– Caring for employees. Supporting communities. Doing business responsibly. Improving our world.

Plexus Corp. is committed to sustainability throughout our global business operations. Plexus’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program reinforces our commitment to creating a better world and is guided by five pillars, which include being a responsible employer, a community partner, a global citizen, an industry steward and a promoter of corporate governance.

As we continue our battle against COVID-19, Plexus remains committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of our Plexus team, our customers and our communities. Plexus is proud to have played an active role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic here in Malaysia through our partnerships with government and private parties, including the American Malaysia Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, understanding the hardships faced by our local healthcare teams, Plexus donated a blood gas analyzer to Penang Hospital’s ICU, which was used to help support COVID-19 treatments.

– Stepping Up As A Force For Good.

Every day, P&G people are stepping up and serving others as a force for good to ensure the health and safety of our employees, maximizing availability of products and helping society overcome the challenges of COVID-19.

Doing our part as a good corporate citizen, P&G Malaysia has provided cash and P&G personal care products donation collectively valued over USD 1 Million to selected public hospital, medical front liners and low-income communities. We have partnered with The Lost Food Project to ensure families who do not have basic access to the everyday essentials many of us take for granted, can have the cleaning, health and hygiene benefits P&G brands can provide.

Beyond our brands, P&G is committed to playing a positive role within the communities and environments in which we live, and work and where we source our materials. We are leading an innovative program to Enable Smallholder Transformation through sustainable farming practices to boost yields and livelihoods in Johor and in conjunction with UN World Wildlife Day 2021, announced sponsor partnership to support WWF-Malaysia’s efforts to protect endangered Malayan Tigers and their forest landscape homes in the Central Forest Spine of Peninsular Malaysia.

– Kampus Digital, upskilling undergraduates with relevant digital skills for the workforce.

In 2019, the PwC global network launched ‘New world. New skills.’, a global initiative that aims to narrow the digital divide by upskilling millions of people worldwide. For PwC Malaysia, we have been running several initiatives under our ‘Komuniti Digital’ programme to upskill the community around us, one of them being ‘Kampus Digital’.

Kampus Digital was designed to help students improve their digital skills while preparing them for the workforce by increasing their awareness of employer expectations. With these new skills, the programme presents an opportunity for students to differentiate themselves in a competitive job market.

Our pilot programme in January 2021 covered modules on spreadsheets along with Digital Fitness assessments. We have since expanded the modules to include lessons on presentation tools and digital citizenship. In May 2021, we launched phase two of the programme with enrolment of Accounting/Finance/Business students from two universities. In total, 149 students have completed the programme since the pilot.

All modules were delivered virtually, with more than 30 volunteers from PwC Malaysia contributing over 200 hours of their time to develop the modules and mentor the students. We saw a significant improvement especially in the spreadsheet modules. For instance, after attending the mentoring sessions and studying the modules, more than 70% of participating students scored 80% and above for the assessments – a significant improvement from 20% before.

Feedback from a student:

“My expectation of the programme is to learn the skills and knowledge needed to enter the digital workforce. Upon completion of the programme, I plan to apply the knowledge I’ve learned, include the skills in my resume and be more aware of digital skills.”

Our third iteration of this programme, which started in October 2021 involves four universities with more than 300 participants on board.

Learn more about what we’re doing via the link below or search the #PwCMYCR hashtag

– Sponsored 36 students from B40 families to complete their education on a 2 year Machining Program.

The Smith & Nephew CSR initiative provides a platform for Smith & Nephew employees to have exposure to non-work related activities, while enhancing relationship, building teams and collaboration amongst the employees as well as the community that is around us.

We have been actively participating in helping the community mitigate the effects of COVID-19 to the communities in need through our SN2U (read as Smith & Nephew to You) donation drive. We did this in partnership with our Kuala Lumpur team as well as The Hope Branch (founded by Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander).

We also helped with the people of Grik, Kedah who were affected by the flash floods in August 2021 by organizing a pre-loved clothes donation drive. We partnered with Moment of PEACE for this effort.

Providing quality education was also our hallmark for 2021, where we have sponsored 36 students from B40 families to complete their education on a 2 year Machining Program with PSDC. Upon completion of their education, they were provided a full time employment role as a machinist within the company, further integrating the community into our work.

– Here for good.

At Standard Chartered, our purpose as an international bank is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise – Here for good. We are committed to promoting social and economic development in the markets we serve and proud to have grown with Malaysia for 146 years.

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to realise their potential. Futuremakers by Standard Chartered is our global initiative to tackle inequality by promoting greater economic inclusion. Futuremakers supports disadvantaged young people, especially girls and people with visual impairments, to learn, earn and grow. Since its launch in 2019, Futuremakers programmes have reached more than 477,000 young people globally. In Malaysia, close to 20,000 beneficiaries were reached through these anchor programmes:

• Goal: our global education programme for adolescent girls. Goal combines sports with life-skills training to empower girls with the confidence, knowledge and skills they need to be integral economic leaders in their families and communities
• SEtia (Social Entrepreneurship; Transformation, Innovation, Acceleration): our capacity-building initiative with a customised syllabus designed to strengthen the development of social entrepreneurs. 
• Financial Education: our employee-led programmes to develop the financial capabilities of youths and small businesses by enhancing their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards money
• COVID-19 donations: The pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history and we supported our B40 communities, ensuring their education remains uninterrupted so they can realise their potential to be future leaders

Eye health: our partnership with the Ministry of Health to support 6,300 underprivileged cataract patients

– Powering Positive Change™

Sustainability is a journey. To begin our journey at Maxeon, we joined the United Nations Global Compact with a letter from our CEO to the United Nations Secretary-General committing to ten universal principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labour Rights, Environment and Anti-Corruption. We have also committed to support the UN Sustainability Goals. By following such principles and working with others in the public and private sectors, we can make the maximum contribution to society.

We believe that all of us have a part to play in the fight against climate change. As a solar manufacturer, we do so best through our business and products – as expressed by our company purpose of Powering Positive Change™. One example of balancing environmental sustainability efforts is Maxeon’s programme to ensure that all of our scheduled wastes are 100% recycled to reduce waste to the landfill.

We also work closely with Melaka State’s Fisheries Department in their Hawksbill Turtle Conservation and Studies by sponsoring a Marine GPS Tracker system. This maps the Hawksbill turtle’s migratory path, furthering our understanding of how these beautiful sea creatures live and reproduce.

We are committed to being responsible corporate citizens. This shows in our support and volunteerism to the local communities, including contributions to disadvantaged families during all festive celebrations, sponsoring local schools in Young Enterprise Program. We are also a strong supporter in cancer patient care and recovery shown in our volunteerism and fund-raising activities during National Cancer Society’s Annual Relay for Life.

Through these commitments and activities, we have made a strong start in barely a year of independent operations. Sustainability is a journey and we encourage you to join us to continue to enhance our contributions.