The Covid-19 pandemic brought new habits to the Great Giants Foods (GGF) environment. This can be seen by the flourishing of football in the GGF environment which was marked by the inauguration of the GGF Football Club. The inauguration was held at the BTN Kopkar Dwi Karya soccer field with the theme “Building Coaching Towards Professionals and Achieve Achievements” on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

The inauguration of GGF Football Club was carried out by cutting the ribbon, cutting the cone, and kicking the first ball by Deputy Management Supriono Loekito and witnessed by GGF Football Club Trustees Heri Subondo, Manager Wiryo Saputra, Kadus VII Irsan, administrators, and players.

Supriono Loekito in his speech admitted that he is a football lover and proud of the local players and the GGF FC team, both senior and junior. “In the past we had a legendary club, the core Persilat team in Division 3 which was quite respected, Lampung Sakti in League 2, and acquired Badak Lampung. Management’s commitment is extraordinary, so that in the future it can be more solid to achieve future achievements, “said Deputy Management Supriono Loekito.

GGF Football Club team manager Wiryo Saputra hopes that with this momentum it is not impossible that GGF FC can achieve more. This is on condition that it must be occupied, earnest, and have high motivation. Sufficient support from GGF will have an impact on the resilience of GGF FC from generation to generation.

Wiryo also said that GGF FC is part of the football sports forum for the workers and their families at GGF and the surrounding community in general. The existence of high interest and enthusiasm in soccer is expected to be able to orbit athletes at the national level.

Furthermore, it is said that early childhood development is the short-term and long-term focus of GGF FC. This will be realized by immediately registering it with PSSI so that it becomes the official forum for soccer early childhood development.

Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Cooperatives (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki inaugurated the inaugural export of mas bananas to Singapore and handed over cattle assistance to farmers fostered by PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) in Tanggamus, Lampung virtually on Thursday, September 30, 2021.

The agenda was carried out in order to improve the welfare of farmers and ranchers, as well as economic recovery due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The release of 144 boxes of mas bananas to Singapore was carried out in a hybrid manner and assembled together with the delivery of assistance to 10 cows to partnership farmers who are members of the Green Makmur Farmer Producer Cooperative, Margodadi Village, Sumber Rejo District, Tanggamus.

The ceremonial release of the first export of Mas bananas was carried out by the Regent of Tanggamus Dewi Handayani, Deputy for Cooperatives Ahmad Zabadi, and the Governor of Lampung, represented by the Acting Assistant for the Economy and Development Kusnardi. The ceremony was also witnessed by the Deputy for Food and Agribusiness Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy Musdhalifah Machmud, Chair of the Green Farmers Producers Cooperative Makmur Sigit Wicaksono and the fostered farmers who were also attended by the Regent of Kepahiang Hidayatullah Sjahid, and the Regent of Simalungun Radiapoh Hasiholan Sinaga.

Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs Teten Masduki in a virtual speech said he highly appreciated the Green Makmur Farmer Cooperative which had made its first export of gold bananas to Singapore. He said that through a strategic partnership between the cooperative and PT GGP, it will provide certainty of the availability of banana seeds, good governance, packaging standards, trading of banana quality, and market certainty.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Harvick Hasnul Qolbi said that in order to support government programs, the Ministry of Economy continues to carry out stimulation and activities. This is proven by the release of exports by the Green Makmur Farmer Cooperative in Tanggamus which is able to create farmers with corporate tie.

Corporate Affairs Director of PT GGP Welly Soegiono explained that the development of mas banana cultivation has reached 450 hectares and the farmers who have joined the partnership have reached 850 farmers. Welly said that initially the farmers were given assistance and the assistance continued to roll so that it could become big. This is inseparable from the collaboration of cooperatives, local governments, and provincial governments.

On this occasion, the Deputy for Food and Agribusiness Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy said that bananas were the second largest foreign exchange contributor for Indonesia with a value of 14.6 million US dollars (BPS: 2018) or around Rp. 204 billion. Even during the pandemic, it still persists and the good productivity of agricultural products in Lampung cannot be separated from the tenacity of the people who work on social forestry land optimally.

PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) received visits from 300 students and 3 lecturers from the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta Agribusiness Study Program which was conducted online and held on Friday (24/9).

