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AMCHAM, excited to announce its partnership with LeadWomen and UN Women as one of the supporting organization for the upcoming WEPs Malaysia Activator Campaigns.
This program is expected to engage 300 companies to commit to gender equality by becoming signatories of the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
UN Women x LeadWomen WEPs Malaysia Activator Campaign Awareness Session 2
– 26 January
In collaboration with the EU-funded programme WeEmpowerAsia of UN Women, LeadWomen is inviting 300 Malaysian corporates to expand on their gender diversity efforts by joining the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Activator Malaysia Campaign.
The Awareness Sessions will bring a wider consciousness of the WEPs and identify your companies’ strengths, gaps, and determine opportunities to improve their performance on gender equality. There will be 2 sessions available. Our guest speaker for the morning session will be Ang Weina, Partner/Inclusion and Diversity Lead, Deloitte Malaysia and the afternoon session will feature Nizwani Shahar, CEO, Ogilvy Malaysia as the guest speaker.
Event details:
Date: 26 January 2021
Time: There are two sessions available. Please choose either the Morning (9am – 1pm) OR the Afternoon (2:30 – 6:30pm) session
Venue: Online
Register here
The My AMCHAM Cares CSR Survey is now LIVE! As part of AMCHAMs ongoing commitment to promote best practices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and in conjunction with the current ongoing survey, an exclusive session on “Sustainability Within CSR” was held on 24 September with Redha Shukor, Sustainability & Operations Lead at PwC Consulting Associate.
Mr. Redha provided the audience with an overview on various sustainability frameworks utilized on both the local and global levels. He also gave an in-depth explanation on the recent trends and challenges surrounding corporate sustainability practices.
It was a very insightful session as the audience got to learn about the frameworks that are used to measure and report essential economic, environmental and social impact initiatives.
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) just did a media release on the total approved investments for the first half of 2020.
Malaysia recorded a total of RM64.8 billion worth of investments in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors for the first six months of 2020 despite multiple headwinds on the global front. These investments involved 1,725 projects and will create 37,110 employment opportunities in Malaysia. Of the total investments approved, domestic direct investments (DDI) accounted for 69.8 per cent, or RM45.3 billion, while foreign direct investments (FDI) made up the rest of RM19.5 billion.
The manufacturing sector attracted the largest portion of approved investments within the first half of 2020, the services sector follows after and then, the primary sector. The United States of America (RM2.2 billion) was listed as one of the top five sources of FDI for the manufacturing, services and primary sectors.
The Government, through MIDA, has been leading efforts to secure sustainable investments, from both domestic and foreign sources, that will strengthen the Malaysia’s business ecosystem.
Malaysia continues to attract a healthy level of investments in the E&E, M&E, chemical, aerospace and medical devices. The states that recorded the highest total approved investments in the manufacturing sector for the period are Pulau Pinang, Johor, Selangor, (states that AMCHAM is actively engaged with) Terengganu and Sabah.
On 22 September, AMCHAM held a topical discussion on the present and future of insurance and the InsureTech landscape here in Malaysia. Since flexible and customer-centric innovations are already part of industries, how does insurance fare, especially after the advent of COVID-19 and the lockdowns in Malaysia?
Angie Wong, Partner at PwC gave the latest overview of the InsureTech scene in Malaysia and Ramzi Toubassy, Chief Executive Officer, AmMetLife Insurance Berhad (AmMetLife) talked about the journey AmMetLife took when exploring digital innovation. This was then followed by a panel discussion on the future of the InsureTech in Malaysia with guests from two new InsureTech start-ups here in Malaysia – Sharian Raj, Co-founder and CEO of Senang, and Calvin Teng, Country Manager (Malaysia) of Qoala. The panel discussion also covered topics such as the impact the next generation will have on insurance companies and what preparations should be made now in preparation for the future.
“Kampungku” (My Village) is an initiative to provide a sustainable source of energy to the indigenous villagers along the Tembeling River in Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
Haskell Malaysia has been a proud partner for this program together with ECOMY and VERITAS Design Group since 2018. We had our team embark on our 3rd KampungKu journey last weekend where we delivered 23 units of the Sun King Pro 400 Solar Lights & Panels, rice and several other sundry items together with our partners to a total of 23 village homes in Kampung Atok.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the team took the liberty of getting tested before their journey to ensure the utmost safety of the indigenous villagers.
It was a fulfilling weekend for the KampungKu team. Til next year, KampungKu!
