How do we link halal industries with green logistics to drive the Islamic economy responsibly and sustainably?

This article is contributed by Lina Anggraini S.Si and Dr. Sutan Emir Hidayat. Lina is Ocean Carrier Management (OCM) Manager at Kuehne +Nagel and an MBA candidate at the School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), and Dr. Sutan is Director of Education and Research, National Committee of Islamic Finance (KNKS), Indonesia. 

We can be proud of Indonesia's recent achievement on the Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI) from tenth to fifth in the State of the Global Islamic Economy 2019/20 report. It is contributed by many factors, such as government support in financing the halal industry.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry has set a target of $25 billion for the trade value of the country’s halal sectors in 2019, 20% higher than what was achieved in the previous year. This trade value consists of fashion products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, food, halal laboratories, and halal centers. Boosting the development of the halal industry is a good opportunity for Indonesia to increase its GDP, and will also open up many job opportunities. More of those opportunities will arise as there are also four halal industrial zones to be developed: Batamindo Industrial Estate, Bintan Industrial Park, Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung, and Modern Cikande Industrial Estate.