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A curated collection of tools, playbooks, and evidence-based research to support leaders and organizations working to shift systems, strengthen collaboration, and advance the Responsible Bioeconomy.
Mapping Sustainable Job Roles: A Practical Guide to Embedding ESG in Everyday Work
This pocket guide is designed to help organizations translate ESG commitments into concrete, day-to-day job roles. Developed through a cross-sector dialogue, it offers a practical framework for Human Resources teams and employees to integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into job descriptions, performance assessments, and workplace behaviors. By combining self-reflection tools, HR assessment methods, […]
Unlocking Global Markets: Cacao Market Mapping and Buyer Requirements
This report presents a market mapping study on cacao, focusing on global buyer demand, traceability requirements, and sustainability expectations across key international and domestic markets. The study combines market data, buyer insights, and value chain analysis to identify procurement needs, certification standards, pricing considerations, and emerging opportunities for cacao products from Indonesia.
Redefining Future: Insights from our journey to reimagine leadership and economy
BLESS Indonesia was founded to accelerate Indonesia’s transition towards a just and balanced economy by reducing dependence on extractive industries and large-scale monoculture.
Insights
Ideas, reflections, and emerging perspectives that shape resilient leadership and a balanced economy.
When the Sun Turns, We Return to Stillness
Nature carries its own language of rhythm. In Indonesia, we live alongside it, through monsoon rains, swelling rivers, and forests that hold their breath between storms. On 21 December, we witness a quiet turning in the sky, Titik Balik Matahari or the solstice, when the sun reaches the farthest point of its seasonal path and […]
Harmony in Leadership: Sustaining Change with Clarity and Care
Trees and humans are more alike than we imagine. They breathe, adapt, heal from wounds, and communicate through intricate fungal networks that pass nutrients, warnings, and support across the forest floor. Some trees “remember” drought and respond better the next time, others release calming scents that ease the human body, slowing the pulse and softening […]
What the Youth Pledge “Sumpah Pemuda” Taught Us About Collective Leadership
In 1928, a quiet gathering in Batavia carried the pulse of something new. Young people from across the islands came together with a single intention to imagine a shared future. The room had no sign of power, only sincerity, courage, and hope. Nearly a century later, that spirit continues to guide us. The Youth Pledge […]