Head of Corporate Communication Indra Ardiyanto said “PT GGP welcomes the arrival of students and lecturers from the Agribusiness Study Program at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. This activity gives students the opportunity to know about PT GGP in running its business. It is hoped that the students who attend can be inspired and motivated in learning in the world of agribusiness”.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Agribusiness Study Program at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Akhmad Mahbubi, SP., MM., Ph.D representing the academic community expressed his gratitude for the opportunity given by PT GGP to students and lecturers who were present at that time.

Akhmad Mahbubi, SP., MM., Ph.D said that the virtual visit program is one way for students to get closer and learn directly about the operations of companies engaged in the horticultural sector. Furthermore, he hopes that this activity will bring many benefits to students.

On that occasion, Technical Support Solid Pack Quality Assurance Factory Foods PT GGP Randy Pramuditha Arifin explained material about The Sustainable of Agroindustry. Randy explained about the long journey of one of GGF’s business units, namely PT GGP, in carrying out its production operations from 1979 to the present.

One of the materials presented was about the implementation of an integrated farming system whose ecosystem starts from plants in plantations, then harvested so that the resulting products can be distributed domestically and abroad (exports). From the product processing process, there are residues that can be processed into cattle feed. Then the cow dung can be processed and produced into biogas which can also be used in factory operations.

Virtual visits conducted by the Agribusiness Study Program of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta to the industrial world are routinely carried out. Before the pandemic, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah did it directly (offline) but during the Covid-19 pandemic it was done online.

At the end of the event, the Head of the Agribusiness Study Program, Mr. Akhmad Mahbubi, SP., MM., Ph.D said that he did not expect and at the same time greatly appreciated the zero waste and Creating Share Value (CSV) program run by PT GGP. He also expressed his hope that in the future the Agribusiness Study Program of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah can establish cooperation in other forms in the frame of self-development of Agribusiness students of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.

PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) received a visit from the Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 in Terbanggi Besar, Lampung. PT GGP is one of the companies appreciated by the government through the visit of the Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency for having contributed as expected by the Indonesian government.

The Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency said that the Government of Indonesia gave an extraordinary response to the work of companies that have a major contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), absorbs labor, and provide benefits for good human resource management.

During a visit to PT GGP, the Agricultural Quarantine Agency hoped that in the future large companies would be able to provide opportunities for the community in the form of partnerships. So that it can be sustainable to meet the needs of the raw materials needed and open up business fields for the surrounding community to improve the welfare of the community.

The Director of Corporate Affairs of PT GGP, Mr. Welly Sugiono, was also present to accompany the working visit. He explained that the arrival of the Head of the Quarantine Agency at GGP was intended to see firsthand the existing facilities and several other facilities that could be developed as needed.

At the end of the activity, the group had the opportunity to review the canned pineapple production process, pineapple fruit harvesting activities, cattle fattening business, and dairy cattle business that has been integrated in PT GGP.

In supporting digital literacy, PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) contributed to providing 100 Kompas.id subscriptions for one year to Universitas Gadjah Mada. The subscription submission ceremony was accepted by the Chancellor of the Gadjah Mada University, Prof. Ir. Panut Mulyono, M, Eng., D. Eng.

Digital literacy is the knowledge and skills to use digital media, communication tools, or networks in finding, evaluating, using, creating information, and utilizing it in a healthy, wise, intelligent, careful, precise, and law-abiding manner to foster communication and interaction. in daily life.

Instead of spending time just browsing social media, people are advised to use it to do good things. The use of time should also be maximized to support productivity in living life.

On this occasion, a discussion on digital literacy was also held with the title “Information Flood, Choosing Hoaxes, and Fake News”. The public phenomenon of simply passing on hoax news has been a study of the Kompas Research and Development survey.

According to Kompas Daily Editor-in-Chief, Sutta Dharmasaputra, based on the results of the Kompas Research and Development survey in November 2019, only 47 percent of respondents checked the veracity of information to trusted media.

“My friends in Japan, the majority (only) have email. This is different from us, Indonesians, who use social media more,” said Gadjah Mada University Chancellor Panut Mulyono, on Friday, September 10, 2021 when opening a digital literacy discussion.

