– Community engagement at Citi is a shared responsibility and is aligned to Citi’s mission of enabling growth and economic progress. Through Citi Foundation, we continuously invest in financial inclusion, youth entrepreneur development and urban transformation initiatives.
Citi in Community: Youth Empowerment, Financial Inclusion and Urban Transformation
Our leadership in community engagement through Citi Foundation (Citi) has seen us pioneer social engagement over the last 10 years with community stakeholders in urban transformation, financial education and the development of young entrepreneurs in the country.
In the area of Youth Entrepreneurship, Citi is working with the Asia School of Business in supporting The Rapid Youth Success Entrepreneurship Program to improve youth unemployment rates in urban Malaysia. Low income students from community colleges are taught innovation and design thinking in addition to social entrepreneurship skills and e-commerce.
Over the last seven years, Citi has partnered with Think City, a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Think City’s Culture Based Urban Regeneration Programme served as a platform to promote urban sustainability, best practices and diverse aspects of urban regeneration to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Citi is also working collaboratively with Teach For Malaysia to build young leaders through a student leadership programme. Students are trained based on Teach For Malaysia’s Student Leadership Development Framework which anchors on social and emotional learning, communication skills, resilience and entrepreneurship.
Citi volunteers are our best community ambassadors, generously giving their time and contribution to support community programmes. In 2021, Citi Malaysia raised over RM280,000 via its annual Global Community Day to support underprivileged communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
– World Without Waste.
Over our 80 years in Malaysia, Coca-Cola Malaysia has worked with various organisations to realise our sustainable priorities, namely our World Without Waste commitment, our water stewardship and women empowerment initiatives.
To achieve our global vision of a World Without Waste, we partner several NGOs namely, Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), UPM and Waste Management Association of Malaysia on various awareness campaigns; river-cleaning activities, recycling initiatives, environmental contests; coastal clean-ups and community waste management programmes with Reef Check Malaysia.
As part of our Water Stewardship pillar, our Water For Life programme with Muslim Aid Malaysia, the Johor Forestry Department and Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) helps to protect peat swamp forests in Ayer Hitam. We have also been working with Raleigh International and the Malaysian Nature Society to help communities get access to clean water for drinking, and to get students recognize the importance of water conservation.
Our third pillar is Empowering Women. In Q4 of 2020, we introduced the Coca-Cola Komuniti Usahawan (Coca-Cola KU) online platform with the support from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP). Via the Coca-Cola KU’s online platform, we were able to achieve our target of empowering more than 20,000 women in Malaysia since we first introduced the programme in 2017.
We are also committed to support COVID-19 relief efforts in Malaysia and around the world. In April 2020, we announced that we have suspended all commercial advertising and channeled the budget to community relief. We contributed funds for covid relief and worked with Malaysian CARE to distribute food essentials to 1000 indigenous families in the state of Perak, Sabah and Sarawak.
We have also donated beverages to the urban poor communities, underprivileged homes, universities, front liners with the help of the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA). In 2021, we donated beverages to the Sime Darby drive-thru vaccination centre for the Disabled. We also worked closely with NADMA to donate beverages to the Pusat Pemberian Vaksin (PPV) in Malaysia across Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.
– We are responsible and accountable for our actions and strive to make a positive impact across our operations and in the communities in which we work. For each project, we engage with our stakeholders to understand their values and interests, learn their expectations, and then incorporate what we learn into our business plans and actions. We seek early and frequent engagement with our stakeholders to build trust, garner respect and develop mutually beneficial relationship.
ConocoPhillips approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) begins with the company’s SPIRIT Values – Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation and Teamwork. We are responsible and accountable for our actions and strive to make a positive impact across our operations and in the communities in which we operate. We also believe that the most effective charitable investments are made through strategic relationships with organizations dedicated to serving our communities, such as our partnership with U.S. Embassy for our signature Fulbright programs. Our charitable investment priorities at ConocoPhillips Malaysia closely align with the company’s business objectives and are focused primarily on three areas: Education, Community, and the Environment.
Our focus for the community is to promote education in the rural areas of Sabah and Sarawak, provide access to tertiary education through our Scholarship Award, as well as improve the day-to-day living of those who are less fortunate through charitable giving. This year, ConocoPhillips Malaysia is grateful to have another opportunity to do our part to fight the battle against COVID-19 by donating funds through MERCY Malaysia COVID-19 relief efforts in Sabah. Through MERCY Sabah, we were also able to assist with disaster relief efforts where our financial contribution will go towards the rebuilding of villages that had recently suffered through a massive flood in Penampang District, Sabah. We will continue to engage with our stakeholders and the communities where we operate to understand and address their needs. One of the programs ConocoPhillips is progressing this year is our collaboration with Global Peace Foundation Malaysia, where we will enable over 120 underprivileged indigenous community in East and West Malaysia with in-home accessibility to clean drinking water (via water filters and water pumps) and renewable solar electrification systems.
We will also continue to champion the health and safety of our employees and our operations, as well as our commitment to preserve the nature and environment around us. Wherever we operate, ConocoPhillips aim to create shared value and will conduct our business with respect and care for both the local and global environment and systematically manage risks to drive sustainable business growth.
