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APRIL’s Efforts To Combat Land And Forest Fires

APRIL protects its mill wood supply by prohibiting the use of fire in forest concessions. The company policy aligns with Indonesian law which forbids the use of fire to clear land. Nevertheless, fire and haze are an annual problem especially during the dry season, usually from June to October. As a recent CIFOR report highlighted, sometimes the fires started outside the forestry concessions as a cheap way to clear land, spread into forestry concessions. Sometimes these people occupy land inside forestry concessions and start fires.

Chairman of Royal Golden Eagle Sukanto Tanoto Won Jinghua Award

9 May 2014, Beijing— At the overseas Chinese affairs meeting and the first Jinghua Award presentation ceremony on May 8th , founder and Chairman of Royal Golden Eagle Group, Sukanto Tanoto was granted Jinghua Award, a Special Recognition Award for overseas Chinese who had made important contribution to the development of Beijing Municipality. Deputy Secretary of Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Wang Anshun gave the medal to him. Director General of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council Qiu Yuanping also attended the meeting.

APRIL's Unprecedented 1-for-1 Conservation Commitment

As founder and chairman of RGE Group, one of the world’s leading producers of materials such as palm oil, forestry products, and other commodities, Indonesian entrepreneur Sukanto Tanoto works to ensure that his companies meet a high standard of corporate social responsibility. Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), an RGE firm that produces close to 3 million tons of pulp annually, as well as fiber and paper products from its mill in Sumatra’s Riau Province, focuses on sustainable environmental stewardship and is committed to its unprecedented 1-for-1 conservation plan.

Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper Co., Ltd – the first AA class company granted by China’s Customs

Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper Co., Ltd is Jiangmen’s first AA class company granted by People's Republic of China General Administration of Customs. The company, which is part of the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) global group of companies founded by entrepreneur Sukanto Tanoto, is also the first company in the Silver Lake Paper Enterprise Base in Guangdong, China to be granted this status.

Sateri Wins Asian Excellence Recognition Award 2014

Sateri Wins "4th Asian Excellence Recognition Awards 2014
Best Investor Relations Company (China)" from Corporate Governance Asia

Sateri Holdings Limited, one of the biggest producers of cellulose in the world, has been awarded the "4th Asia Excellence Recognition Awards 2014, Best Investor Relations Company (China)" from Corporate Governance Asia. This is the third consecutive year that Sateri has won this award, recognizing Sateri’s proven record in investor relations and corporate governance.