Green building rating system has been used by many countries around the globe to certify the green buildings. However, little evidence has confirmed that stakeholders understand the theory and practical implementation of green building rating system, particularly in Indonesia. Thus, the paper aims to evaluate stakeholders knowledge of green buildings, and to propose recommendation for green building direction for the government. The result shows most of the professionals in this sector prefer considering environmental issues as the primary concern in developing the new building over social and economic aspects of sustainability. Despite their awareness of this concept, limited experience from building owner and rewards are the two main barriers to the steady progress of professionals taking certification of green building. This study also shows that the government and green building council of the country needs to evaluate the method to promote the use of green building concept and to encourage professionals taking the certification.

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is based around transit stations, with the emphasis on high population density and multifunctional areas in promoting sustainable mobility. This study aimed to develop a TOD model that could achieve an optimum land use allocation to maximize transit ridership. A critical literature review, an analysis of value engineering through function and benchmarking studies were conducted in order to develop a baseline plan for a TOD model, which was then optimized using linear programming. A total of four light rail transit (LRT) stations located in Jakarta were used as the case study to represent model implementation, ridership evaluation and optimal design. The optimization results showed that office workers constituted the highest number of transit passengers, followed by those working in hotels and commercial/retail and residential users. It was also found that optimizing the design of the TOD can increase the number of daily LRT passengers by up to 55%.

Advances in technology have led to more production of environmental friendly projects, products and services. As our colleagues from Germany and Japan highlight the importance of Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0, and after a series of my previous notes on technology and sustainable development, I would like now to extend our discussion on how the latest technology can be a powerful mechanism to improve our standard of living and sustain our mother earth. Industry 4.0 emerged from innovative digital technology to create value creation, whilst Society 5.0 is argued as a human-centered society that balances economic advancement with Industry 4.0. On the other hand, the environment has provided us with natural resources that speed up the growth of our industries and economies towards sustainability. Nature 5.0 is proposed as regenerating nature, so it enables us to invent the technology that helps us in sustaining the earth as our living place. It follows creation (Nature 1.0), adaptation (Nature 2.0), evolution (Nature 3.0), and coalition (Nature 4.0). After the existence of Earth, the adaptation stage is the process that makes organisms better suited to their habitat. Interactions between organisms produce evolutions of fitness, and over hundred years later, evolution has caused us to promote and share the Earth’s natural resources. The advancements in the technology revolution have allowed us to play a significant role in shaping and regenerating nature. The technology has enormous environmental impacts, including negative impacts like rising levels of pollution, to positive impacts like revitalization of the Earth’s landscape. The environmental changes have altered the evolution of life, and with the advancement of technology, changes have fed back to alter the environment. We evolve together. We need to come out with more environmentally friendly technology that can be used in our food, farming and energy; and further, to create sustainable smart cities and industrial development as our standard for human well-being. Transforming and regenerating the Earth as well as our development pattern will be useful to future generations. The well-being of our future will be dependent on how we can produce technology that can govern our climate, health, social equity and stability. Technology 4.0 can be used to mitigate and provide a solution for enhancing our way of life by producing sustainable products and services. For example, by using an advance information technology system, we are creating new ways to reduce transportation emissions and manage resource consumption, in a way that is better for the economy, community and environment. The creativity and innovation of technology development contributes to improving the global environment by producing green, resource-secure and inclusive economies for all. Furthermore, technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics, machine learning, 3D printing, etc, can be used to create, expand and monitor the effectiveness of sustainable development and environmental compliance across the globe. Industry 4.0 can be efficiently used to control and to improve required resources, energy, water and waste by connecting and automatically exchanging information via intra- and inter-systems. Moreover, financial incentives through government policy and market-based approaches can be implemented and monitored by charging a price on environmental and social costs, such as renewable resources deployment and pollution reduction. Partnership and collaborative processes from all stakeholders are required to enhance the acceleration and adoption of technologies for environmental regeneration and quality of life improvement. In this context, policy makers, business practitioners, scientists, and smart societies are working together to add sustainable value to reinforce the positive aspects of technology’s effect on nature. As technology changes the way we live, it will continue to have a profound impact on the way we regenerate and protect our environment sustainability.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a world health emergency in early 2020. Many governments quickly responded by strategizing their policies to support healthcare facilities, economic sectors, and social safety nets during the pandemic. Those various essential policies and programs must continue to be executed even after the pandemic or in the ‘new normal’ situation. Improved testing capacity and contact tracing is required both when confirmed cases of COVID-19 are detected and to mitigate new clusters. The governments need to increase the number of health facilities and implement strict health protocols, such as handwashing, physical distancing, using face masks, and staying physically and mentally healthy. To define effective government interventions, it is necessary to gather data on hazards, vulnerability, and healthcare capacity in responding to COVID-19. The pandemic is negatively affecting global economic growth, slowing down business activities, reducing production, and increasing unemployment and income uncertainty. As the virus continues to spread, restrictions on mobility are curtailing economic activities, which has created an economic shock that is prompting a global recession. Less investment, job losses, and disrupted national and global trade and supply chains have caused many governments to take necessary actions and to collaborate to enable a robust global recovery. Global coordination and cooperation are required to mitigate the spread of the pandemic and its impact on economic and social stability. At the same time, clear and accurate information is needed to maintain public social stability; hoaxes and disinformation can cause public panic and disrupt the process of recovery. All countries dealing with the pandemic have been refocusing their government funds and programs to tackle COVID-19. We are all hoping that a global economic recovery will start in the third quarter of 2020. Building Resilience and Adapting to Change Attempting to revive the economy, many governments begin transitioning to implement the ‘new normal’ during the pandemic. While transitioning to jumpstart industrial sectors, the new normal requires solidarity and self-awareness among the general public to mitigate the spread of the virus. Social cooperation is essential to building resilient health systems, and society’s discipline in carrying out health protocol for COVID-19 during daily activities is key to suppressing transmission of the virus. Following this protocol creates a culture of a healthier lifestyle.Governments are attempting to reopen businesses by supporting various policies, including the relaxation of taxes, providing bank loans, and increasing financial assistance and incentives to stimulate economic productivity and growth. Companies need to strategize their operational activities to survive and form contingency plans to recover their business by utilizing digital media, sharing cost burden and business operation if necessary. While there is no vaccine, product and service transactions remain slightly different from before. Businesses should expand their product or services offerings by virtual options and manage remote work using digital platforms. In the new normal, a need for best practices for a cashless society, managing public spaces for social distancing, and protecting population health, such as health testing and digital contact tracing, may become increasingly vital. The use of technology and automation will play a significant role in increasing productivity.Responses to COVID-19 have also prompted a strong drive to reduce inequal access to and the quality of public education and health facilities supported by government policies to increase the country’s resilience. Furthermore, this drive will prompt stronger support for small and medium enterprises through business incubators and start-up companies to ensure urban economic resilience.What we will see in the future is a development model with an emphasis on innovation, inclusivity, and sustainability.

