Environmental, Social and Governance

Keep Bali Clean

On the afternoon of Sunday 9th April 2017 FINNS Beach Club and local surf brand, LOKO sponsored the Inaugural Keep Bali Clean Surf Challenge. This was a free community event with only a donation of RP 50,000 per person being requested. The aim was to increase awareness of the Keep Bali Clean campaign to all Bali residents and raise funds to support their 2017 projects such as presentations to educate primary school students, anti-littering advertisements on local TV station DEWATA TV at 6pm daily plus two new advertisements which are in the coming. Further a subsidized rubbish collection is in the planning, as well as the placement of compost bins in Canggu area.

A ‘Keep Bali Clean’ – star system will be introduced for hotels within Bali. With this system the hotels can receive a number of stars as reward to their recycle efforts, and for the support they give to Keep Bali Clean.

Almost IDR 10,000.000 were raised from donations and the sale of Keep Bali Clean merchandise. FINNS will continue to work to improve rubbish disposal in the Berawa and Canggu areas to preserve our beautiful island of Bali.

FINNS Bali is proud to be the major sponsor of Keep Bali Clean Campaign. As one of many ways in which we do give support, we keep educating our staff on Clean & Green policies, by using for example alternative, oxo-biodegradable trash bags rather than plastic bags. Especially in the year 2017 we want to move ahead together and provoke substantial environmental changes, seeing the challenges Bali is facing through both major waste issues and the fast development of tourism.

The most important Keep Bali Clean projects for the current year involve presentations to educate primary school students, anti-littering advertisements on local TV station DEWATA TV at 6pm daily, plus two new advertisements which are in the coming. Furthermore a subsidized rubbish collection is in the planning, as well as the placement of compost bins in Canggu area.

Another channel of support are fundraisers, e.g. the ‘Keep Bali Clean and LOKO Surf Challenge’ on April 9th 2017, held at Berawa Beach and the ‘Canggu Classic Tennis Tournament’, in which the club has donated IDR 82,150,000 (USD 6,000) towards the airing of the Bali Go Green campaign. Additionally to that FINNS is raising money for the cause by implementing donation boxes throughout the Beach Club area, and the collection of donations by staff members.

The sale of Keep Bali Clean merchandise has also recently been introduced to both shops, at FINNS Beach Club and at Splash located at FINNS Recreation Club. The purchase income goes directly towards the charity.

Also see www.keepbaliclean.com for more information.

Keep Bali Clean is our chosen Environmental foundation, Here 12 year old Oscar is presenting the campaign to over 200 students at (Sekolah Menengah Atas Taman) Denpasar.

Keep Bali clean is excited to announce we will be introducing a school curriculum , starting with schools in Denpasar. the program is aimed to educated students of the negative impact of littering . and offering alternative solutions for using plastic bags and bottles. We will also be working with the schools to directly reduce the amount of plastic use at the schools , in the canteen and out side bags brought into the schools. We will also be running student contests to  make anti littering comercials and asking the students to make there own programs to reduce plastic use in the schools. To make this program more appealing to the participating schools , we need to reward the schools with greatly neeed educational equipment , such as computers and printers. If you would like to assist we are asking for donations, to help fund the equipment. donations can be left and FINNS REC of beach club in the donation boxes. the photo below is a reminder of what KBC is trying to tackle. Although the beaches are in better condition from April till October with the off shore winds. the plastic problem is still increasing with the popularity of packaged food and increased population of indonesian and the world  in general.

With out tackling the issue of plastic rubbish , the world is going to see increased cases of sickness through burning plastics, and plastics n in our sea food chains.

Its not just an eye saw , its a health and economical problem.

With your kind donation we can have a full time curriculum on Rubbish and full time star education the kids for the future.

Show your support and purchase a Keep Bali Clean t-shirt. Available at both FINNS Beach Club and FINNS Recreation Club for Rp176.000 of which Rp150.000 goes directly to Keep Bali Clean to help them continue this amazing initiative.

All our vegetables are freshly delivered daily, and are 100% from local organic farms in Bedugul. Supporting local farmers, is something we want to do for our community.

In the spirit of supporting local farmers, we greatly support the community of Muntigunung by buying their products which is the main income in their community which are: the cashew nuts ( which we use in various dishes ), the Rosella (sweet dry Hibiscus flower which is used in the breakfast muesli).

BALI PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION

The Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation was founded in Bali in 2009. It is a Non Government Organization whose sole aim is to fight Breast Cancer in Bali by adopting promotional, preventative and support programs. They continue to work supporting women with breast cancer and for breast cancer awareness in Bali.

The annual fund-raising event, the Bali Pink Ribbon 5km Walk & Run were held on October 20, 2018 at ITDC Hotel Complex, Nusa Dua. 2018 marks the 10th Annual event thus the theme “A Decade of Educating Breast Cancer Awareness in Bali”

Funds raised during this years walk will be used to:

• Set up a Breast Cancer ‘Rumah Singgah’ in Denpasar area, for out of town patients to transit while waiting for treatment
• Purchase a second hand mini bus for transporting patients
• Help finance seminar and screening road shows in 2019

FINNS Bali continues to support Bali Pink Ribbon with a particular focus in October, which is now known as Pink Ribbon month. In 2018 FINNS will support as follows:

• Participate in the Bali Pink Ribbon 5km Walk & Run.
• Dedicate a “Pink” Body Pump class when participants are encouraged to wear pink and make a donation.
• Special “Pink” cocktail when all profits are donated.
• Special Spa Package when all profits are donated.
• Sell Bali Pink Ribbon merchandise at FINNS Recreations Club, Splash Water Park, Body Temple Spa and FINNS Beach Club.

Founded in 2013, Stella’s Child exists to support Indonesian youths from deeply disadvantaged backgrounds as they prepare to leave children’s homes and orphanages and enter the world of work. Equip these youths, aged 12-19, with the skills they need to succeed in life and break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.

Stella’s Child is an efficient and highly effective grassroots organization that equips these youths, aged 6-20, with the skills they need to succeed in life and break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.

Too many disadvantaged youths enter the Indonesian workforce underprepared and under-skilled. Through our business-minded approach to positive youth development, we help young people rediscover their dreams or create new ones, then work with them to develop the necessary experience to make them real.

Supporting Stella’s Child is an investment in the potential of the children we work with and in the future of Indonesia.

See www.stellaschild.org for more information.