In order to increase sharia financial literacy, the Central Leadership Council of the Association of Islamic Economic Experts (DPP IAEI) in collaboration with the IAEI Riau Regional Leadership Council (DPW), and the STIES Imam Asy-Syafii Pekanbaru Commissariat held a National Seminar on Islamic Economics (SENSEI) with the theme "The Role of Sharia Economics in Accelerating the Green Economic Transition” on Thursday (12/5), in a hybrid manner at the Batiqa Hotel Pekanbaru, Riau.
This routine event began with remarks from Dr. Oktaviani as Chair of the STIES Imam Asy-Syafii Pekanbaru Commissariat. He said that the green economy is an economic idea that aims to improve the welfare and social equality of society while significantly reducing the risk of environmental damage. Dr. Zulkifli as chairman of DPW IAEI Riau also delivered his remarks, he believed that the existence of sharia economics has a strategic place, both support from the government and support from the private sector. For this reason, he invited the seminar participants to strive to preach sharia economics.
Prof. Dr. Raditya Sukmana, MA. as Head of the Research and Scientific Development Division of the IAEI DPP delivered his keynote speech, which explained optimizing the role of sharia economic instruments in achieving a green economy. Green economy is not only about CO2 problems, but also about how to produce energy, namely renewable energy. In Indonesia itself, the government is collaborating on the green economy and Islamic finance by producing green sukuk products whose funds are used for matters related to the environment.
The challenge currently being faced when carrying out industrial development is environmental damage. Therefore, sharia economics is expected to be able to support environmental, social and governance (ESG), where in this case corporate social responsibility (CSR) companies can contribute to it through waqf. An example is solar panels to produce energy. Apart from that, there have also been many waqf movements related to environmental aspects, such as well waqf, tree waqf, and biogas reactor waqf.
“Sukuk, waqf, and so on can really support the green economy. The key is how society collaborates with the role of government. "Come now, the time for implementation in the real sector with the support of Islamic financial instruments is what is being awaited in the city of Pekanbaru." – Prof. Dr. Raditya Sukmana, MA., Head of Research and Scientific Development at the IAEI DPP.