– Coming together to make a difference on the issues that matters the most
Began as a small moving company in 1965 with a single warehouse in Yokohama, Crown started out by providing transport solutions to servicemen in Japan. Since then, we have further grown both our service offerings and our presence, with operations spanning over 50 countries. Today, Crown Worldwide Group is made up of seven businesses, among four of them are being conducted globally. Despite serving different functions, all these businesses share a common quality – the experience and insight to accomplish anything, from the complex to the routine.
Led by the core values established by our founder and Chairman, Jim Thompson, we are always committed to ensure that our businesses are conducted ethically and in an environmentally conscious manner – all while continuing to give back to our communities, promote racial and social equity and look after our employee’s wellbeing.
The challenges posed by the pandemic displayed just how interconnected environmental and societal issues are, and the role of businesses in building a more inclusive society. To that end, our employees across the globe continue to actively involve in initiatives to help their local communities.
This year, our team in Malaysia launched a donation program – Sharing Love with Pauper and Homeless, to support the individuals and families that are facing food insecurity due to the pandemic. They have also supported their colleagues by launching a donation drive in effort to support the livelihoods of the impacted colleagues and their families.
This year, our people has shown tenacity and innovation to continue our mission to positively impact the world.
Each year Crown communicates CSR actions and relative improvements in a published Sustainability Report available to all internal and external stakeholders.
– One of Dow’s priorities in community engagement is creating a long term impact. Like how the company has worked with HOPEww, more than 250 children have benefitted from a STEM education over the last six years.
Dow in the community
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Dow Malaysia continued to collaborate with NGOs to advance their education, sustainability and inclusion strategic priorities with the local community.
Developing the next generation of engineers
In partnership with HOPE WorldWide Malaysia, Dow sponsored the Robotic STEAM Education & Micro:bit Boson STEAM Learning Program to help children from under-privileged families develop engineering skills. This gave the children a chance at advancing their education and interest in engineering. This year, also the company’s 6th year partnering HOPEww saw a total of 252 children benefitting from this program since 2016.
Dow also extended a mental health program to them to help build better resiliency.
Putting food on the table
Since the start of the pandemic, Dow partnered HOPEww twice in delivering groceries to 100 impacted families; each delivery with groceries lasting two months. The company hoped that this will help to ease financial burden of these families and aid recovery from the aftermath of the pandemic.
To support sustainable living in the community, Dow supported a food compost program focusing on reducing/repurposing food waste, home urban farming (grow own food), and encouraging food security (consume own food). The objective was to create a greater social impact while engaging the community, specifically the B40 (bottom 40%) families in cultivating sustainable living through training, education, empowerment, and circular economy.
Supporting the autism community
Dow worked closely with The National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) leading to the establishment of the National Autism Center (NARC) at UiTM Shah Alam, a center for autism community in collaboration with UiTM lecturers. Due to pandemic restrictions, more virtual webinars were being organized this year. The inaugural ‘ASD And Oral Health Care’ webinar in January received more than 700 participants. Other topics in the year include ‘Play-Based Intervention’ with play as a medium of therapy and ‘Influence of Sensory Issues on Autism Children’s Behaviour’. The NARC One-Stop Portal (https://narc.uitm.edu.my/) was also curated for easy access to autism research, information, programs, etc.
Dow also supported the ‘Smart Mushroom Project’ at NASOM Kuantan with a mission to turn the center into one that is self-sustaining and self-reliant. The project will enable autism families to embrace sustainable living through growing mushrooms and hydroponic plants, and selling them to restaurants and online buyers for income.
To provide a safer environment for autistic children, Dow also provided the center’s therapy/sensory room with floor and wall padding protection. Made using recycled shoe top (from Dow Singapore’s shoe recycling project) and bound by environmentally friendly binder, the use of the upcycled padding also makes the center more sustainable.
– ExxonMobil partners with government and local stakeholders to invest in programs that promote socioeconomic benefits to the local community.
ExxonMobil has a long tradition of helping to improve the quality of life in the communities where we operate. In Malaysia. Our support for the community focuses on four key areas: human capital development, energy literacy, safety and health, and business ethics.
We collaborate with various partners to encourage the pursuit of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through a variety of programs. Special emphasis is given to initiatives that help identify future STEM talents and to motivate young people to consider future careers in these fields to help Malaysia achieve its developmental goals.
We sponsor an entrepreneurial skills development project with the Terengganu Royal Foundation which provides training to single mothers and girls from low-income families to fulfill their economic potential and lead social change in their communities.
We also make significant contributions to enhance English language proficiency among school children and helped establish English resource centers in Terengganu.
In 2021, much of our focus was on supporting the community in the fight against COVID-19. Working closely with the Terengganu health authorities, we contributed laptops and other equipment for vaccination centers in Terengganu and purchased COVID-19 medical equipment for Terengganu hospitals. We also provided resources to set up and operate PPVIN Offshore PDJT, the industry vaccination center for oil and gas offshore workforce personnel in Terengganu. A total of 12,100 doses were dispensed over two months. This effort helped to create a safer work environment for more than 6,000 offshore workers.
