Keseriusan Pupuk Kaltim dalam penanganan pasien positif Covid-19 membuahkan hasil terbaik, dengan tingkat kesembuhan mencapai 94% dalam waktu kurun waktu 1,5 bulan. Direktur Utama Pupuk Kaltim Rahmad Pribadi, menyebut persentase kesembuhan didapati dari total pasien terkonfirmasi positif sebanyak 242 pasien di Bontang, dimana per 29 September 2020, sebanyak 228 orang telah selesai isolasi sekaligus selesai menjalani perawatan. “Perawatan sisa 14 pasien terus dioptimalkan dan diharap segera sembuh dalam waktu dekat,” kata Rahmad.

Commemorating the World Cleanup Day (WCD) 2020 and at the same time supporting the Clean Indonesia Movement, the Association of Wives and Employees (PIKA) Pupuk Kaltim collaborating with the Waste Care Community of Bontang City managed to collect 255.53 kg of plastic and glass waste of various types as a result of sorting the household waste of PIKA Pupuk Kaltim members in their respective neighborhoods.

Pupuk Kaltim inaugurated the domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant (IPAL), which was constructed to support the potential development of the Disability-Friendly Palm Sugar Village (Kampung Aren) program in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and Business Incubator (Inbis) of Permata Bunda at RT 11 Api-api Village of North Bontang on 16 September 2020.

Pupuk Kaltim sprayed and disinfected public areas and facilities in 15 villages throughout Bontang City as a follow-up to the Company's contribution in suppressing the spread of Covid-19. This activity involves dozens of volunteers who are later referred to as Covid Fighters in each Village to spray according to the schedule set by each region.

Various efforts have been continuously made by Pupuk Kaltim to provide spirit encouragement to employees and their families who are currently undergoing treatment or later referred to as Covid-19 Fighters. One of the activities is a virtual sharing session with Kotot Wasisto on 15 September 2020, a Covid-19 survivor who is able to deal with and fight against the virus after undergoing treatment although he is a comorbid patient with a vulnerable age of over 50 years old.

Optimizing the development of the Company's CSR, President Director of Pupuk Kaltim Rahmad Pribadi visited 2 assisted locations at the coastal areas of Bontang, namely the Better Living in Malahing Program in the water settlements of Malahing, South Bontang District, and Creating Shared Value (CSV) of Floating Net Cages (KJA) in the waters of Tanjung Limau on 9 September 2020.

To increase its commitment to Covid-19 and community empowerment, Pupuk Kaltim distributed the anticipatory needs to a number of schools around the Company as well as working capital to 43 assisted partners in East Kalimantan. The aid was symbolically handed over by President Director of Pupuk Kaltim Rahmad Pribadi, accompanied by the Board of Directors and Management of Pupuk Kaltim at the Grand Equator Hotel on Thursday morning (10/9).

Bontang currently has a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Biomolecular laboratory unit for Covid-19 swab analysis at Pupuk Kaltim Hospital. It was inaugurated by President Director of Pupuk Kaltim Rahmad Pribadi together with the Regional Secretary of Bontang City Aji Erlynawati and President Director of Pupuk Kaltim Hospital Group dr. Nurul Fathoni on Tuesday morning (8/9).

Providing moral support and spirit to fight together against Covid-19, President Director of Pupuk Kaltim Rahmad Pribadi, together with the Board of Directors and Company Management greeted the Covid-19 Fighters and Medical Fighters of Pupuk Kaltim Hospital. The activity took place virtually at the Rajawali Room of Pupuk Kaltim Head Office on 7 and 8 September 2020.

In order to improve synergy and cooperation, the Board of Directors of Pupuk Kaltim held a gathering with Forkompimda Bontang at the Mayor’s Hall of Home on Monday evening (7/9). This activity was also carried out as an introduction to the Board of Directors of Pupuk Kaltim currently led by President Director Rahmad Pribadi with the Director of Operation and Production Hanggara Patrianta and the Director of Finance and General Affairs Qomaruzzaman. Rahmad said that this gathering would encourage and motivate the Board of Directors together with Pupuk Kaltim Management to continue working so as to be able to provide the best contribution to society, nation and state. Through active cooperation and synergy between the Company and the City Government of Bontang, the presence of Pupuk Kaltim will always support the economic growth and community welfare, especially in Bontang and East Kalimantan regions, as one of the development objectives through improving the quality of human resources. “For the Bontang City, Pupuk Kaltim continues to support the achievement of development for a prosperous society through active cooperation and synergy with the City Government of Bontang, “ said Rahmad.