PT SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE

Their core work

PT Sustainability and Resilience (su-re.co) is an Indonesian SME specializing in climate change mitigation strategies, land-use based carbon management, and socio-economic dimensions of energy transitions. They provide expertise on agroforestry systems, land management modeling, and the human factors driving clean energy adoption in carbon-intensive regions. Their work bridges environmental science with social research, particularly in Southeast Asian and Global South contexts.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest project (GREEN-WIN, 2015) focused broadly on green growth and win-win climate strategies without specific technical keywords. By 2020, their work sharpened into two distinct streams: the socio-political dimensions of energy transitions (TIPPING.plus) and technical land-use carbon modeling with agroforestry (LANDMARC). The evolution shows a shift from general climate policy toward more specialized, data-driven approaches combining social science with earth system modeling.

Moving toward integrating social science research with quantitative land-use and climate modeling, positioning themselves as a bridge between community-level transitions and global carbon pathways.

How they like to work

Always a participant, never a coordinator — they join large international consortia (averaging 16+ partners per project across 24 countries) as a specialist contributor bringing Southeast Asian perspective and expertise. With 48 unique consortium partners across just 3 projects, they operate as a connector between European research institutions and the Global South. Their consistent participant role suggests they bring regional knowledge and fieldwork capacity rather than project management infrastructure.

Exceptionally broad network for their size — 48 unique partners across 24 countries from just 3 projects, indicating they join large multi-national consortia. Their Indonesian base gives them a rare Global South anchor point in European-funded research.

What sets them apart

As one of very few Indonesian SMEs active in H2020 climate and energy research, su-re.co offers something most European consortia lack: direct access to Southeast Asian field sites, local policy networks, and tropical land-use contexts. Their combination of social science (energy transition behaviors, gender dynamics) with technical modeling (BECCS, earth systems) is unusual for a small company. For any consortium needing Global South representation with genuine research capacity, they fill a critical gap.

Highlights from their portfolio

• LANDMARC
  Their largest funded project (EUR 119,500) combining agroforestry, BECCS, and earth system modeling — likely provides tropical land-use case studies unavailable to European partners.
• TIPPING.plus
  Addresses the human side of energy transitions (psychology, demographics, gender, populism) in coal-intensive regions — a growing policy priority for Just Transition funding.