Intel Malaysia celebrates its 51st anniversary this year, and we continue our growth trajectory with the construction of the Advanced Packaging facility in Penang and the Assembly Test Manufacturing facility in Kulim. These investments, worth US$7 billion, will add 2,000 jobs to our current 15,000-strong workforce.
Through the Intel Involved Volunteer Matching Program (VMP) – our global corporate volunteer program – our employees generously donate their technology expertise, other skills, and more than one million hours each year globally to address environmental challenges, improve education, and help meet other community needs. Here are some of our VMP focus areas and examples of key programs:
• Community – ‘One Community Day’, ‘Give A Gift to Orphans’ and ‘Festive Cheers’ in schools and NGOs
• Environment – ‘Mangrove Tree Planting’, ‘Be A River Ranger’, and ‘Beach Clean Up’
• STEM – ‘Intel® Geek Kids’, ‘Intel® AI for Youth’, ‘Kedah STEM Fair’, ‘Penang STEM Showcase’ and ‘Penang International Science Fair’
We have clocked over 1 million volunteer hours and disbursed over RM15.25 million to NGOs and schools in Malaysia since 2006. In 2023, our volunteers have contributed more than 50,000 volunteer hours as we continue to create a positive impact for our local communities.
At J.P. Morgan, we believe that running a healthy company allows us to invest in long-term solutions that advance a strong and inclusive economy. Leveraging our business, policy and philanthropic expertise – as well as our capital, data and research – we’re advancing equitable growth and supporting strong financial systems around the world and over the long-run.
J.P. Morgan’s Philanthropic Work in Malaysia
We focus our grantmaking on careers and skills programming for youths that narrow skills gaps, improving the employment opportunities for underserved youths in growing industries. Our grantee MySkills Foundation is training 400 at-risk youths in electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning, welding, life management and other soft skills. We are also supporting the organization to create new training modules on digital and entrepreneurial skills and pilot vocational training streams in the corporate secretarial and care work sectors. Our partnership with SOLS 24/7 – another grantee – is also providing 165 disadvantaged youth with training to help them secure full-time employment as solar panel installers.
Employee Engagement and Volunteering
Over the past year, our employees have engaged in a variety of initiatives in the community. They organized a blood donation event where 36 colleagues successfully donated blood, a clothing drive which resulted in 280 pieces of clothing for young people at SOLS 24/7, and a tree planting activity with Free Tree Society which raised awareness on issues like forest conservation. Over 100 employees also worked with Rise Against Hunger to fight food insecurity in the community by packaging over 25,000 meals. Furthermore, staff visited MySkills Foundation’s campus and engaged with the youth through culinary and bakery workshops or by working together in the nursery; staff also served lunch to the students.
As a global manufacturing solutions provider, Floridaheadquartered Jabil prides itself in giving back to communities by empowering employees to lead community outreach initiatives with local charitable organizations through volunteerism and/or financial support. Under our Jabil Cares banner, more than 100 of our global locations implement a localized strategy that addresses social causes in their communities around Education, Empowerment, and the Environment. Employees are instrumental in driving positive change with their unwavering volunteer spirit, generosity, and kindness.
Our Initiatives in Malaysia
Improving our communities is a foundational pillar of Jabil Penang’s cultural values since we were first established in the Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone in 1995. From active participation in the Penang International Science Fair and Penang STEM Showcase to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; turtle release, picking up litter and tree planting on World Environmental Day; festive outreach at various orphanages; the sponsorship of a computer room with the Penang Welfare Association for the Mentally Retarded Children to ensure differentlyabled children are not left out of the digital transformation, Jabil Penang’s support to different causes has unified its employees with shared values.
Our spirit to serve has been widely recognized. This is the fourth consecutive year Jabil has been named in the MY AmCham Cares Excellence Award in the category of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Jabil Penang also won the 2023 AMMI ESG Leader Award. The Association of Malaysian Medical Industries (AMMI) consists of leading medical device manufacturing companies in the medical technology industry, where Jabil Penang is an active member.
