NEWS & EVENT
Dr. (H.C.) Martha Tilaar as SDG Pioneers Recognition 2018 Held in New York
Each year, United
Nations Global Compact gather group of 10 people for SDG Pioneers. These people
consists of individuals from accross the world who implement UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in their business and inspire others to support this
campaign. Hundreds of nominations were received from diverse regions of the
world exemplifying how a business can be a force for good in addressing the
challenges we face as a global society, before it finally chosen 10 finalists
through a rigorous commitee.
After being
announced by Lise Kingo, the CEO and Executive Director of Global Compact, 10
SDGÂ Pioneers 2018 officially recognized
on last Monday (24/9), including Dr. (H.C.) Martha Tilaar. She becomes the
first Indonesian who receive this award, as SDG Pioneer for Advancing
Sustainability Through Community Engagement to be exact. For this event, she
flew to UN Headquarter in New York with her Vice Chairwoman, Wulan Tilaar.
Through Martha
Tilaar Group’s cosmetic and traditional herb company, PT Martina Berto Tbk, Dr.
(H.C) Martha Tlaar has empowerd women through her business. She motivated and
trained them to gain their skills, hence prevented them from being an object of
human trafficing that often disguised as job opportunity provider. This effort
has changed many of these women’s life and her family.Â
She also consistant
in introducing Indonesia traditional her to international market through her
products , built a green field called Kampoeng Djamoe Organik –Organic Herbal
Village, as her effort to preservethe medical and cosmetic herbs organically,
and set up Martha Tilaar Training Center (MTIC) for young women from low-income
family so they could be professional spa therapist.
“I believe that we shouldn’t ignore the power of women. To this day, I still see women with great ability haven’t got a chance to fully realize their potentials. To accelerate Global Goals, we need to have more women to be
involved in every aspect of life".
Dr. (H.C.) Martha Tilaar.