Key Sustainability Focus Areas
Occupational Safety and Health
Empowering Our People
Contributing to Local Communities
Our People, Our Pride
Our people are our pride and, therefore, we have consistently placed great emphasis on allocating the resources required to ensure our workers’ safety and health are protected while performing their work responsibilities. By creating a safe and conducive working environment that prioritises our employees’ physical safety, security, and well-being, we can inculcate rewarding and fulfilling workplaces across all our business entities.
We have also crafted a conscientious and mindful approach to hiring and training that reflects our status as a rapidly growing and well-respected worldwide corporation. Furthermore, we believe in playing our role to contribute to the communities in which we operate our businesses as well as the land districts upon which we build our development projects.
Occupational Safety and Health
PRIORITISING OUR EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE AND WELL-BEING
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Given the nature of our core business activities in packaging and property, we have consistently invested significant focus and resources into ensuring the safety and health of our employees when performing their occupational tasks.
Our emphasis on cultivating a healthy working environment helps to ensure the ongoing sustainability of our business by safeguarding our human resources, physical assets and operating licenses, while empowering our workforce to carry out their tasks and duties with increased confidence, efficiency, security and productivity.
We strive to achieve high standards in occupational safety and health by:
- Adopting Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policies and practices that comply to all national, local, industry-specific and occupation-specific laws, regulations and best practices
- Adopting a Group-wide Safety and Health Policy that outlines our key areas of commitment
- Maintaining robust OSHA management systems at all manufacturing plants and development sites
- Maintaining inclusive and balanced OSHA Committees with fair representation from both the employer’s and employees’ sides, supported by designated safety officers at all worksites
- Establishing comprehensive processes to identify risks and manage work-related hazards
- Carrying out training for employees on occupational safety and health, supported by regular inspections to assess compliance
- Providing physical and mental health resources to employees, with special emphasis on strategies to cope with working stress and physical comfort while working
- Continuing to improve the health services provided to our foreign workers, with free health screenings for infectious diseases currently being provided to them
- Installing automated machines to replace certain manual work to improve the safety of our workers at some of our manufacturing plants
OUR PERFORMANCE:
Empowering Our People
NURTURING A COMMITTED AND COMPETENT WORKFORCE
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We maintain a robust approach to employment and training that nurtures a high-performing, committed and diverse workforce. The knowledge, skills and loyalty of our employees are considered to be vital assets to the Group and our approach is designed to equip, empower and motivate our employees into giving their best.
As the Group continues to grow and progress, our people should similarly develop their capabilities and realise their full potential as part of the Scientex family. By inspiring the growth of our people and retaining talent, we are empowered to sustain our overall competitiveness within the markets where we operate and dependably achieve our growth objectives.
Our efforts within the scope of employment and training include:
- Adherence to the labour practices and principles outlined in our Code of Ethics and entity-specific Human Resource policies
- Providing attractive yet dynamic benefit and remuneration packages to our employees, based upon the principles of equality and fairness
- Providing preferential employment opportunities to local Malaysians in line with the national agenda of cultivating local talents
- Engaging regularly and effectively with employees through various channels, facilitating a productive two-way dialogue
- Providing regular and role-specific training and development opportunities to employees that promote personal and professional growth
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Contributing To Local Communities
PLAYING OUR PART TO UPLIFT LOCAL COMMUNITIES
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The desire to uplift local communities is core to our identity as an organisation. In line with our vision ‘To Grow The Scientex Community For A Better Tomorrow’, we strive to ensure that our actions generate shared values between our operations and local communities, thereby aligning what is good for business with what is good for people.
This is important from a corporate social responsibility point of view and serves to support the advancement of these communities, which will then enhance the long-term sustainability of our businesses within these regions and bolster our ability to achieve our goals.
We contribute to local communities by:
- Providing quality affordable housing across a wider geographical footprint within Peninsular Malaysia
- Developing holistic townships that provide robust social value to the surrounding area, such as economic growth, increased accessibility, job or business opportunities and a higher quality of life
- Providing meaningful and sustainable employment and career advancement opportunities to members of local communities
- Promoting responsible social habits within the community, such as plastics recycling amongst younger generations through the Green Truck Programme and food waste composting via our Back to Earth initiative
- Engaging in community initiatives that enhance the provision of education and healthcare and encourage sustainable living
- Ad hoc and ongoing programmes that provide a concerted and meaningful response when local communities face issues such as floods, lack of access to clean water or dwindling blood supply