Fashion & Beauty Care

Davos, Switzerland – Unilever and Indonesian government-owned palm oil plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in Indonesia to support local mills and smallholder farmers to produce palm oil according to the standards of no deforestation, no development on peat and no exploitation of people and communities … Read more

M.P. Evans Group (MPE) and R.E.A. Holdings (RE.) have noted the recent announcement by the Indonesian government regarding two sets of revisions to its palm-oil export duty and levy. Earlier this month, Muhammad Lutfi, Trade Minister of Indonesia which is the world’s biggest palm oil producer, said the government would bring down its combined maximum … Read more

As the pioneer brand in sweet soy sauce, Bango has been complementing authentic Indonesian dishes since 1928. But now the brand is on a new sustainable mission: to switch to 100% recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Bango is our first Foods & Refreshment brand in our South East Asia and Australasia region to launch this … Read more

(1st UPDATE) The patient is doing ‘well,’ showing only mild symptoms, and in self isolation at home JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, detected in a person who had returned from an unidentified country with documented cases, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday, August 20. The 27-year-old male tested positive … Read more

Reviewed by Rama Gaind. By Dominique Roques, Mountain Leopard Press, $39.99. “Perfume is the invisible, unforgettable, fashionable accessory that announces your arrival and prolongs your departure.” ― Coco Chanel A glance may be deceptive, but not the nose since fragrances make us dream and scents can make memories come alive. Perfumes are at once familiar … Read more

Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Alamy, Getty To a degree unusual even by the standards of Manhattan development, the opening of Aman New York — perhaps the most anticipated new hotel here in the last quarter-century — has been shadowed by scandal, discord, and death. The project, led by the Soviet-born billionaire Vladislav Doronin, is the first … Read more