Industry 4.0 has arisen from an advancement of information and data technology. Thus, data has becomes valuable knowledge that can be organized, managed, and utilized to enhance productivity performance and further innovation in order to gain more competitive advantages for organizations. Technologies—among others, big data techniques such as machine learning, data mining, crowdsourcing, and time-frequency analysis, etc.—have been invented to draw useful information that helps organizations gain valuable insights into past and current market behavior in order to predict its future needs and direction by producing innovative business models, projects, products, or services. Harnessing big data in the private and public sectors produces enormous benefits. The utilization of big data has been used to reduce production cost and working capital and to further increase productivity, improve quality, and generate more business revenues for both sectors. As a result, information is more usable and accessible for both service providers and customers, and therefore, resulting in value creation and competitive advantages. However, some challenges on managing data and information are existed, mainly regarding privacy protection and data security. Collecting, managing, and utilizing the data can be a problem if not performed with the proper mechanism and authorization. Data Protection, Privacy, & Security Competition around new business models should be designed to enable data utilization to enhance industrial applications that are beneficial for end users. Companies bear a high degree of responsibility, including data confidentiality protection. Data privacy breakdowns and the use of private information for inappropriate and harmful purposes can be destructive for business reputations. Blown away by digital world freedom, people have detailed their personal data, interests, even obsessions on social media platforms, generating a river of data that can be collected and harnessed for advertising or other means. We live in a world full of tangible and intangible data, where some people may gain benefits from others’ personal information with few constraints and almost no supervision. Furthermore, some individuals or organizations have taken advantage of social and digital platforms to deceive, mislead, or harm others by creating or disseminating fake news and disinformation. Thus, with such economic value, data is now too valuable to go unregulated. For example, the current scandal involving Cambridge Analytica exposes how we need a better data-protection system. Well aware of this situation, the European Union has exhibited a fast breakthrough response toward the rising threat of data misuse through the issuance of the General Data Protection Regulation that will enter into force next month. Businesses that neglect to consider and implement privacy requirements and data protection will be subject to enforcement actions. As a result, failure to comply with the regulation is subject to a fine up to either 4% of an organization’s global turnover or EUR 20 million for noncompliance. Furthermore, utilizing algorithms and crowdsourcing technologies, strengthening online accountability, and performing peer-to-peer review as well as improving public digital literacy can be optimized to mitigate data misuse and disinformation. The organizations must set up their own governance systems to ensure adherence of data protection toward the highest level of integrity and business ethics. Data privacy policies should be integrated into mainstream business; thus, all protected data must correctly be identified, handled, transmitted, and utilized.

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is an urban development approach that integrates transit stations to establish transit-oriented behavior. It is a systematic approach to reduce automotive dependency by facilitating increased accessibility to diverse destinations within walking distance. Indonesia has recently adopted this development approach. This paper is intended to provide academic insight into the current Indonesian implementation of TOD. A comparative model is created based on benchmark studies and research on current TOD principles and theories. Based on a comparative analysis between the model and current developments, Indonesian TOD can benefit from further development area and arrangement adjustment to conform to TOD design planning principles.