Embedding Sustainability Across Our Operations
In line with our responsibility as a global organisation, we have embedded sustainability as a core aspect of our strategic thinking and business processes.
“Sustainable thinking plays a central role in enabling us to achieving our business objectives, while at the same time demonstrating our commitment to foster better social and environmental conditions for our people and in the communities where we operate.”
Lim Peng Jin
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Supporting Global Sustainability Objectives
As an organisation, we support the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), which collectively form a blueprint to build a better future for all. We have aligned each of our sustainability topics to specific UN SDGs. This gives greater direction and meaning to our ongoing sustainability initiatives, while guiding the continuing process by which we are expanding our commitments year by year.
Supported Goals
We develop affordable housing for middle-to-lower-income populations, provide long-term employment opportunities to local communities, and contribute to charitable initiatives.
We provide a high standard of hygienic food packaging solutions which support consumers’ health and well-being. We also promote good health amongst our employees and communities through various employee engagement initiatives, and via our township developments.
We provide employees with avenues for continuous learning and professional development and raise awareness of and educate children on the benefits of recycling.
We adopt energy-efficient machinery and lighting in our manufacturing plants and development sites and kickstart the adoption of solar energy technologies to reduce carbon emissions.
We contribute to the Malaysian economy via taxes and through the employment of local talents while at the same time ensuring a safe and secure working environment and upholding good labour practices.
We emphasise continuous product innovations, and utilise efficient machinery and construction techniques to promote optimised material usage. We also build public infrastructure at our developments, improving connectivity.
We provide equal home ownership opportunities for all Malaysians via our affordable homes, and in reference to our Codes and Policies, we maintain a non-discriminatory approach in our employment practices and engagement with other stakeholders.
We continuously expand our affordable housing presence across Malaysia and place emphasis on the development of self-sustaining townships that provide housing, improved connectivity and other economic benefits to local communities.
We innovate sustainable, recyclable and resource-efficient packaging solutions, while investing in technology to reduce our waste and energy consumption. We also continuously enhance our recycling efforts and encourage similar practices across our supply chain.
We reduce GHG emissions via various initiatives such as our downgauging efforts, utilisation of recycled resin, effective energy management and mangrove planting programme. We also promote environmental awareness within local communities via collaborations with industry associations.
We contribute to conserving the ocean and marine resources through the utilisation of Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) resin in our packaging solutions, which is derived from ocean-bound plastics, as well as through our mangrove planting programme.
We allocate green spaces and plant trees within our development and undertake Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for property developments of 50 hectares or more.
We promote ethical business conduct and have adopted the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Policy which extends to our employees, suppliers and all stakeholders.
A Robust Framework That Aligns Our Strategy
To optimise the impact of our increasingly robust approach to sustainability, we have crafted a comprehensive and overarching framework that establishes our eleven key focus areas within three sustainability pillars. Leveraging on this framework, we are empowered to enhance our governance practices and achieve a collective Group-wide effort towards achieving our sustainability objectives.
Scientex
Sustainability Framework
Sustainability Pillars
Economic
Environment
Social
Our Activities
Instilling sustainability values across the community.
Community
Encouraging Recycling Amongst the Young Generation
Our Green Truck Programme, which was developed in collaboration with MPMA and ExxonMobil Chemical in 2020, returned to action after the pandemic to promote plastic recycling awareness and inculcate 3R practices in school children. The Green Truck will be visiting schools across Peninsular Malaysia, with our most recent activity held at a school in Ipoh, Perak.
Community
Healing our Planet through Mangrove Planting
Our mangrove planting programme launched in 2022 offers a variety of positive impacts on the environment and community. It helps to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, thus countering our GHG emissions, while at the same time rehabilitating the surrounding land and water ecosystems to promote biodiversity.
Community
Compositing to Complete the Food Cycle
Our ‘Back To Earth’ programme engages employees at our Shah Alam headquarters to transform food waste into organic compost. In addition to completing the ‘food cycle’ and promoting the importance of circularity in our everyday consumption habits, we also donated the organic compost generated to the local farmers.
Community
Lending Assistance to Flood Afflicted Families
When massive floods affected many parts of Malaysia in December 2021, we launched the Scientex Family Flood Relief Assistance Fund to pool our resources and help those that had been afflicted via the donation of cash and necessities. We have so far provided support to more than 150 staff families and the indigenous Orang Asli community.
Community
Promoting Good Working Postures and Habits
As part of our efforts to promote good health amongst employees, we organised a talk in 2022 on the ‘Importance of Ergonomics at Work’. The webinar raised awareness of healthy practices that can eliminate discomfort and potential injuries due to awkward postures, repetitive movements and other such habits.
Community
Donating Blood to the Community
Blood donation drives have become a well-established staple in our community outreach calendar, with regular events organised to meet the requests from government hospitals that often run low on supply. All drives are conducted with full safety measures undertaken and enjoy strong participation from employees across our corporate office.
Community
Building Learning Spaces for Children
Through a joint initiative with Urbanice Malaysia, we helped to construct and equip a new learning centre for children at Pangsapuri Murai Jaya in Alor Gajah, Melaka. This ‘Komuniti Hab’ features a classroom and library that helps to promote the healthy pastime of reading amongst the younger generation in surrounding communities.