This study addresses a critical gap in Indonesia's green economy literature by examining policy fragmentation and capability deficits hindering environmental compliance and sustainable industrial development. Through qualitative content analysis of four key regulations spanning 2014–2025 and sixteen academic and policy publications, we map synergies between the Ministry of Manpower's Green Productivity (GP) certification framework and the Ministry of Environment's PROPER program (Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup/BPLH, PermenLH No. 7/2025). Findings reveal that seven core GP competency domains align with seven of ten PROPER “beyond compliance” criteria under the updated regulatory framework, potentially creating a virtuous cycle for green skills development. Crucially, the 2023–2024 PROPER assessment cycle recorded 4,495 participating companies, with only 85 achieving Gold ratings (1.9%) and an overall compliance rate that requires systematic human capital reinforcement (KLH/BPLH, Keputusan Menteri No. 129/2025). The ongoing development of the APO's GP 2.0 Ecosystem (APO Green Productivity Advisory Council, 2025) provides the institutional architecture for formalizing GP–PROPER integration. This study fills a documented research gap by providing the first structured competency–policy mapping framework linking GP to PROPER, offering an empirical Synergy Matrix and actionable three-phase implementation roadmap (2026–2030). Integration is expected to shift PROPER from a lagging to a leading-indicator system, fostering systemic enablers toward Net-Zero Emissions (NZE) by 2060 and a Green Economy Index (GEI) target of 90.65 by 2045 (Bappenas, 2024). Policy recommendations include regulatory amendments, inter-ministerial coordination, and fiscal incentive mechanisms, with implications for replicable policy innovation across ASEAN developing economies.
Leonard Tiopan Panjaitan (Thu,) studied this question.