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Gibraltar BSN Life Berhad (“Gibraltar BSN”), one of Malaysia’s fast growing life insurance companies, recently unveiled its latest branding campaign titled “With You Every Step of The Way” at Abdullah Hukum LRT station (“Station”) to raise public awareness on protection and spur life insurance penetration in Malaysia.
The Abdullah Hukum LRT station is currently a transit hub for more than 130,000 monthly commuters working in KL Eco City, The Gardens and Mid-Valley malls. The Station is also the gateway to the life insurer’s headquarters located at KL Eco City.
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– A Force For Good And A Force For Growth –
For over 30 years, Procter & Gamble (P&G) has been committed to be a force for good and a force for growth for Malaysia. Established in 2015, the Ibu Nakhoda Hidup and P&G Smallholders Program have grown to become P&G’s flagship CSR program in the country. Ibu Nakhoda Hidup (SDG 5: Gender Equality) is a threeparty collaboration between P&G Malaysia, MYDIN and WOMEN:girls (NGO) and aims at supporting mother entrepreneurs (mompreneurs) to be the captains of their own destiny, helping to not only generate the household income but also to accomplish their dreams to become a successful entrepreneur. Funded through the P&G-MYDIN Hulurkan Harapan Fund, WOMEN:girls will select and award 5 women yearly with special grant to strengthen their businesses in terms of branding, business acumen and enhancement of machinery and equipment. The program also benefits other mother entrepreneurs who are provided with business knowledge and mentorship by MYDIN and with special promotional offers matched to P&G products. For 2019, the Hulurkan Harapan has raised a total of RM 135,353.27 for the benefit of Pertubuhan Pembangunan Kendiri Wanita dan Gadis.
The P&G Smallholders Program (SDG 8, SDG 12, SDG 15) is a multi-year commitment by P&G as part of its Ambition 2030 environmental sustainability commitment to develop and enable independent smallholders in its Malaysian supply chain to improve sustainability practices and livelihood by increasing yields from existing lands. Through P&G Center for Sustainable Small-Owners, a Center of Excellence under the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation, the Program has successfully assessed and trained 1263 smallholders in Johor on sustainability management, good agricultural practices and RSPO Certification. The Program will expand to cover a footprint of 10,000 independent smallholders over the next 5 years.
• >155,550 Malaysians screened
• 1070 Pfizer employee volunteers across Malaysia (1999-2019)
• >760 locations
• >80 partners
Pfizer Care-A-Van has been crisscrossing Malaysia for the last 20 years, offering medical accessibility to the less privileged communities. Conceived in 1998 and launched in August 1999 to coincide with Pfizer’s 150th and Pfizer Malaysia’s 35th anniversary respectively, it was the first big scale venture in Malaysia by any pharmaceutical firm. Pfizer Malaysia provides monetary and human resources to fill unmet medical needs of those living in semi-urban and rural areas nationwide.
Endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, and assisted by physicians and employee volunteers from Pfizer, the blue and white van goes out on mission every two weeks to provide free health screening and health talks on disease prevention and management. From the deepest forest reserves of Malaysian aborigine settlements to the heart of Kuala Lumpur where the urban poor reside, Care-A-Van travels throughout Malaysia to raise the health literacy of all Malaysians.
Pfizer Care-A-Van gave our colleagues a platform to be exposed to real-life cases and to give back to the community. To-date the Pfizer Care-A-Van has recruited more than 1000 employees to volunteer for the program, visited more than 760 locations and screened more than 155,000 Malaysians.
– Caring for the communities we call home –
Aligned to our company’s commitment to caring for the communities we call home, Plexus-Penang focuses our CSR initiatives in helping our communities grow together. As a technologically focused company, Plexus continues to explore opportunities to enhance technology-related educational programs (STEM). We see the importance of nurturing and empowering the young, curious minds to cultivate the creativity and innovation of the next generation.
This year, we partnered with the local authorities and various NGOs to deliver several sustainable STEM projects, including sponsoring the first two MakerLabs for the secondary schools in mainland Penang to arm the students with future-proof STEM skills. Over the years, Plexus has worked with various universities and colleges in Malaysia through our campus initiatives, focusing on identifying talented individuals and equipping them with resources to transition from school into the workforce.
Plexus practices waste minimization and pollution prevention across all of our operations. We pride ourselves in our environmental stewardship while focusing on forward-looking goals on sustainability. During a recent Environmental Walk, 700 participants clocked in near to 1,500 hours and collected a total of 1,213kg of wastes from the beachfront opposite one of our facilities.
Plexus believes in engaging our employees positively through these activities and providing them a platform to contribute back to the society. Together, we work towards a stronger community and help build a better world.
