– #BackOurOceans with American Express, join us to combat marine plastic pollution –

One of the most significant ways we can back our communities, is to do our part to protect and sustain the environment on which life depends. As part of our brand promise to back our customers, colleagues, communities, and what they care about most, American Express Malaysia is committed to raising awareness on the issue of marine plastic pollution and doing our part to care for the oceans and coastal communities that we all share.

Our mission has taken us to various parts of the country, east and west coast alike. At every location, we endeavor to leave an impact through a cleaner beach and a cleaner reef, saving endangered species while preserving the current ecosystem for future marine life. We have also embarked on mangrove restoration projects in Kuala Selangor and Melaka as they play crucial roles in the protection of coastal areas.

We actively engage our employees and work with NGOs alike to clean coral reefs in Tioman and restore such reefs through building artificial reef blocks and placing them in the ocean’s bed at islands near Perhentian. We have also undertaken initiatives in Cherating, cleaning up beaches that are home to turtle nesting and supporting turtle conservation.

To-date, we have committed over 4,500 volunteer hours for our CSR initiatives, collected 4,393 kilograms of trash (inclusive of plastic, metal scraps etc.), planted more than 650 mangrove trees, released close to 400 turtle hatchlings and built an artificial reef that will continue to grow. Through our company’s commitments to reduce plastic use globally and introduce the first card made from recovered plastic in partnership with Parley, our colleagues around the world, including Malaysia, are helping to make a meaningful difference in the health of our oceans together with local non-profits. With your support – and the powerful backing of American Express and our partners – we can #BackOurOceans and help reduce marine plastic pollution.

– Improving the financial health of all Malaysians –

At AmMetLife, we aim to build a more protected world for our customers by providing them with products and services to help them meet their financial needs and live fuller, more secure lives. More importantly, helping Malaysians achieve financial security and improve their financial health through financial education remains our corporate mantra. To ensure AmMetLife plays its part in helping to build more inclusive, financially secure communities, the MetLife Foundation is actively supporting programs in Malaysia aimed at promoting financial health and developing the country’s fast-growing digital economy. In the belief that financial health belongs to everyone, the MetLife Foundation combines financial health expertise and grants to bring solutions to underserved people and communities.

Harnessing technology for greater inclusion

Beginning in 2018, the MetLife Foundation committed $2.5 million to support the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) i3 program here in Malaysia. Launched in partnership with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the i3 program catalyzes on digital technology for the financial inclusion of low-to-moderate income people who lack access to appropriate formal financial services. By leveraging digital technology, the i3 program will seek to reach more than 200,000 low to moderate-income Malaysians over a three-year period to improve their financial health.

Empowering tomorrow’s leaders

Skills based volunteering has become a cornerstone of our philanthropic efforts to bring social good to the communities we serve. With the support of MetLife Foundation, we have partnered Junior Achievement Malaysia on the JA Start-Up Program to drive financial literacy among school children. Our corporate volunteers have reached out to students from rural schools and mentored them in financial management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills. We hope to pave the way to provide these students with the ability to build a foundation of financial security and career accomplishment that will benefit them, their families and their communities.

From the very beginning, Starbucks has set itself out to be a different kind of company. Aside from achieving extraordinary coffee experiences, Starbucks has made a business out of human connections, community involvement and the celebration of diversity. We have always believed Starbucks can – and should – have a positive impact on the communities we serve. One person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.

As good neighbors, we get involved with local efforts to bring people together and create positive change whenever we can. We also share our customers’ commitment to the environment and we believe in the importance of caring for our planet and working with and encouraging others to do the same. As a company that relies on an agricultural product, it makes good business sense. And as people living in the world, it is simply the right thing to do. We’re also committed to buying and serving the highest-quality, responsibly grown, ethically traded coffee to help create a better future for farmers. Furthermore, inclusion and diverse experiences help create a culture of empowerment at Starbucks, and this is how the Starbucks Signing Store, the first of its kind in the world, was developed here in Malaysia.

