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Impact Stories

Rumah Tenun Magelang and Discovering What Growth Can Mean for People

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Before building Rumah Tenun Magelang, Relly Saryanto’s family business had already spent years producing woven products for other brands, mainly for export. The products reached customers overseas, but not under an Indonesian name. That eventually became the reason RTM was established. While RTM is a new brand, the thinking behind it had been there for […]

October 22, 2026 2 min read

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HANDEP and Keeping Indigenous Knowledge Alive through Craft

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For many Dayak communities, the forest is part of their everyday life. It’s where people farm, gather food and medicine, build homes, and pass down knowledge for the next generation. But over the past few decades, that relationship has been changing. Growing up in Central Kalimantan, Randi Mirana Julian saw the forests they knew became […]

October 22, 2026 3 min read

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Front-Day Sustainability: From Natural Fibres to Coconut Sugar

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“What does sustainability look like on the ground?” Sometimes, the best way to understand it is to see it in action. That’s where Front-Day Sustainability comes in, a field-based learning initiative that connects IKEA co-workers with social entrepreneurs from the Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (I-SEA). Through visits to the Changemakers, co-workers get the […]

August 26, 2026 6 min read

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How Accelerator Priorities Shift Across Ecosystems

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Across several cities in Indonesia, our Zebra Accelerator Playbook workshops brought together entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) working in different local contexts. While the goal was to strengthen accelerator design and execution, the workshops revealed patterns in how accelerator priorities evolve across ecosystems. Each city had its own dynamics. But some patterns kept coming up; about […]

August 8, 2026 4 min read

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Berikanesia Lestari Transforms Abandoned Mining Pits into a Circular Economy for Belitung Communities

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Bangka Belitung, 14 January 2026 — Changemakers from Belitung under the Berikanesia Lestari initiative, with support from Instellar Impact through Catalyst Changemakers Ecosystem (CCE) 3.0, have successfully implemented blue economy innovations over the past year on Belitung Island. Through close collaboration with local government, fisher groups, aquaculture farmers, community health workers, and local residents, Berikanesia […]

August 8, 2026 4 min read

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Redefining Luxury in Mandalika: Lombok Eco Kriya Pioneers Circular Tourism with ‘Tusha’ Amenities and the SOLAH Network

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Lombok Tengah, January 20, 2026 – In a significant step toward transforming Lombok into a sustainable tourism destination, the Lombok Eco Kriya Consortium—comprising Plana, Timba, and Wise Steps Foundation—together with Instellar Impact, officially unveiled the region’s first Circular Green Tourism Ecosystem. Hosted at Tampah Hills, the dissemination event brought together key stakeholders from the government, […]

August 8, 2026 3 min read

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CSR as a Business Strategy: Lessons from Danone Indonesia, BUMA International Group, and Industry Experts

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At our recent Impact in Action on strategic CSR, leaders from Danone Indonesia, BUMA International Group (BIG), and ecosystem experts all pointed to the same thing: impact is no longer a side project. It’s becoming part of business strategy. Here are the key insights from the discussion. Purpose-driven companies build impact into their operations Karyanto […]

August 8, 2026 4 min read

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I-SEA Programme Brings Together 10 Social Enterprises for Cohort 3

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Jakarta, 26 September 2025 – Instellar and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship are once again joining forces to support social innovation in Indonesia through I-SEA Cohort 3, a one-year acceleration programme designed to help social enterprises strengthen their business capacity and expand their positive impact. This year, ten inspiring social enterprises from across the country, spanning nature-based […]

August 8, 2026 4 min read

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InnoFund 2025: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs to Grow and Create Impact

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Jakarta, 17 September 2025 – Standard Chartered Foundation, through its global initiative Futuremakers by Standard Chartered, in collaboration with Instellar Impact as the implementing partner and Youth Business International (YBI), officially launched the InnoFund programme in Indonesia.  The programme aims to provide financing access and tailored business support for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) […]

August 8, 2026 4 min read