Rahsa Nusantara

Ethical and natural nusantara drinks
e_sponsors
2019 SEED Low Carbon Awards; IKI BMU
Sector
Biodiversity
e_city
Bandung
e_country
Indonesia

Rahsa Nusantara started with wisdom from Java Island through ready-to-drink products, tisanes, drippers, and supplements, designed as part of healthy lifestyle to prevent minor to severe illnesses such as NCDs. Their products are made naturally from local ingredients and they recycle their organic waste.

Understanding that every locality holds inherited wisdom to solve local challenges, the enterprise strives to explore and provide the best of local wisdom for contemporary lifestyles and future legacy.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts
Rahsa Nusantara engages marginalized women in urban areas where cost of living is high by providing employment and offering affordable products to support their well-being.
  • Empowering women especially mothers (80% of our workers) who have low education in urban areas  through employment
  • Improving health of marginalised people by selling of the product at low prices
  • Applying circular economy into every step of production process from sourcing organic material, responsible packaging to processing organic waste to fertilizers and fodders


  • Increasing family income of the women employees by 60%, improving incomes of farmers who supply raw materials
  • Offering lower priced health supplement products to prevent illness, saving marginalized people expensive medical costs

Partners

Rahsa Nusantara processes Indonesian spices into products based on local wisdom, such as jamu. They access the market through retail and health stores, local health cafes, and distributor systems. Built on local wisdom, the enterprise also focuses on women empowerment.

Rahsampah is a platform to process organic waste for fertilizer, and high protein animal feed. They process Rahsa Nusantara’s organic waste.

Baduy Tribe produces real raw honey with the concern of bees surviving after harvest and supplies honey as an ingredient for Rahsa Nusantara’s products.