Johnson & Johnson’s Global Community Impact is focused on supporting and championing the people on the frontlines who are at the heart of delivering care. In 2023, J&J’s Malaysia Community Impact (MCI continued our efforts in reaching out to those in need with our Dear Self, How Are You? Mental Health Program with Mercy Malaysia. In the 6-month program, 31 J&J employees participated in 2 workshops to be trained as Mental Health trainers, subsequently training 306 refugee/stateless children and adolescents over 10 workshops held across Malaysia on mental health awareness and coping skills. There was up to 33.2% increase in knowledge score on mental health and stress management by the children, with positive feedback from the participants.
MCI continued collaboration with SESO during Ramadhan, where 30 employees were engaged for Raya Cookies for a Cause, a cookie baking and decorating workshop with orphans. The week-long workshops created bonding opportunities for the volunteers and orphans, with shared joy of creating memorable experience for all. The second part of the initiative included distribution of the 115 boxes of cookies baked to 1 education center for refugees, 2 orphanages and 30 households of the B40 community. 3 employees with SESO held a simple Raya party during the distribution which included music and dance to support the children’s methods in using music as a stress-coping mechanism.
MCI will also be holding a Christmas celebration called the Music Heals the Soul Concert, where J&J employees and children from orphanages/refugee homes will be putting up a series of performances to emphasize on healthy ways to cope with stress. This serves as a continuation of 2022’s Christmas for A Cause Initiative and to conclude the Mental Health Program with Mercy Malaysia.
Accelerating Innovation, Enriching Communities with A Heart
At the heart of the technological landscape, Keysight pioneers in cutting-edge solutions and champions a compassionate commitment to the well-being of communities and the environment.
Keysight’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) vision is to build a better planet for today and tomorrow by accelerating innovation to connect and secure the world through ethical, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible operations globally.
Nurturing Curiosity, Commitment to STEM Education
Keysight volunteers actively engage with primary and secondary students in fascinating and educational hands-on workshops, inspiring and stimulating the next generation of scientists and technologies. We’ve successfully kindled the spark of STEM curiosity in over 4,000 students every year. Through diverse events and innovative learning kits, we’ve made the world of science more accessible and exciting for the young minds.
Sustainable Steps Toward a Greener Future
Keysight remains committed in our mission to achieve net-zero emissions. Through our rooftop solar panel initiative, we’ve contributed 10,536,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of locally generated renewable electricity, equivalent to 6,500 ton of carbon dioxide avoidance at our Penang campus. Our commitment extends beyond energy. In the same unwavering spirit, Keysight employees are making waves of change by restoring Penang’s pristine beaches quarterly, removing over 400 large, 240-liter garbage bags to create a cleaner coastline.
Giving back.
Back-to-school, our annual signature program, underscores our commitment to empower underprivileged students for the new school year. We provide them with essential school supplies such as uniforms, school bags, or shoes, ensuring that they start their educational journey with confidence.
Kimberly-Clark’s purpose, Better Care for a Better World is a summation of our best ambitions over the past 150 years, and of all we aspire to be and do in the future. It aligns our business aspirations with our sustainability vision, focusing our efforts to manifest better products, a better planet, better workplaces, and a better society.
In Malaysia
Sustainable innovation:
- 100% recycled paper products in our Scott and Kimberly-Clark Professional range
- Kotex Reusable Period Underwear & Scott Disposable Cloth offer consumers alternative to single-use products
- Responsible sourcing & 100% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified
- 98% of our plastic packaging is reusable, compostable or designed for recycling
Green manufacturing:
- Reduced absolute GHG emissions by 69% through green electricity tariff program
- Energy audit and lean energy methodology
- Zero manufacturing waste goes to landfill
Growing Our People professionally and as individuals:
- Flex Work @ K-C Policy including 4.5 workweek twice a month
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Caring for Malaysians:
- Kotex Menstrual Hygiene Education empowers schoolgirls with knowledge on managing her period with dignity
- RM100,000 Kotex She Can Fund annual grant to support girls in pursuing her dreams because we believe that Period Or Not, She Can
- Kotex appointed as official partner by the Selangor Government to aid in ending period poverty
- Huggies x OrphanCare Foundation Diaper Bank Pilot supports women from difficult backgrounds coping with unplanned pregnancies by covering baby’s entire diaper need
- K-C partnered with TalentCorp to give women tools they need to return to the workforce after a career break
