Matahari contributes to driving local economic growth by providing decent, fairly compensated work opportunities for local people across Indonesia. We have a policy of hiring locally as far as possible, and the majority of staff at each of our stores are from the local area. The existence of a large format Matahari store has a significant, positive impact on the local economy, particularly in second and third tier cities around the country, from the absorption of local labour, products and services to the payment of local taxes.