In 2022, DB Schenker celebrates its 150th. anniversary. Since the first shipment in 1872, the company has become one of the world’s leading logistics service providers. DB Schenker is present in Malaysia since 1979 and currently employs 2,400 logistics professionals.
Robert Reiter, DB Schenker’s CEO in Malaysia, said: ”150 years is an important milestone for us to celebrate. I’m proud of our activities in Malaysia. We have a rich history in logistics. We now use our knowledge to continuously work on new technologies, services and ideas to improve the supply chains of our customers in the most efficient and sustainable way”.
To celebrate its 150th. birthday, DB Schenker in Malaysia has planned several activities. Throughout the year, employees will take part in a companywide challenge connecting all 76,500 colleagues across the world. By tracking individual and team activities like running and walking, employees will collect kilometers. DB Schenker will refund each kilometer and donate it to selected charitable causes. Furthermore, trucks across Malaysia will display the ‘150th Anniversary Elevating Lives’ logo. There will also be a special customer appreciation event later in the year and CSR activities to give back to the community
About DB Schenker’s 150th. Anniversary Campaign
On July 1, 1872, Gottfried Schenker founded DB Schenker in Vienna in Austria. His approach of combining individual shipments to collective consignments was a game-changing innovation for that time. Building on this legacy, the company’s reach has expanded around the globe and into all modes of transport, including ocean freight, air freight, land transport and contract logistics.
The theme of the campaign is “150 Years Elevating Lives”.
How we elevate lives
Through Innovation
For 150 years, innovation has always been a part of DB Schenker’s culture. From developing best-in-class products and services to leading-edge technology, we continue to give our customers the competitive edge they need to improve their businesses and compete effectively and efficiently in today’s global economy
Through Sustainability
As a leading provider of global logistics and transportation services, sustainability is implemented as a core of our business practices – from the well-being of our people and their communities to sustainable growth and reducing our ecological footprint as well as developing new products and collaborating with our suppliers and partners.
By integrating these principles into every aspect of what we do every day, we are committing ourselves to being a sustainability leaders and socially responsible business partners in the global communities we serve
Through People
Our people are our most important asset, and our success depends on having a competent, diverse, and well-trained workforce. Internationality, teamwork, reliability, and an innovative spirit are the values which set us apart. Our customers know our capabilities and what differentiates us from the others. As we start our next 150 years, we view this as a tremendous opportunity to reconnect with families, friends, co-workers, and clients, re-evaluating the crucial role they play in our and your success and how we can elevate their lives even more.
How we are celebrating our 150th Anniversary
Throughout the year, we are holding anniversary events for our employees, customers, and partners. The focus of our celebrations will be a company give-back challenge where through employee involvement, we will donate up to 1.5 million Euros to four charities over four quarters. The themed program is called, ‘Leading the Way Challenge’. Our employees will download a customized program app and through physical activity challenges and challenging mind games with in-app quizzes, they earn kilometers which go towards one of the four charity organizations.
Schenker Malaysia, established in 1979, is a one-stop- logistics provider offering total integrated logistics services to local, regional and global customers. DB Schenker in Malaysia operates 28 warehouses in Peninsular Malaysia, with a footprint of more than 2.8mil square feet in 13 strategic locations. We currently employ over 2,400 logistics professionals.
Schenker Malaysia Land Transport
Schenker shipping services around 1950 (Picture Credit: DB Schenker)
Schenker furniture transport around 1950 (Photo Credit: DB Schenker)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 August 2022 – FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, was recently recognized in the ‘Best Women Leadership Programme’, ‘Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy’ and ‘Best Executive Coaching Programme’ categories at the Employee Experience Awards (EXA), organized by Human Resources Online.
This is the second consecutive year where Human Resources Online honored organizations that have displayed best practices in the industry. This year’s awards were given across 33 categories, under three Employee Experience (EX) pillars: leadership, learning, and employee engagement.
FedEx received the Gold award in the ‘Best Women Leadership Programme’ category. This award is given to organizations that support and nurture women at the workplace. FedEx is a strong advocate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) and has been actively progressing on this front. As a testament of its efforts, FedEx Malaysia today has over 50% female representation across all managerial and professional positions.
“Advancing gender equality in the workplace, which is part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, is a vital business priority and an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating possibilities for all team members by fostering an empowering and positive work environment with equal opportunities for all to participate in and succeed,” said SC Chong, managing director operations, FedEx Express Malaysia.
For the ‘Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy’ category, FedEx clinched the Silver award for its initiatives in recognizing and celebrating all forms of diversity, not limited to race, gender, age, sexuality, culture, and physical capabilities. Just last year, Kawal Preet, President of FedEx Express Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region signed the CEO statement of support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) to empower women in the workplace and community.
FedEx prioritizes its people and aims to recruit, retain, develop, and advance team members for them to grow personally and professionally. Some key examples include the launch of Malaysia’s mentoring programme, RAMP-UP, which facilitates interaction and mentoring by senior leaders for team members who are keen to move into management roles. Implementation of these programmes led FedEx to receive a Bronze award in the ‘Best Executive Coaching Programme’ category.
