Environmental, Social and Governance (CSR) at Lam

Lam Research is a company where potential is realized, and where the future of technology is defined. Our impact is exponential, going beyond what we do to what we enable—the continuous progress of society. That makes it our responsibility to ensure that everything we undertake—from sourcing and production to how we manage our business, to how we deliver for our customers—is executed with excellence.

To that end, we aspire to make ESG criteria part of everything we do. And when we consider the environmental and social impacts of our actions, we build business resilience and help raise the bar for our entire industry. We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations and launch cutting-edge products and technologies without compromising on our values or our responsibility. Amid ongoing change and continued, heightened demand for semiconductors in 2021, we are proud to have delivered with agility, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to ESG.

Contributing to the UN SDGs

We recognize the importance of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals play an important role in building a more equitable, inclusive, sustainable world. We have identified five SDGs as most relevant to Lam’s top material topics: #3 Good Health and Well-Being, #4 Quality Education, #8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, #10 Reduced Inequalities, and #13 Climate Action. In this report, we are proud to share how we’re contributing to these SDGs.

At MetLife, we live our purpose: Always with you, building a more confident future; for all our stakeholders, including, importantly, our communities.

We know the power of giving back to foster strong connections with the communities we serve, and we strive to translate our commitments to economic inclusion, financial health and building resilient communities into real world outcomes for real people.

Over the course of 2022, MetLife in Malaysia has undertaken several such initiatives ranging from environmental activities such as cleaning up the Klang Gate reservoir, partnering with Reef Check to clean Malaysia’s beaches, and planting trees; to employee donations to buy much needed school essentials for orphaned children returning to school. We have also participated in MetLife’s global programs, contributing to marked reductions in water, carbon dioxide emissions, energy, and waste; eating more sustainably; spending more time appreciating the natural world around us; living more mindful and healthy lives; and building prosthetic hands for life-changing impact on adults and children in need.

We are proud of what we have done today to improve our communities in Malaysia, and yet, we recognize this is an ongoing effort, so we look to the future for what we can do tomorrow.

At Micron, we believe in a community-facing culture of giving, driven by our tenacity, work ethic and heart. We engage local communities under the umbrella of Micron Gives, our program that promotes human potential through STEM education, basic human needs, and equitable opportunities for success. Through Micron Foundation, we rapidly scaled our community investment during the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering over RM3 million to support front-line workers, hospitals, refugees, homes for children & the elderly, and underprivileged families in Johor and Penang. Our role as responsible corporate citizens is also advanced through various employee resource groups including the Micron Women Leadership Network, Micron Young Professionals, Capable, and Mosaic.

Through our Women Leadership Network, Micron conducts the Girls in Engineering program to encourage young women in secondary school to pursue STEM education. The group also collaborates with TalentCorp to enable women who have been on long career breaks to return to the workforce.

The Young Professionals group consists of young talents who drive various programs such as mangrove tree planting, school adoption programs, and contributions to indigenous communities. One recent project involved the planting of 400 mangrove trees at Sungai Tembus to enhance fisheries, as well as protect and increase the biodiversity of the shoreline.

As part of our diversity, equality, and inclusion efforts, Micron has hired 100 hearing-impaired team members. To foster integration and understanding within the Micron community, we conducted sign language workshops to equip employees with an additional skillset and create awareness for people with disabilities.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We remain focused on four key areas in which technology can and must benefit the future of humanity and our planet: Support inclusive economic growth, Protect fundamental rights, Create a sustainable future, and Earn trust. As part of Microsoft’s Bersama Malaysia initiative to empower the nation’s inclusive and sustainable economic growth, we have committed to equip an additional 1 million Malaysians with digital skills by the end of 2023 to enable them to thrive in a cloud and AI-enabled digital economy. To achieve this, we have joined forces with industry leaders and partners  from the private and public sectors, nonprofit organizations, and education institutions, among others. As of August 2022, our skilling initiative has reached over 600,000 people of all socio-economic backgrounds including young adults, women, underserved communities, and people living with disabilities.

