YPB, Yayasan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan or Foundation  for Sustainable Development was established in line with the spirit of Rio Summit 1992, which has commited to sustainable development.

Sustainable development as a new direction of development has included the aspect of social justice and environmental sustainability as well as economic growth. The founders of YPB concidered that Indonesia needs to adapt sustainable development directions to insure that Indonesia will decent life to its people for the existing generation and the generation to come