AMITA HOLDINGS to Step Up Preparations for Launching Circular Materials Production in Indonesia by the End of 2027: AMITA-proposed low-carbon initiatives for India, Indonesia, and Palau receive blessing from MOE of Japan
AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., today announced that three low-carbon initiatives for India, Indonesia, and Palau jointly proposed by the Company and its corporate partners, as well as the city of Kitakyushu, have received official sanction from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of Japan.
In the three projects, the AMITA Group collaborates with its partners to support local governments and businesses in these fast-developing Asian nations in their efforts to make a transition toward low-carbon economies. AMITA CIRCULAR DESIGN SDN. BHD. (ACD), the Group's regional headquarters in Malaysia, assumes a role in project management and coordination.
In the project for Indonesia, the Group partners with PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk. (Indocement), a prominent cement producer in the country, and other businesses to convert industrial waste into cement alternative materials and fuels. In India, the Group continues its feasibility study on recycling industrial waste into cement alternative materials and fuels. In Palau, the Group evaluates the commercial viability of harnessing thermal energy from previously untapped resources.
1. About MOE-sanctioned low-carbon collaborative projects
In MOE-sanctioned projects, Japanese private businesses and research institutions collaborate with the nation's municipalities and partner cities in developing countries to implement a comprehensive package of cooperative actions. These actions encompass various initiatives, such as conducting joint studies on developing and implementing carbon-neutrality solutions, providing assistance in formulating the sustainability policy and legislation, and developing local talent. The projects selected for the fiscal year 2025 are scheduled to commence in May 2025 and conclude in February 2026.
2. Project outline
Indonesia
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Project name |
Feasibility study on implementing low-carbon solutions in the cement industry in Indonesia |
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Project area |
Banten and West Java Provinces in Indonesia |
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Description |
This project collaborates with the Indonesian cement industry to mitigate its supply-chain CO2 emissions and optimize resource circulation. This collaboration is expected to yield co-benefits such as enhanced urban living conditions and the preservation of Indonesia's natural ecosystems. Specifically, the project undertakes feasibility studies in the following three areas: |
Background of the project and the AMITA Group's role in it
The cement industry ranks third globally in energy consumption and second in carbon emissions, and making the industry more sustainable represents an urgent and critical challenge in a transition toward low-carbon societies. The Japanese cement industry stands out as one of the most energy-efficient in the world, boasting a remarkable 50% recycling rate of waste and byproducts generated during the cement production process.
This project aims to extend the technologies and expertise acquired in Japan into the Indonesian cement industry, thereby assisting the country in its pursuit of a low-carbon, circular society.
In this project, the AMITA Group will focus on area (i) by collaborating with partners proficient in the processing and recycling of liquid industrial waste. This collaboration aims to convert industrial waste into circular materials, thereby mitigating the cement industry's supply-chain carbon emissions. In addition, the Group will engage with the joint ventures established with local businesses in 2024 to assess the commercial need for recycling industrial waste, establish relationships with local business operators, conduct environmental impact assessments, secure a land lease contract for the circular materials plant site, and obtain the licenses and permits required for processing hazardous industrial waste.
India
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Project name |
Developing low-carbon, circular Eco-Towns in India |
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Project area |
Hyderabad in Telangana State and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh State in India |
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Description |
This project collaborates with the Ramky Group, a prominent waste management business in India, to conduct a feasibility study on the development of low-carbon, circular Eco-Towns (recycling complexes) in India. Specifically, the project focuses on the following seven areas: |
Background of the project and the AMITA Group's role in it
India, the world's most populous nation, grapples with an escalating problem of the accumulation of unprocessed waste in its urban centers, a consequence of its rapid economic and population growth. In response, the Ramky Group, India's largest environmental business operator, has been developing Eco-Towns across the country. In 2023, the group established a subsidiary, P9 LLC, in Kitakyushu, Japan, with the mandate of investing in and collaborating with Japanese businesses. A comprehensive partnership was signed in the same year between the group and the city of Kitakyushu, one of the pioneering municipalities in Japan that initiated an eco-town project. As part of this partnership, the Ramky Group has committed to investing 100 million US dollars in supporting Japanese businesses in launching environmental ventures in Japan and expanding their operations into India.
In this project, the AMITA Group will focus on area (ii), as it did in 2024, by evaluating the commercial viability of the recycling of waste oil, acid, and alkali into cement alternative materials and fuels. This endeavor leverages the Group's extensive experience and expertise acquired through its circular materials business operations in Kitakyushu and elsewhere in Japan, as well as in Malaysia.
Palau
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Project name |
Developing low-carbon cities and delivering co-benefits in Palau |
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Project area |
Koror State in Palau |
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Description |
This project assesses the viability of energy conservation and the increased utilization of renewable energy in the state's all-important tourism sector, with a focus on the establishment of a circular social system. Specifically, the project concentrates on the following four key areas: |
Background of the project and the AMITA Group's role in it
Since 2013, the AMITA Group has partnered with the local government in Palau to establish a circular materials business model in the country. During the period of 2020 through 2022, the Group conducted an assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Palau and evaluated the potential benefit of employing EVs in an effort to reduce GHG emissions. In 2023, the Group estimated the potential volume of woody biomass derived from forest residues generated in resort hotels and public works projects in the country. In addition, the Group investigated the nation's demand for thermal energy and its cost structure. In 2024, the Group evaluated the commercial viability of deploying RPF-fired boilers.
In this project, the AMITA Group will continue to assess the commercial viability of utilizing thermal energy derived from previously untapped resources, with a primary emphasis on areas (i), (ii), and (iv), based on the achievements and challenges we have experienced to date.
3. What these projects mean to the AMITA Group
In 2024, ACD established a joint venture in Indonesia with the Tamaris-Moya Group, which is a subsidiary of the Salim Group, one of Southeast Asia's largest conglomerates, and operates in the renewable energy and public water-supply sectors. ACD also formed another joint venture in Indonesia with a subsidiary of Indocement.
ACD intends to capitalize on the insights and findings to be gained from these three projects in which the AMITA Group participates, as well as on the business and public partnerships forged through them, to step up preparations for launching a circular materials business in Indonesia by the end of 2027.
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