Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Sustainability Report 2019

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT [413-1] Our community engagement programmes seek to add value to society in the form of skills development and enhancement as well as through donations. Our employees continue to demonstrate a strong interest in various community engagement programmes which attests to the compassion and empathy they have for the communities that they work among. Our aim is to continue serving communities by organising programmes that will benefit them in a tangible manner. CCM STEM UP Challenge One of our flagship community programmes is the CCM STEM UP Challenge. Introduced in 2018, this initiative sees CCM encouraging secondary students to take up STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) so that they are well prepared to adapt to rapid technological advancements and thrive in a technology-driven work environment. In 2019, CCM allocated a budget of approximately RM90,000 with the intention of creating greater awareness of STEM amongst students. In 2019, the second CCM STEM UP Challenge was organised in partnership with PNB, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, the Young Scientists Network and the National Science Centre Northern Region Branch. The 2019 programme saw participation from 2,250 secondary students from the science stream or science clubs of 45 secondary schools in the Kuala Muda/Yan District. In FY 2019, we expanded the STEM UP programme through the CCM STEM UP X UTP initiative, our maiden collaboration with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. The inaugural event drew 1,000 students from primary and secondary schools across Perak who took part in an interactive competition. 55 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019