Speaker: Ernest Layman, Co-founder & CEO Rekosistem

Ernest Layman discussed the growing opportunity for impact investing in Indonesia’s green economy, highlighting how collaboration between investors, businesses, governments, and waste management partners can scale climate solutions while creating economic value. Through Rekosistem’s circular economy model, he demonstrated how technology, investment, and partnerships can strengthen Indonesia’s waste management ecosystem and generate measurable environmental, social, and economic impact.

Key Takeaways:

• Global and regional impact investing continues to grow, with Indonesia offering strong opportunities in renewable energy, critical minerals, circular economy, and carbon-related solutions.
• Indonesia’s waste sector presents a significant investment opportunity, with 61% of waste not yet properly managed, limited waste-to-energy facilities, and insufficient waste recovery infrastructure.
• Rekosistem connects governments, producers, funders, technology providers, and waste management partners through an integrated waste recovery system that supports Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), traceable reporting, and circular economy initiatives.
• Rekosistem has expanded to more than 1,000 stations, hubs, and partners across 126 cities and regencies, providing waste management infrastructure, financing access, and technology for waste recovery.

Ernest emphasized that impact is achieved through scale, demonstrating how collaboration can generate measurable outcomes across the triple bottom line (Profit, People, and Planet), including economic growth, waste recovery, and livelihood improvements for thousands of workers.