THE PUNCH INTERVIEWS
Meet Dinna, Sustainability Manager at Four Seasons Resorts
The iconic all-villa beach retreat of Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay cascades down 14 hectares of hilly headland and tropical water gardens adorned with hundreds of statues and shrines, to the sparkling Indian Ocean. Four Seasons Resorts Bali strive to minimize their impact on the environment and are proud to be recognized as a responsible tourism operator.Â
WHAT IS YOUR STORY IN HOSPITALITY?
My name is Dina and I am from Tabanan. I graduated in 2022 and started to work here at Four Seasons Jimbaran as a front office before moving to butler in the residence. In 2021, I got promoted to Assistant Environment and Sustainability Manager at Four Seasons Jimbaran.
WHAT IS THE TRI HITA KARANA?
Tri Hita Karana is something that we are really implementing in the resort. It means the “three causes of a good life”.
It’s our connection to God, our connection human to human, and also to nature. For our connection to God, we have our in-house priest who does the praying every day at the resort. For the human to human connection, we have a lot of community activities. And for the environment, as you can see here, we are really maintaining our environment at Four Seasons Jimbaran.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR PERMACULTURE PROGRAM?
Yes, we have permaculture gardens on-site where we take our guests to collect herbs and vegetables for them to cook during the cooking class. We have around 150 items that have been planted around the resort.
WE HEARD THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A BEE PROGRAM?
Yes, we have stingless bees in the resort. They help us with the pollination and they collect the honey from it. The type of bees that we have here is Trigona bee, their honey is five times higher in vitamin C compared to the normal honey. It’s fairly slow in production, but they’re really healthy.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR COLLABORATION WITH WISE & ROLE FOUNDATIONS?
We are collaborating with Bali WISE to recycle our used soap from the rooms. They process the soaps to remove the part that has been used before donating them to orphanages.
We are also collaborating with ROLE Foundation who send students to our resort to learn how to work in hospitality; most of them are women. We are proud to be able to elevate their knowledge and experience.
IS FOUR SEASONS JIMBARAN A SINGLE PLASTIC FREE RESORT?
Yes, we have a strict a policy to remove all single-use plastic at the resort. We are still working on just a few items to be replaced before being considered 100% plastic-free.
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY?
We have collaborating with Plastic Exchange and Pak Made Janur to educate the community around Jimbaran. The head of Jimbaran district is supporting us in this initiative.Â
Some of the government heads of Bali are focused on the environment and waste and they even have a program called ‘Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan’. We submit our waste management progress to them every six months.Â
HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING YOUR STAFF IN YOUR INITIATIVES?
We really focus on education and awareness. We constantly share our initiatives with our team for them to understand how important is it to take care of the environment starting with a good waste management. We have Green Team meetings where we bring awareness of how important it is to segregate our waste.
WHAT IS YOUR NEXT SUSTAINABLE PROJECT?