This digital literacy discussion is a collaboration between Kompas daily and Gadjah Mada University with the support of PT GGP which provides 100 compass subscriptions to Gadjah Mada University.

Based on data as of January 2021, the average Japanese person has 3.8 social media accounts. Meanwhile, Indonesians have an average of 10 social media accounts, which are listed as the top three countries with the largest social media account ownership.

“Because Indonesians tend to like the digital world, it is necessary to be educated. Education is considered important so that the community does not become a spreader of false news. Unread (content), just read the title, immediately forwarded. Even though the contents are not true,” said Prof. Ir. Panut Mulyono, M, Eng., D. Eng.

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics also released 1,656 findings of hoax issues from January 23, 2020 to June 22, 2021. The flood of information brought many bad effects, including triggering confusion, division, and disrupting family relations.

Corporate Affairs Director of PT GGP, Mr. Welly Soegiono, said that in this online information era, people are expected to think clearly and rationally so as not to backfire.

“Our employees, universities, are expected to have critical thinking. We also consider that Kompas has the highest quality journalistic products. Therefore, we cooperate with Kompas to jointly disseminate good journalistic products for UGM,” concluded Welly Soegiono.

The provision of this Kompas.id subscription is expected to be a gateway for students to be able to improve digital literacy. This step is taken to create a nation’s successor who is capable of literacy so that there will be no more spread of false news. This activity is also expected to be a forum for students to fill their spare time with positive and useful activities.

PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP), Terbanggi Besar received an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certificate from Customs. The ceremonial handover of the AEO certificate was attended by the West Sumatra Regional Customs Office (Sumbagbar) and the management of PT GGP, the AEO certificate was handed over on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at the GGP guest house building. The certificate was handed over directly by the Head of Customs Supervision and Customs Service Office Type B Bandar Lampung, Mrs. Erti Wiyandari to Mr. Welly Sugiono, Corporate Affairs Director of PT GGP.

The submission of an AEO certificate by the Central AEO Team from the Technical Directorate to the Board of Directors is one of the requirements that must be determined. The agenda has implemented a number of strict Covid-19 health protocols.

Esti Wiyandari said that what should be underlined regarding the submission of the AEO certificate is the subsequent process which is no less important. There are several points that will be carried out, including those related to monitoring and evaluation as well as how to maintain and improve the 13 criteria that are the requirements of the AEO.

As the Head of the Customs Supervisory and Excise Service Office for Intermediate Customs B Bandar Lampung, Esti Wiyandari said that by obtaining the AEO certificate, it was hoped that PT GGP would get various customs facilities, one of which was the company’s benefits. As it is known that one of the functions of Customs and Excise is to facilitate business actors in their working areas, both fiscal and procedural facilities, and AEO is included in the category of procedural facilities.

The procedures facilitated by Customs and Excise with the issuance of this certificate are several conveniences for document research, priority simplification of procedures, ease of periodic payments, and special services by the Clean Manager (CM).
“Once PT GGP is approved by the AEO, Customs and Excise immediately appoints the CM who will be the head to head customs service event, PT GGP can conduct any consultation with the appointed CM,” said Esti Wiyandri.

With PT GGP’s good profile so far in internal Customs and the cooperation that has been established, PT GGP hopes to always apply good discipline and according to the time set in carrying out its activities.

“Hopefully, having the AEO certificate won’t let us down. So far, related to certification, when PT GGP will export there are at least 19 supporting certifications as requirements, this is what PT GPP does and we consider it a challenge, “said Welly Sugiono Corporate Affairs Director of PT GGP.

Mr. Welly Sugiono said that until now PT GGP was able to grow well because PT GGP grew together with the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. If you think back to the past years in the 1980s, exporting was not easy because you had to bring containers to Jakarta, but now everything has changed and the facilities are developing along with the developments made by Customs and Excise.

“It can be said that PT GGP can grow big because it fights with Customs and Excise. For every problem experienced by PT GGP, Customs always responded well and finally PT GGP was able to export. Lampung, especially Indonesia, has the status as the largest pineapple supplier in the world. This is inseparable from the good cooperation so far,” said Welly Sugiono.

Closing Mr. Welly Sugiono’s remarks, PT GGP is grateful for the good support so far given by Customs and Excise, hopefully this collaboration can be an example in other places.