Jessica Novia

Jessica Novia

    Jessica is an intuitive and well-rounded sociopreneur. She started her career at a global management consulting firm McKinsey&Company and continued pursuing her corporate career at global FMCG company Unilever as potentially the youngest Indonesian Global Brand Manager. She answers her calling to dedicate her life to nature and humanity, by building social enterprises. Her enterprise CarbonEthics, aims to decarbonize the world through community-based blue carbon conservation while improving the livelihoods of local communities and biodiversity. Bumi Journey, her other enterprise, aims to connect people with nature by providing a regenerative travel experience that makes people Feel Good and Do Good. She was recognized as a Woman Changemaker by Change.org and a Finalist of the Blue Water Heroes Awards by Tatler. She has been featured at various prestigious events and media such as COP26 (UN Climate Change Conference), G20 Summit Blue Economy, Asia Berlin Summit, National Geographic, Nikkei, and many more. CarbonEthics has been awarded as a Finalist in various Awards such as Top 3 Most Impactful Startup by JICA, ESG Awards by Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation, B20 Sustainability Awards 4.0 by Swiss Chamber of Commerce and many more. Bumi Journey is sponsored by the European Union to acquire sustainable travel certification by Travelife and also chosen as part of ASEAN Social Enterprise Development Programme. Together with her team, she has reached more than 1 million people and planted more than 300,000 blue carbon ecosystem seedlings (mangrove, seagrass, coral), and improved the livelihood of 250+ local community beneficiaries while improving biodiversity. carbonethics.co & bumijourney.com