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Investors and other stakeholders request more comprehensive information about the company’s possibilities for long-term value creation and their broader social impact to comprehend long-term success and future creation opportunities better. This study aims to ascertain the impact of sustainability reporting, which includes economic, environmental, and social disclosures, on corporate performance as measured by the market value dimension using Tobin’s Q. Purposive sampling was used in this study to collect secondary data from each company’s annual reports and sustainability reports. In this study, the Ordinary Least Squares approach is employed. According to the findings, Social Disclosure greatly impacted firm performance, while Environmental Disclosure and Sustainability Reporting had no significant positive impact. Based on the result, it can be concluded that if the activities performed cannot be regarded as firm assets, investment in this disclosure instrument has not significantly increased the company’s worth. However, Economic Disclosure had a considerable favourable impact.

This article examines the government’s response during the Reformation period to smog haze, which often interferes with the visibility of air and sea traffic in Southeast Asia. In the history of forest fires in Indonesia, transboundary haze pollution has strong roots in the New Order regime, namely in 1982-1983 and 1997-1998. The New Order government at that time gave significant oil palm plantation concessions to domestic and foreign investors. This concession allowed the expansion of capitalism to occur on a massive scale, resulting in severe environmental degradation in Kalimantan. The smog haze has become a serious problem that gets considerable attention from international actors because it has the potential to cross national borders. To elaborate on this problem, this study answers the research question of how the reform regime after the New Order responded to forest fires in Kalimantan? In September 2014, the government ratified the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) as a political commitment that must be carried out together as ASEAN member countries, as well as the moral responsibility of the Indonesian government as the holder of the most extensive forest in the world.

This paper departs from the problem of the conspiracy between capitalism and imperialism and modern colonialism which has become a powerful force to exploit the environment in order to meet the demands of industrialization and modernization of society in capitalist countries. Some research questions that will be answered in this paper are why the East Sumatra region is a frontier area that is contested by the capitalists to expand their capital in this region? How did the various colonial powers compete for control of this region? How was the expansion of the plantation industry during the late Dutch colonial period? The results of the study show that the East Sumatra region is a potential area for the plantation industry (tobacco, rubber, tea, etc.). It is not surprising that the main colonial powers in Southeast Asia tried to control this region, especially the Netherlands and England. Various approaches were taken to negotiate with local authorities to obtain the right to control this area. Finally, from the second half of the 19th century until the end of the colonial government in Indonesia, the plantation industry in this region developed remarkably.

Water is the most important resource for human life. Not only for households, but water also has an important role in agricultural activities. An irrigation system with the local wisdom of the local community is present to support the sustainability of rice fields which has been known for a long time. But today, water is becoming an expensive commodity that is always commercialized. Water has also been a source of conflict in some places. In Temanggung Regency, local people know the existence of ili-ili, an informal institution that plays a role in regulating the irrigation for rice fields during the dry season. Not only for agricultural rice fields, but ili-ili also regulates the distribution of water to households fairly and without conflict. However, recently no more young people have continued these democratic and fair water management systems. This article uses the historical method, which emphasizes sources analysis and observations. This study proposes a solution to support the continuity of the traditional institution. The local government needs to support by making the water regulators part of the village government so that each community are able to enjoy the water together without causing new conflicts.

This article analyses the relationship between capitalism penetration and growing ecological degradation in South Kalimantan. Capitalism is manifested through excessive logging and the conversion of tropical rainforests into oil palm plantations, a practice that has been rampant since the New Order era. During the President Soeharto in office, natural resources were exploited extensively under the pretext of national development by granting forest concessions to private and state-owned companies. Continuing land clearing and concession burdens of up to 50 percent are the causes of the ecological disaster that occurred in South Kalimantan. The heavy flood phenomenon that happened in January 2021 reflects a long history of capitalism penetration on estate business rooted since the 1980s, when Forest Concession Rights holders began to intensively deforest. This fact is authoritatively opposed by some businessmen who claim that the issue of deforestation is deliberately raised as a trade policy strategy for developed countries. By using a sociological historical approach, it traces the roots of capitalism penetration and looks at to what extent of its influence to the ecological balance in South Kalimantan. Ironically, local communities also take part to strengthen the capitalism chain.

The society of Karimunjawa Island is one of a highly enticing tourism destination that maintains the rich practice of artisanal fisheries based on traditional culture and people consensus. This study focuses on artisanal fisheries conducted by Bugis and Bajau nomad descent. Thus, it examines the pattern and dynamics of Bugis and Bajau artisanal fisheries culture in Karimunjawa. They perform alternate short range and nomadic fishing, as well as fishing for market supplies nor solely domestic supplies in which consider ecological conservation and sustain tourism. By means of qualitative method through literature studies and interviews, this research offers case study-based solution to support Sustainable Development Goals number 14, Life Below Water, in which unfolds the method of the Karimunjawa Bugis and Bajau style of artisanal or small scale fisheries through selective fishing gears for subsistent purpose. This research concludes that Bugis and Bajau artisanal fisheries result to minimized exploitation as well as mindful fisheries that preserves underwater biodiversity and supports Life Below Water, which eventually engenderrs cultural-based sustainable tourism in Karimunjawa Island, Jepara regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

This study examines various problems occurring in wetland clearing and uses in South Kalimantan. In the beginning, the wetland clearing aimed to expand the food crop area in order to implement government policies to meet the food needs. However, it has changed into the capitalist media and transmigration purposes. This study uses a historical perspective composing from heuristic to historiography with an ecological approach. Based on the findings, the land clearing was integrated with the transmigration program which had been started since the 1960s. The argument that can be developed in this study is that wetland-use expansion causes two basic problems in environmental management, namely the large volume of standing water and the relatively high acidity level. This expansion referred to the settlement developed around the wetlands which increasingly could not be controlled by the government. However, ideally, the existing situation had to show that wetland clearing has shifted should balance social, environmental, and economic values, of which the implementation to regulate self-productivity that actually has been running for generations.

Keratinase is a class of proteases that degrade keratin into polypeptides and amino acids by breaking peptide and disulfide bonds in keratinous proteins. Protease is one of the largest industrial enzymes, the global protease market is increasing rapidly every year. In previous studies, a keratinase-producing microbe was isolated from Bleduk Kuwu which was identified as Bacillus haynesii BK1H. However, further study needs to be done to optimize the production by observing microenvironmental factors that influence keratinase production. In this study, screening some microenvironmental factors is reported. Screening factors including carbon sources, type and concentration of metal ions, agitation speed, amount of inoculum, pH, and temperature. Screening for these factors was started with the One Factor at A Time (OFAT) method and followed by the Plackett-Burman Design (PBD) method. In this study, sequential work was done: (1) Regeneration of Bacillus haynesii BK1H Microbes, (2) Preparation of Tyrosine Standard Series Solutions, (3) Screening of Factors Affecting Protease Fermentation of Bacillus haynesii BK1H using the One Factor at A Time (OFAT) method. ), and (4) Maintaining Significantly Influential Factors by Using Plackett-Burman Design (PBD). The results of the OFAT approach showed that the best condition for keratinase production was achieved at rice husk concentration, additional carbon source, of 1%; pH of 7; a temperature of 35°C; the amount of inoculum of 1%; agitation speed of 150 rpm; magnesium sulfate concentration of 0.04 g/mL, and calcium chloride concentration of 0.0005 g/m. Justification of those factors using PBD confirmed that only additional rice husk, magnesium sulfate and calcium chloride concentration, and agitation speed were significantly important toward keratinase production at selected experiment level limits.