You have done the hard part. You have built a company that has achieved much success. You have fulfilled your fiduciary duties and ensured that your shareholders receive a solid return on their investment.
As you reflect on the success of your company, you think you can do more. Something that will benefit not just the people around you, but also the community at large. It does not simply stop there. The best managed companies in the world have adopted ESG as a key arbiter of business policy. Companies that adopt ESG standards do better by their communities and for themselves.
About
ESG is the global standard used to define the parameters of corporate responsibility:
- E refers to the need to be sensitive to environmental concerns
- S emphasizes the need to be responsive to a community’s social needs
- G stresses the importance of good governance in corporate decision-making.
Malaysia has moved quickly to encourage local companies to do the same. Bursa Malaysia has launched an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Index to measure the ESG performance of companies.
The Index will let people look at value from a new perspective, and take into consideration non-financial aspects of business operations such as a company’s environmental and societal initiatives.
For companies listed on the stock exchange, therefore, adopting ESG practices is no more an option but a requirement.
For non-listed companies, making ESG part of corporate culture makes business sense because it positions the company as a good corporate citizen and enhances its brand.
Our Philosophy & Mission
We believe that companies have a moral obligation to society. Society gives them the opportunity and the privilege to engage in business and make money. They in turn have a duty to protect and support the community they operate in. ESG programmes benefit companies in very real ways. Companies that practise ESG are perceived favourably in the eyes of shareholders, investors and members of the public. ESG enhances their reputation, strengthens their brand, and ultimately increases shareholder value.
Our Services
Programme Delivery
We survey, build and facilitate implementation of your ESG programmes
Awareness Creation
We help you reach out to the media, your business partners and the public at large to generate awareness and support for your programme
Branding
We advise you on how to brand your company as a socially responsible corporate citizen
Event Planning
We plan socially supportive events for your undertaking
ESG Reporting
We help you comply with regulatory reporting requirements, including the drafting of the Corporate Responsibility Statement for your company’s Annual Report
Our Promise
We undertake to:
- Develop ESG programmes that are aligned with your company’s core values and reflect its commitment to give back to society
- Provide tools to monitor and measure the progress of ESG programmes where possible
- Ensure that ESG best practices are maintained
- Promote public awareness of your ESG effort and collaborate with NGOs and other community organisations to maximise reach and exposure
- Ensure that regulatory ESG reporting requirements are complied with
Our Team
YAM Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
Chairman
Tunku Ali Redhauddin is Chairman of the Munarah Foundation, Chairman and Founding Trustee of Teach for Malaysia, Chairman of WWF-Malaysia and also Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. He also sits on the Boards of Bumi Armada Berhad (Chairman), Bangkok Bank Berhad and Sun Life Assurance Malaysia.
Tunku Ali holds a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Social & Political Science from the University of Cambridge. Previously, Tunku Ali was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and an investment professional with Khazanah Malaysia.
Elaine Chin
Executive Director
Elaine is a UK-trained lawyer and began her professional career as an analyst with Accenture. She then moved on to work on humanitarian projects at home and abroad, spending more than a dozen years with various charitable and civic organisations, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. More recently, Elaine served as in-house head of CR/ESG programmes for some of Malaysia’s biggest companies, and has been responsible for developing and implementing a number of award-winning corporate responsibility programmes for these organisations.
Hng Hung Yong
Director
Hung Yong is a management consultant whose professional interests are focussed on issues of change and its impact on business policy and corporate strategy. He has worked at senior management level for companies in a wide range of industries, and has been active in the service of a number of civic organisations.