Over the years, Starbucks Malaysia has more than 5,500 volunteers who participated in more than 40 projects, contributing more than 70,000 community service hours during its Global Month of Good (GMoG) (formerly known as Global Month of Service) every April, a month where Starbucks partners and customers connect to dedicate and focus on contributing back to the communities where Starbucks operates around the world.

In 2019, Starbucks Malaysia partnered with YWCA, a nonprofit organization that works for the development of women and girls irrespective of the race, religion, culture, and socio-economic circumstances. Some of the projects run by YWCA KL today include a shelter for women in crisis based in Klang Valley, a preschool-kindergarten, an edible garden and an onsite vocation school of young women in KL called the Vocational Opportunity Centre (VTOC). The VTOC program includes Culinary, Tailoring and many more. This year’s upcycling theme for Global Month of Good contributes to the VTOC curriculum and enhances the livelihood and skillsets of the young girls and women in which they lend a hand in sewing the Starbucks Flavorlock™ Coffee Bags each with love and care. The upcycling campaign of used Flavorlock™ Coffee Bags proves one of Starbucks Malaysia’s many initiatives of working towards waste reduction.

Customers are encouraged to drop off their used Flavorlock™ Coffee Bags at Starbucks stores in support of the upcycling campaign. These used Flavorlock™ Coffee Bags are then passed to the VTOC for the production of these Flavorlock™ Coffee Bags into purses and pouches which will be retailed at all Starbucks outlets across Malaysia starting next year. Lastly, the funds contributed by the sale of these products will then be funneled to YWCA’s VTOC program in support of YWCA’s cause of helping the B40 community.

– Citi in Community: Youth Empowerment, Financial Inclusion and Urban Transformation –

Citizenship is core to Citi and a responsibility shared by all of our businesses, clients, suppliers and communities. Through Citi Foundation, our citizenship efforts focus on promoting economic progress and improving the lives of people in lowincome communities. We continuously invest in initiatives that enhance financial inclusion, create job opportunities for youth and introduce new approaches to build and sustain vibrant cities.

In Malaysia, Citi has proactively embraced a “More than Philanthropy’ approach to our strategic community initiatives. Our focus areas are in Urban Transformation, Financial Inclusion and Youth Economic Opportunities.

Citi Foundation grant partners in Malaysia are Think City, a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Think City is a community-based urban regeneration body that seeks to create more sustainable and livable cities. Citi has partnered Think City over the last 5 years pioneering corporate sponsorship of urban migration research, development of cultural and arts initiatives in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City and in the past one year, a focus on Laneway Improvements to transform dilapidated laneways into vibrant community spaces with opportunities for healthy living based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the New Urban Agenda set by the United Nations (UN-Habitat).

An extension of Think City’s focus on urban transformation includes a strategic approach to inner-city social problems including homelessness and social stigma related to migrant communities in three laneways in historic Kuala Lumpur.

Think City also provides opportunities for selected community and civil society partners to jointly address significant social issues. There is also a significant environmental dimension that will involve waste management opportunities with local communities.

Citi’s community engagement in Youth Economic Opportunities is via a grant to the The Edge Education Foundation for the ‘Money & Me’ Youth Financial Empowerment Program which is in its fourth year of implementation. The programme is designed to equip low and middle-income youth between ages of 15 to 16 with basic financial planning goals and entrepreneurial skills to prepare them for the job market.

In the area of Youth Entrepreneurship, Citi is in partnership with the Asia School of Business supporting The Rapid Youth Success Entrepreneurship (RYSE) Program to improve youth unemployment rates in urban Malaysia. Low income students from community colleges in the country are taught innovation and design thinking by the Asia School of Business team in addition to social entrepreneurship skills and e-commerce. A regional youth entrepreneur initiative funded by Citi Foundation in Asia Pacific was held for the first time in Malaysia in 2018. The UNDP and Citi Foundation Youth Co-Lab Summit brings together each year, young social entrepreneurs throughout the country to compete and develop innovative business proposals to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Initiative has the support of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (Magic) as well as the relevant government bodies involved in science and entrepreneur development.