Our initiatives to bridge the digital divide include the digital upskilling of rural community entrepreneurs in Jeli, Kelantan. These entrepreneur increased their collective profits by 65% within 4 months We have also extended digital connectivity to rural communities in  partnership with the Government of Malaysia through the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) with UiTM Holdings and AxiCom, by leveraging TV White Space (TVWS) technology. As  a pilot project, the first TVWS technology was installed in Parit Sulong, Johor, bringing new hope and opportunities as local businesses and communities in the area.

– Almost 1,000 volunteering hours were contributed by colleagues in just 10 months towards environmental clean-up activities and serving underprivileged communities.

#MDLZChangemakers is Mondelēz International’s global volunteering program. We recognize that the greatest positive and lasting impact we can have on people and the planet will come if we focus on locally-relevant areas where we can make the biggest difference through leveraging our global scale.

The last couple of years have also taught us that simpler, more flexible, and digitally-enabled is better. #MDLZChangemakers is just that – volunteering, giving and purpose activation at the right time and the right way, giving them more opportunities to live our Purpose, both in and out of work and in response to the needs of local communities.

The program enables colleagues to get involved either individually or collectively in locally-relevant causes that are in line with their personal purpose. Colleagues can volunteer time in-person or virtually, or make a donation to a cause close to their personal purpose.

In the first 10 months of 2022, colleagues contributed almost 1,000 volunteering hours towards environmental clean-up activities and serving underprivileged communities, as well as sponsored a feeding program for children from B40 families.

We are also contributing to needy communities through our partnerships with Food Bank Malaysia and Food Aid Foundation. This includes almost RM1.5million worth of products in 2020, and over RM4million worth of products donated in 2021.

Motorola Solutions is a global leader in public safety and enterprise security. Our solutions in land mobile radio communications, video security & access control and command center software, bolstered by managed & support services, create the most integrated technology ecosystem to make communities safer and help businesses stay productive and secure.

This year, Motorola Solutions Malaysia is celebrating our 50th anniversary, marking a remarkable evolution from a small semiconductor operation in 1972 to becoming a leading provider of mission-critical technologies which the public safety and enterprise security sectors globally depend on every day. With more than US$1B invested since its inception, Motorola Solutions Malaysia is one the largest integrated operations for Motorola Solutions worldwide. Today, Penang site consists of the global R&D operations, Supply Chain functions, Managed & Support Services as well as the regional Finance Shared Services.

In conjunction with our golden jubilee, Motorola Solutions Malaysia has pledged a CSR goal of 5,000 volunteer hours and we are extremely proud to announce that we have exceeded the goal with an amazing 6,540 volunteer hours already accumulated as of 31 October 2022.

Our approach to corporate social responsibility is guided by three principles: operate ethically, protect the environment and help foster public safety and thriving communities. We benefit the communities by focusing our funding on public safety, disaster relief, employee volunteerism and STEM education.

Empowering the next generation through STEM

Motorola Solutions Foundation has awarded over US$100 million to STEM education programs across the globe in the last 10 years. In Malaysia, we are a leading industry partner for STEM initiatives at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Key initiatives include sponsoring Penang Science Cluster on the First Tech Challenge, Project Ignite and Penang International Science Fair (PISF). Other initiatives include the In-School STEM program with Penang Skills Development Center (PSDC), the MySTEM program with Universiti Malaysia Pahang and the Young Enterprise (YE) program. We also collaborated with other industry partners in the Girls In Engineering & Technology (GET) program, Tech Dome’s Robomania 2022 as well as partnering CREST on research projects together with postgraduates from the local academia.

Encouraging employees to give back to the community

As part of our Global Months of Service 2022, our employees have volunteered their time and effort through a myriad of ways to give back to our community. Key CSR highlights include food bank donation drives, food prepping and food box packing, organizing “gotong-royong” along hiking trails, beaches and community parks, helping out at orphanages, old folks homes, hospitals and Tzu Chi recycling centers and many, many more. In September, 500 employees and their family members participated in the St. Xavier’s Charity Run cum matching donation in conjunction with the school’s 170th anniversary.

At Motorola Solutions, we believe in living out our mission of helping people be their best in their moments that matter. The Motorola Solutions Foundation supports employee volunteerism and community engagement through organized service projects and through the Motorola Matches program for both volunteer hours and charitable contributions.