Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Sustainability Report 2018

Our Commitment To Sustainable Social Practices As part of continuous improvement, the Operation & Sustainability (O&S) project was continued in 2018 to sustain the quality of products and services, covering from maintenance and re-engineering; waste management; process improvement; and other elements. Two additional new initiatives were carried out in 2018, related to inventory management with six projects conducted, as well as compliance and regulatory with five projects implemented. The most significant rise in the number of O&S projects undertaken by the Polymers Division is for facilities upgrade and expansion, with only one completed project in FY2017 and 20 completed projects in 2018. Overall, 53 O&S projects have been completed this year, an increase of 39% as compared to 38 completed projects in 2017. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT [102-43] CCM’s community engagement programmes aim to add value in the form of skills development and enhancement as well as to ease off burdens through donations to society. Our employees continue to demonstrate their strong interest in various community engagement programmes and as such, underscore their compassion and empathy towards the communities that they work with. We look forward to continue to serve communities by organising programmes that will benefit them in a tangible manner. STEM UP Challenge The CCM STEM UP Challenge aims to encourage secondary students to take up STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses in order to address the declining pool of talent in high-level scientific and technological fields. CCM has allocated approximately RM90,000 with the intention of creating greater awareness of STEM amongst students. The 2018 programme engaged 1,500 students in Batu Pahat, Johor and involved 15 of our employees as volunteers. PINTAR The CCM Promoting Intelligence, Nurturing Talent and Advocating Responsibility (PINTAR) programme aims to develop and enhance students’ reading, writing, understanding and speaking skills in English which ultimately helps to improve their socioeconomic living standards. This programme is a school adoption programme which was initiated by Khazanah National Berhad in 2007. To date, CCM has adopted 15 primary schools nationwide. The PINTAR programme has established its standardised modules to support the whole learning processes. Apart from the modules, this programme also introduces fun activities such as storytelling, public speaking, games and quizzes in order to create excitement in the learning process and to improve the English proficiency of students. 40 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018