Agilent is committed to making a difference in helping to protect the planet, enhance human health, and be a leader in the marketplace through addressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to achieve a more prosperous world for all.
In 2021, the Agilent Foundation gave U$633,361 through its employee donation matching program, where Agilent matches employees’ contributions to thousands of local, national, and international charities of their choice up to $25,000 per employee per year.
Each year, Agilent gives employees six workdays of paid time off, known as the Volunteer Time-off program. Through this program, employees across 19 countries spent 15,128 hours volunteering in their communities last year, valued at U$802,403 in employee time.
In Malaysia, Agilent continues to support the local NGOs on societal and environmental projects, from fundraising for underserved children to inspiring students in STEM and recycling. The fundraising, Step-A-Thon, collected RM19,820 when 114 employees ran or walked 1,795 km for Children’s Protection Society, a children’s home in Penang.
To inspire young people to pursue STEM education, Agilent sponsored a premiere robotics competition organized by the Penang Science Cluster NGO. The sponsorship includes a mentor program to guide students in building and programing robots. On the environmental project, Agilent partners with Riiicycle, a cutting-edge incentive and reward system for recycling solid wastes. Over six months, Agilent Malaysia successfully collected 891 kg of recyclables. These initiatives reflect Agilent’s focus on people, planet, products and prosperity to help make the world a better place.
Supporting the communities where we live and work is one of our core values at American Express. We believe strong communities enable people and businesses to thrive, and we do this by investing financial and human resources in ways that address the needs of our communities, customers, colleagues, shareholders and partners.
One way we bring this to life is through Give2Gether, our annual giving campaign. Give2Gether is a platform where Amex colleagues can choose to donate to nonprofit projects in more than 170 countries and contributions are matched dollar-for-dollar by the American Express Foundation. Projects and causes range from animal welfare, arts & culture, education, Covid-19 relief, climate action and more.
Working from home during the pandemic did not hinder our teams from doing what we can for the environment. Our colleagues gathered virtually to have conversations about conservation, sharing ideas and best practices on what we can do from the comfort of our homes and daily routines.
To-date, #TeamAmex in Malaysia has committed over 4,500 volunteer hours for our CSR initiatives, collected 4.5 tonnes of rubbish, planted more than 650 mangrove trees, released close to 400 turtle hatchlings and built an artificial reef that will continue to grow and supplying stationaries and hygiene sets to school students.
We are committed to make a meaningful difference in our society. With your support – and the powerful backing of American Express and our partners, we hope to continue to do so for as long as we can.
AMCHAM would like to thank Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, former Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) for his support to the U.S. business community, and for his active engagement through the Economic Action Council (EAC). The EAC provided businesses and the civil service to stay connected and abreast of matters concerning issues that impacted the ease of doing business in Malaysia; this was especially critical during the pandemic period.
AMCHAM was delighted to have you stop by the Chamber for a meeting with members including some Board members. It was great to have the opportunity to thank you in person!
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MetLife always strive to be a force for good in the communities where we operate through the work of MetLife Foundation, our corporate giving, employee volunteering efforts, meaningful, high-impact partnerships, and by providing pro bono services.
MetLife employees work every day to help build a more confident future for people around the world. Giving back to the places where MetLife operates helps foster strong connections between the company and communities.
In 2022, AmMetLife through MetLife Foundation played an active role in supporting programs in Malaysia aimed at building financially inclusive and environmentally aware communities.
Promoting environmental stewardship
As part of the MetLife Extraordinary Litter Pick-Up campaign to improve awareness about greening the environment, employees volunteered to pick up litter from various locations in KL Penang, Johor. Sarawak and Johor.
Employees also participated in the 2021 MetLife EcoChallenge, an annual two-week effort to encourage employees to adopt green habits. Their efforts include helping to reduce emission and waste; cutting water, paper and energy use; and learning more about building a sustainable future.
Other efforts include partnering Reef Check to clean local beaches and collaborating with Free Tree Society to give away trees as we look to further greening the environment.
Building Resilient Communities
In April, MetLife Foundation collaborated with Food Aid Foundation to provide food supplies for the B40 families affected by the flooding in Malaysia. Through the collaboration, over 4,320 flood victims in Kelantan, Terengganu, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur had access to basic food supplies.
In addition, with the support of MetLife Foundation, our employees also volunteered to assemble prosthetic hands for the Build-A-Hand program to help amputees from around the world.
STARBUCKS UPCYCLED FLAVORLOCK™ POUCH
“Our aspiration is to be planet and people positive — investing in humanity and the well-being of everyone we connect with, from our partners to coffee farmers, to the customers in our stores and beyond.”
In 2019, Berjaya Starbucks Coffee Sdn Bhd (“Starbucks Malaysia”) partnered with the YWCA Kuala Lumpur, a non-profit organization that works for the development of women and girls, to develop its Starbucks Upcycled Flavorlock™ Pouch. The pouches, which now retails at Starbucks stores in Malaysia, demonstrates the company’s commitment to strengthen communities, uplift women, and provide a positive impact to the planet.
The Starbucks Upcycle Flavorlock™ Pouch is only made possible by the tens of thousands of customers who brought back their emptied Flavorlock™ whole bean bags at Starbucks stores across Malaysia. These whole bean bags, which was once used to hold our package coffee, are collected by our partners (employees) and donated to the social enterprise made up of the graduates of YWCA KL’s Vocational Training Opportunity Centre (VTOC) program, where the students go from cleaning the bags to matching and sorting the cloths that make the linings for the bags. That means, no one bag is identical!
Once the bags and the cloth has been matched, YWCA KL delegates the sewing through its VTOC Sewing & Tailoring course, which is made up of its students, Myammar refugees, as well as the B40 women of Desa Mentari. This program was especially helpful during the pandemic when the lockdown orders required many of us to work from our homes, allowing most of them to continue earning an income and be financially independent. The completed product is then purchased back by Starbucks Malaysia and distributed to its more than 360 locations nationwide.
The Starbucks Upcycled Flavorlock™ Pouches was official launched across all stores in Malaysia on March 2022, and with every pouched purchased, RM1 will be channeled to YWCA KL to contribute to develop the VTOC curriculums that have been built around empowering young girls and women from the B40 community. At Starbucks, our aim is to create both a positive impact on our planet and to strengthen the communities where our stores operate. By upcycling our whole bean packaging, we are effectively reducing our carbon footprint and environmental impact associated with our business.
In April 2022, Starbucks contributed RM374,400 (around US$90,000) to VTOC transformational project, which is a community-led initiative by YWCA Kuala Lumpur and its partners. The grant, with support from The Starbucks Foundation, will be utilized over three-years to enhance the VTOC courses, as well as equip the students with the knowledge and abilities required to thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic and uncertain environment in the aftermath of COVID-19.