FedEx has received consistent recognition as an employer of choice not only in Malaysia, but also across the region. At the start of 2022, FedEx was recognized in three categories by HR Asia in Malaysia – ‘HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2021’, the ‘WeCare: HR Asia Most Caring Companies Awards 2021’ and the ‘Sustainability & CSR Malaysia Awards 2021’. For its regional initiatives, FedEx was also recognized as a finalist for ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ at the HR Excellence Awards 2021.
AMCHAM Penang Dialogue 2022_Agenda
Sponsorship Packages – AMCHAM Healthcare Forum 2022
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Agenda of Luncheon with Director General, Immigration Department
2022 Sponsorship Package – Luncheon with DG Immigration
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Tentative Agenda_ AMCHAM Luncheon with Director-General of Immigration Department of Malaysia
Tentative Agenda_ AMCHAM Luncheon with Director-General of Immigration Department of Malaysia
2022 Sponsorship Package – AMCHAM’s Penang Dialogue 2022
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AMCHAM joined forces with JACTIM and MGCC to honor their members that sparked the industrial growth in Penang five decades ago. These early movers laid the foundation for many others.
With over 80 US companies in Penang alone today and hundreds of local companies that support and create one of the region’s most capable ecosystem, Penang and the country set new horizons for the next 50 years.
Thank you to the Chow Kon Yeow for honoring our informal gathering.
Kuala Lumpur, August 5, 2022 – Investment in Asia Pacific commercial real estate decreased by 17% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, due to a moderation of deal activity in several of the region’s major economies. According to data and analysis published in the JLL Q2 2022 Capital Tracker, direct real estate investments in Asia Pacific totalled US$70.9 billion in the first half as a tightening rate cycle and inflationary concerns began to affect transaction activity in the latter months.
“Investment volumes in the first half declined moderately from the high base set in 2021 as external factors emerged, resulting in investors adjusting capital deployment strategies to align with a more aggressive rate tightening cycle. Encouragingly, dry powder levels remain high and we are seeing that the appetite for real assets remains strong. Clear opportunities exist and we’re advising clients to expect a new price discovery phase to remain a dominant theme for the remainder of 2022, as macroeconomic headwinds and ongoing inflationary pressures influence decisions,” says Stuart Crow, CEO, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL.
The Asia Pacific office sector remained the region’s most liquid asset class, drawing US$30.6 billion in investments in the first half, declining a modest 8% year-on-year from last year’s high base. Industrial and logistics investments (US$14.6 billion) tapered off by 37% from record volumes in 2021, while deployments into retail assets (US$14.0 billion) declined by 31% year-on-year. Investments into alternative assets (US$1.4 billion), such as data centres and living declined modestly, dropping by 12% year-on-year.
Asia Pacific-dedicated fundraising continued its momentum despite falls in global activity. In a sign of the longerterm positivity in the Asia Pacific real estate sector, development focused funds in logistics, living, data centres, India, and Southeast Asia continuing to secure financial commitments from global and regional institutional investors.
The impact of the pandemic-influenced lockdowns weighed on China in the first half with investment volumes of US$14.1 billion representing a year-on-year contraction of 39%. Japan volumes (US$11.5 billion) decreased by 33% in the first half due to a lack of logistics transactions. Activity in Australia declined by 27% year-on-year to end the half at US$9.8 billion.
South Korea (US$15.3 billion) emerged as the region’s largest market by volume in the first half, remaining flat year-on-year, buoyed by office transactions including SK U-Tower and A+ Asset Tower in Seoul. Gains were registered in Singapore (US$9.3 billion), with 81% year-on-year growth supported by large ticket office and mixed-use transactions including Income@Raffles and in Hong Kong (US$5.0 billion), up 18% driven by a number of en-bloc industrial sales.
Investor demand across Malaysia’s office and retail asset classes are seen to be coming from domestic investors looking to acquire assets for the own usage or asset conversion.
“The logistics and industrial market remains active and continues to pick up as we see more investors of other asset classes start diversifying into this sector. Data center has been an emerging sector in Malaysia, with interest stemming from Johor, due to its close proximity to Singapore which is Asia’s data center hub”, says YY Lau, Country Head of JLL Property Services (M) Sdn Bhd. Additionally, sustainability frameworks emerged as high on the agenda for investment committees, influencing acquisition decisions. JLL expects investors to deploy more capital into value-add strategies by refurbishing old offices into green buildings as occupiers increasingly choose higher quality space post-pandemic.
“The market adjusted to new realities over the first half, which was reflected in more muted investment activity. Capital remains committed to the Asia Pacific real estate market but deployments will be more selective as investors play the long game and price in financial market tightening to any investments for the foreseeable future,” says Pamela Ambler, Head of Investor Intelligence & Strategy, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL.
Novartis Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (NCSB) has partnered with Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) on the first-ever scientific partnership to help patients improve disease management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) through better care and transformative therapies.
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the collaboration between Novartis Malaysia and IJN encompasses one of the most comprehensive collaborations featuring three key areas of focus, including research collaboration aimed at generating data on ASCVD in Malaysia and measuring the outcomes of ASCVD patients.
