Zecon Group’s Second Report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
This is the second report on Zecon Group level CSR. Last year we disclosed our CSR Definition, Objectives, Initiatives, Monitoring and Reporting.
The activities in 2008 mainly focused on integrating our CSR work and to promote and involve our people in the entire organisation. This CSR Report offers an overview of the responsible business practice and social commitment which we hope in a long run will lift our brand value and recognition for our business and our society.
Zecon CSR 2008 focus on people in the organization, not only should the organisation be responsible to the public, the community and the environment of its operations, but it should also be responsible to its employees, to ensure that they are being treated fairly and just, and that they have access to their basic need and protect them from any hazardous conditions at all time.
Activities
2008 saw Zecon’s CSR continued to be under monitoring from top management, most CSR Initiatives were achieved except for the Trees Planting event which was being postponed. As Charity Begins At Home, it is vital to ensure that our people are fully aware of the importance of environmental issues like recycling and saving energy, understand our CSR Objectives and Policies. Our emphasis for the 12 months under review has been to cultivate the knowledge into habit with practice which will be implemented through our Zecon Green Initiatives programme which aimed to transform our people into environmental ambassadors so that they can bring positive influence and greater awareness to all those they encountered in their respective line of duties.
The Group also maintains its ambition in academic field with the 2 main excellence awards and scholarship to University of Sarawak Malaysia (UNIMAS) and Curtin University of Technology.
In sport, Zecon continue what it had accomplished since 2003 with the signing of the extension of corporate sponsorship with Mohd Azlan Iskandar for another year. The new extension continues to provide performance incentive bonuses based on tournament wins which is much needed for Azlan to stay competitive by participating in as many tournaments as possible.
The welfare and safety of our employees is one of the key elements in the Zecon’s CSR definition. In October, Menara Zecon which houses Zecon Berhad Corporate Head Office, was declared a Smoke-Free Building. Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the entire building. The move, besides to support the Government’s effort to eradicate smoking among Malaysians, also aimed to make our work place healthier for our people.
Zecon Green Initiatives program has also been approved by the Board and will be kickoff in the 2nd Quarter of 2009. This program will give Zecon Group employees of all ranks opportunity to transform environmental knowledge and theories into real actions including but not limited to activities like 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle) practice; “Say No To Plastic Bags” campaign; and, Energy-Saving exercise. Zecon Group always believe that saving the environment of its community and the areas of its business activities must start from within the organization, our people must believe that our actions and effort will bring positive return in a greater scale eventually. With that, it is our priority to improve and to increase the internal knowledge sharing and internal reporting on CSR-related activities.
ZECON’S CSR Activities & The Next Step
| Activities in 2008 | Next Step | |
| Social | UNIMAS Scholarship Programme- Since 2006 | Maintain |
| ZECON BERHAD Excellence Awards for UNIMAS Faculty of Engineering students- Since 2003 | Maintain | |
| Sponsoring Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Malaysia’s National & World 12th ranked Squash player- Since 2003 | Maintain | |
| Providing Industries Training- Each year Zecon Berhad and its subsidiaries accepted and provide training for students under this program | Maintain | |
| Love-In-The-Box Community Event- Zecon Group’s staff of all ranks contributed gifts for underprivileged children in this yearly event. | Maintain | |
| Adopting a school in our local community by year 2009 | ||
| Environment | Zecon Berhad Group-Level Environmental Policies | On going |
| Resume Tree Planting event in association with non governmental/profit organization in 2009 | ||
| Workplace | Incorporating CSR into the Code of Conducts, including non-discriminatory policies | On going |
| No Smoking Workplace | Maintain | |
| Conducting Group-Level Employees Survey & Dialog | ||
We would welcome suggestions for further improvement of Zecon Group’s CSR disclosure. headoffice@myzecon.com