In financial inclusion, Citi has partnered with Era Consumer Malaysia to run pre-school and teacher training in financial education and with Universiti Putra Malaysia to spearhead a special programme for local income mature women in the country.

Citi employees are our best community ambassadors, generously giving their time and contribution to local charity giving and community support programmes. In 2019, close to 4,000 Citi Malaysia employees, families and friends joined other Citi employees worldwide for the Citi Global Community Day in Kuala Lumpur and Penang to raise over RM100,000 was raised this year for the Paralympic Council of Malaysia to prepare the Malaysian contingent for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Our journey in serving communities are aligned to Citi’s mission of enabling economic progress. Through Citi Foundation, we hope to support more vibrant and sustainable living in cities, provide a brighter future for youth in low income families, empower women and girls to build financially independent lives and encourage the development of youth entrepreneurship and leadership in the country.

“At Coca-Cola Malaysia, we recognize that our business can only be as strong and successful as the communities we serve. Building on this heritage and our growing portfolio, we remain focused on realizing our sustainable priorities as we respond effectively to the collective needs of local communities across Malaysia. As the world’s leading beverage company, we are committed towards doing business the right way, and without harming the natural resources which we all depend on. This is in the DNA of our Company” Mr. Ahmed Yehia G. El Deen Country Manager – Malaysia-Singapore, The Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola has been in Malaysia since 1936, refreshing Malaysians for over 82 years. In support of Malaysia’s sustainable development goals and the government’s development priorities, we work with various organizations focusing on our 3 ‘W’s initiatives.

Through our World Without Waste initiative, we collaborate with NGOs, communities and the overall industry such as the Malaysian Nature Society, UPM and Waste Management Association of Malaysia on various awareness campaigns; river-cleaning; the 4R2C or Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Composting and Closing the Loop program; environmental contests; coastal clean-ups; and waste management programs.

Meanwhile, under our Water Stewardship initiative, we have our ‘Water For Life’ program where we work closely with Muslim Aid Malaysia Humanitarian Fund, the Johor Forestry Department and Forest Research Institute Malaysia to help protect peat swamp forests in Ayer Hitam, Johor; with Raleigh International to help rural communities in Sabah gain access to clean water and with the Malaysian Nature Society to inculcate water conservation amongst secondary students nationwide.

As part of our drive to increase Women Entrepreneurship, we have in place our ‘Coca-Cola Komuniti Usahawan (CCKU)’ program which has since reached out to 17,000 participants, of which more than 70% are women.

– ConocoPhillips strives to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and operate –

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 work.

ConocoPhillips takes an active role in supporting community needs through charitable investments and voluntary work in support of education, health and safety, the environment, the arts, civic and social services and disaster relief.

The company recognizes that the most effective corporate philanthropy is achieved by entering into strategic partnerships with organizations that serve the community, particularly on programs which have lasting social impact. For this reason, ConocoPhillips has partnered with the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia to support the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants program in Sabah. Our support of the Sabah Fulbright English Teaching Assistants is ConocoPhillips’ CSR ‘Signature Initiative’ in Malaysia. The program is strongly aligned with ConocoPhillips’ CSR objectives, a key pillar of which is investment in education.

In Sabah and Sarawak, ConocoPhillips has been supporting 330 under-privileged students from low income households from six schools through the MyKasih ‘Love My School’ student bursary. Since 2009, ConocoPhillips has been supporting the Sabah Society for the Deaf to support hearing-impaired children and, with ConocoPhillips’ support, the Society has developed a library for the children.

ConocoPhillips continues to support Petroleum Engineering and Geology university students through its scholarship program. Volunteers from ConocoPhillips organize annual workshops and technical talks to provide industry exposure to the students. ConocoPhillips continues to build long-term relationships with the communities in which we work to understand their needs and deliver strategic programs to meet those needs.