By Alistair G. Speirs Welcome to our new column exploring sustainability issues in our lives, and in the context of Jakarta. Almost everything we do has an impact on the environmental, social or cultural sustainability of a city, even the seemingly mundane; and so this column brings these less obvious factors to light. We start with an area that I am sure you have never thought of as being bad for the environment – annoying perhaps, diverting certainly, really contradictory to safety, also...

ARTOTEL Group has marked a significant achievement in Indonesia’s hospitality landscape by becoming the first local hotel operator to secure GSTC Certification, demonstrating its strong commitment to internationally recognised sustainable tourism standards. This recognition places ARTOTEL Group among leading global hotel brands capable of implementing sustainability practices in a consistent, measurable, and credible manner. The certification was granted to ARTOTEL Group as a hotel management...

On 22 nd  October 2025 MVB Sustainability Consultants hosted, what proved to be a highly popular and informative forum at the Merusaka Hotel in Nusa Dua focusing on bringing the Tourism and Hospitality industry into a new phase of sustainability. With two highly respected, and very academically based, keynote speakers and a substantial list of expert presenters, the forum attracted nearly 200 participants for a whole day session. MVB Founder and Forum Moderator, Alistair Speirs said that his...