the President Director. This policy states the Company’s commitment to respect, protect, and support human rights as stipulated in the Universal Decralation of Human Rights, including protection of human rights from violence, promoting gender equity, protecting the children rights, eliminating human trafficking, and protecting the rights of disables. It covers the approaches of the Company to address human rights and solve the negative impact of Company’s activities on the community. It also states the grievance mechanism that can be used to report human rights violations or incidents in the Company and its working areas.

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) is a sustainability consulting firm that really concerns about human rights and its related issues. The Directors of Company always respect the human rights and show leadership to respect human rights. In the Company, employees must be aware of human rights. The Human Rights Policy is placed on the wall in the office, thus all can read the policy and always remember it. The Company has a female Director and a number of female employees. No discrimination is allowed in the Company, all can utilize the facilities together regardless his or her position. The Company respects the civil, political, economy, and social human rights of the employees. Such a violation or incident of human rights occurred, one can report through grievance mechanism or directly report to the Directors or Commissioners.

This is the first COP report of PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) to UN Global Compact. Every year, the Board of Directors, the Board of Commissioners and the Shareholders evaluate the human rights aspects and the implementation of Human Rights Policy in the General Meeting of the Shareholders. There is no independent party appointed to carry out human rights assessment. As of now, the Company has ZERO human rights violation, incident or report since its establishment in 2010. The performance stimulates favorable working condition in the Company and creates positive environment where everyone can explore and develop his/her capacity and career.

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) has a policy about Labour authorized by the President Director. The policy contains the rights of people in the Company’s workplace. Some of which are freedom of assembly and association, the rights to be treated fairly without discrimination, the rights to receive remuneration properly based on capabilities, performance, and working hours, the rights to receive social protection and health insurance, and the commitment of the Company NOT to employ children.

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) has a number of male and female employees where the oldest is 42 and the youngest is 22 years old. The employees have gained their rights appropriately, such as the rights to health insurance, leave, and compensation according the Indonesian manpower regulation. There is no labor association in the Company because of the relatively small number of employees that the Company has. However, the Company does not prohibit collective assembly and negotiation. The Company also has a grievance mechanism to report labor incident or violations or Labor Policy.

As of now, there are no violations against the Labor Policy. The rights of the employees are appropriately fulfilled by PT. Aicon Global Indonesia (the Company). In addition, the Company does not employ children and does not practice forced labor. Labor issues are discussed in the monthly meeting by the Board of Directors and also in the General Meeting of Shareholders. Due to the relatively small size of the Company, there is no external assessment to measure the outcomes of the policy implementation.

Environmental issues are not significantly relevant to PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) as a consulting firm, but still the Company supports the preservation of the environment. One of our commitment to the environment is through our Environmental Policy signed by the President Director of the Company. The policy includes a number of environmental issues such as energy efficiency in the office, reducing water consumption and air pollution, and also reducing hazardous and poisonous solid waste.

Environmental Policy is implemented in PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) daily office activities, such as using electrical appliances efficiently and using water appropriately. All in the company is aware of turning off the tap water and using water as needed. Moreover, almost all in the Company take public transportation to and from the office and also to go for a meeting outside the office to reduce emission. In addition, employees utilize used papers for internal communication and electronic mail for correspondence to reduce waste paper. Smoking is not allowed inside the office to keep the air clean and healthy. A violation of Environmental Policy shall be reported directly to the Board of Directors, the Board of Commissioners and the Shareholders..

When this COP is released, PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) does not have environmental incidents or cases. The office environment is appropriately maintained and thus it provides favorable working condition for the employees. As this is not a critical issue for the Company, there is no specific assessment or measurement on the environmental aspects. However, the Board of Directors discusses environmentally behavior in the workplace in the monthly meeting as it is related to the operational costs or expenses, e.g. water billing and electricity billing.

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) is strongly against any act of corruption. One of ways to support anti-corruption is to issue the Anti Corruption Policy. Including in the policy is the act of bribery and gratification, the refusal and acceptance of gifts and entertainment, as well as the conflict of interest. The Company’s Policy is in line with the international norms, such as the UN Convention Against Corruption, applied anti-corruption laws and regulations.

Anti Corruption Policy is socialized and it is placed on the office wall of PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company). This is to maintain people awareness to always take part to eradicate corruption. The Directors also remind the employees in any project to avoid bribery or gratification. When there is an indication of corruption with a client, the Directors will have a discussion before taking decision. Transparency is the key in this issue. If someone finds a corruption, he or she can report to the Board of Directors, Board of Commissioners or shareholders. Each year the Board of Directors, Board of Commissioners and Shareholders will carry out evaluation about the implementation of Anti Corruption Policy.

PT. Aicón Global Indonesia (the Company) has ZERO corruption cases but has experienced a few situations in this year where corruption act might be occurred. To deal with this situation, the Directors discussed the situation and took the best decisions to avoid risks. The Company is committed to accept the projects from clients with no indication of corruption. One of ways to avoid corruption is to maintain high competency and service differentiation. And therefore, the Company has bigger bargaining position due to its high capabilities.