On 21 October 2014, the village of Teluk Meranti was rewarded with a grant of Rp 100 million from the community development fund of APRIL’s PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP), for being successful in implementing zero burning practices in their areas during the dry season from July to September.

As an appreciation for the implementation of sustainable practices, in early September 2014, Asian Agri distributed premiums of US$ 220,000 from the sale of Sustainable Palm Oil in 2013 to more than 20,000 Plasma smallholders in Riau and Jambi who had obtained Sustainable Palm Oil Certificates.

On September 23, the “2014 Asia Symbol Showcase on Paperboard Products for Food Packaging” was hosted in Landbridge Jinjiang Hotel, Rizhao City, China. Business representatives from trading companies and paper product manufacturers across the country attended the event.

As Chairman of the Village Cooperative (Koperasi Unit Desa/KUD) Phirawa Bhakti Desa Buana Bakti, Kerinci Kanan District, Regency of Siak, Riau, Sunarto always advises his fellow farmers to work hard and work smart. “All issues or problems must be brought to the Village Cooperatives. Farmers discuss about the constraints and problems they face with Village Cooperatives who will help them to find solutions,” said Sunarto.

Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp Paper Co., Ltd’s Volunteer Association, together with Rizhao Economic-Technological Development Area’s Publicity Department jointly organized an outreach to the elderly living in the Rizhao Development Area on Chong Yang Festival. Chong Yang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, hence it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. Since nine is the highest odd digit, having two of them together signifies longevity in Chinese culture. Therefore, the ninth day of the ninth month has become a special day for people to pay their respects to the elderly and a day for the elderly to enjoy themselves. It has also been declared China's Day for the Elderly.

In a recent interview published in the Jakarta Globe on 5 October 2014, Anderson Tanoto, the son of the founder of Royal Golden Eagle, said that RGE is expanding into making specialty cellulose and exporting liquefied natural gas from Canada.