Jakarta, INTI - PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) is optimistic about making a significant contribution to Indonesia’s national net zero carbon emission target by 2060 through plant revitalization initiatives and improvements in industrial efficiency.
President Director of PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero), Rahmad, said that the decarbonization measures undertaken by the Pupuk Indonesia Group are aligned with the government’s net zero emission roadmap.
“Regarding net zero carbon emission, we are following the government’s roadmap. The plant revitalization we are carrying out makes the industry greener, as it uses fewer raw materials and produces lower emissions,” Rahmad said on Friday, January 30, 2026.
He emphasized that without revitalization efforts, the fertilizer industry would continue operating under a business-as-usual scenario, making carbon emissions difficult to reduce, even as the government targets net zero carbon emissions by 2060.
“Plant revitalization is the most crucial step because it improves efficiency. As a result, emissions are also reduced. This is part of our journey toward achieving that target,” he said.
Within its emissions reduction roadmap, Rahmad explained that Pupuk Indonesia is targeting a 28% emissions reduction by 2030. However, with the various initiatives currently underway, the company expects to exceed this target.
Emissions Reduction Remains on Track
“With the execution of these measures, we hope to achieve emissions reductions of around 31%-32%. So we remain on track,”he said.
As an example, he pointed to Pupuk Kaltim, where the company has begun increasing the use of renewable energy. At the Pupuk Kaltim industrial complex, 2-megawatt solar panels have been installed on the rooftops of operational buildings, with similar initiatives being implemented across other subsidiaries.
“We have also started introducing coal boiler technology with lower emissions of around 5%. So there are many steps that we have taken and are currently undertaking,” Rahmad added.
He noted that most emissions in the fertilizer industry come from raw material usage rather than electricity consumption. Therefore, plant modernization is seen as the primary lever for significantly reducing the company’s carbon footprint.
Through Pupuk Kaltim, Pupuk Indonesia recently inaugurated the Revamping Ammonia Plant-2 project. The project is expected to reduce minimum energy consumption by 10%, or approximately 4 MMBtu per ton of ammonia, while cutting emissions by up to 110,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent per year through savings in natural gas usage.
Looking ahead, Rahmad emphasized that Pupuk Indonesia will combine multiple strategies, ranging from energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy to the adoption of nature-based solutions to offset emissions that cannot be eliminated from industrial processes.
“By nature, industrial processes will always generate emissions. But if all these measures are combined, God willing, we remain quite optimistic about achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2060,” he concluded.
Conclusion
Pupuk Indonesia’s decarbonization roadmap highlights how industrial revitalization, energy efficiency, and renewable energy adoption can work together to significantly reduce emissions. By modernizing its production facilities and combining technological and nature-based solutions, the company remains confident in contributing to Indonesia’s net zero carbon emission target by 2060.
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