Apindo noted that every unresolved business obstacle weakens the multiplier effect needed to attract investment, expand production and create employment.
Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairwoman Shinta Kamdani delivers a speech during the 35th National Working and Consultation Meeting at Claro Hotel in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Aug. 4, 2026. (Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO)/-)
The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has called on the government to focus on resolving structural bottlenecks affecting businesses, arguing that preventing layoffs requires improving the investment climate rather than addressing labor issues only after workers lose their jobs.Apindo chairwoman Shinta Kamdani said Indonesia's economic resilience would depend on its ability to address longstanding challenges faced by the real sector amid an increasingly uncertain global environment.
She said businesses were contending with geopolitical tensions, shifts in global trade policies, supply chain disruptions, as well as volatile energy and commodity prices, while also facing domestic obstacles such as high production and logistics costs, expensive energy, regulatory inefficiencies and weak labor productivity.
