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Pertamina Champions SMEs, Fostering Grassroots Economic Growth

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • PT Pertamina has recognized 10 outstanding Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) partners through its Pertapreneur Aggregator (PAG) program for 2025-2026.
  • These SMEs were selected from 730 participants based on their business performance, social impact, and global market readiness.
  • The program aims to foster a supportive ecosystem for SMEs, empowering them to grow, collaborate, and contribute to the broader economy, with a significant Social Return on Investment (SROI) noted.

State-owned energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) has honored 10 top Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) partners through its Pertapreneur Aggregator (PAG) program for the 2025-2026 cycle. These selected businesses demonstrated exceptional performance, measurable social impact, and readiness to compete on a global scale.

The PAG program, managed under Pertamina's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Small Medium Enterprise Partnership Program (SMEPP) functions, aims to cultivate SMEs as "aggregators." These aggregators are envisioned as ecosystem drivers capable of expanding market access, fostering collaboration, and empowering other SMEs to achieve growth and upward mobility.

From an initial pool of 730 UMK Academy 2025 national participants, 100 SMEs were shortlisted. Through a rigorous selection process involving screening, interviews, bootcamps, mentoring, business acceleration, site visits, and Objective Key Results (OKR) monitoring, Pertamina identified the 10 Champions based on their business capacity, impact, and development potential.

Rudi Afrianto, Vice President of CSR & SMEPP Management at Pertamina, stated that the PAG program embodies the company's commitment to strengthening the grassroots economy. "We want to nurture SMEs that not only grow their businesses but also become drivers that empower other SMEs and create greater benefits for society," he said. The program provided participants with comprehensive support in business strategy, marketing, finance, ESG, digitalization, and market expansion. The initiative also reported an average Social Return on Investment (SROI) of 2.21, indicating that every Rp1 invested yielded Rp2.21 in social, economic, and environmental benefits. Pertamina also provided production facility grants totaling Rp495 million to support the SMEs' sustainability.

We want to nurture SMEs that not only grow their businesses but also become drivers that empower other SMEs and create greater benefits for society.

— Rudi AfriantoVice President of CSR & SMEPP Management at PT Pertamina (Persero), explaining the goals of the Pertapreneur Aggregator program.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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