84 85 Environmental Stewardship About This Report Who We Are Progressing Towards A Sustainable Future Managing Our Sustainability Risks Good Governance Sustainable Economic Growth Empowering People and Communities KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD Sustainability Report 2022 Awards and Recognitions GRI Content Index ESG Performance Data WHY IT MATTERS We believe that supporting local communities is crucial for building stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods where people can thrive. To achieve this, we have been reaching out to communities in need through targeted social investments and active employee volunteerism. OUR APPROACH In 2022, Kenanga revised updated its Group Sponsorship Policy to Group Donation Policy to create a standardised approach to evaluating and channelling donation requests and community investments. We have also introduced an employee volunteering mechanism in 2022 which aims to create a positive work culture, strengthen relationships with stakeholders, while contributing to social and environmental causes, thus providing employees with opportunities for personal and professional growth. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT [GRI 413] The HumanKIND Project: Meals That Give Campaign Focused on the philosophy of shared humanity, Kenanga began The HumanKIND Project’s ‘Meals That Give’ campaign to continue rallying support for its longstanding social enterprise partner, Café Includes, a cafe operated by a team of persons with disabilities. From the kitchen of Café Includes, the meals prepared not only helped with sustaining employment opportunities of the differently-abled members of Café Includes, but they also went towards feeding communities in need such as the homeless and children of orphanages at Persatuan Kebajikan An-Najjah Malaysia, Ruman Ozanam PJ, and Pertiwi Soup Kitchen. Besides giving back to the community, our aim for the campaign is to also create an ecosystem to encourage the public to give back, with Kenanga sponsoring an additional meal with every meal pledge from the public, with pledges as low as RM20. Kenanga has undertaken various initiatives to promote the ‘Meals That Give’ campaign where efforts included the dissemination of a press release about the campaign launch, email announcements and regular postings on our social media including milestone updates on the amount that we have raised. As a result, ‘Meals That Give’ raised over RM50,000 at the end of the year. To date, we have distributed over 2,700 meals, with Kenanga matching meal-for-meal. AWARDS RECEIVED IN 2022: Malaysia PR Awards 2022: Won the Sustainability Award (Silver) for the launch of the HumanKIND Project: Meals That Give Campaign in December 2022 Sustainability & CSR Malaysia Award 2022: Won Bank of the Year Award for Environmental, Social & Governance Excellence and Long-Standing Excellence in Sustainability Loyalty and Engagement Award 2022: Won for Best Use of CSR (Bronze) EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES “The HumanKIND initiative has not only help to sustain the employment of our team of Disabled Cloud Kitchen assistants but also provided the much needed meals to feed the needy in Klang Valley. Thank you Kenanga for supporting our Café Includes.” STEVENS CHAN Operator, Cafe Includes A cafe and exhibition, spearheaded by Stevens Chan, an activist in support of people with disabilities. Supported Café Includes, an initiatives under Dialogue Includes All, through the HumanKIND project. In 2022, we raised over RM50,000 through Meals That Give project. Visit Dialogue Includes All (Café Includes) website here: Empowering Our Communities Kenanga has a long history of philanthropic contributions, outreach initiatives, and fundraising campaigns. We continue to strengthen outreach initiatives through employee volunteerism, and support social enterprises through targeted community investment that is consistent with our focus on empowering and uplifting local communities. In 2022, we contributed over RM180,000 in community investments with direct positive impact to over 4,000 people. Our anchor social enterprise partners, Silent Teddies Bakery and Dialogue Includes All whom we have been consistently supporting for 11 consecutive years. A Kuala Lumpur bakery, operated entirely by hearing-impaired youths. During the year, over RM80,000 was contributed to the Silent Teddies Bakery in support of renovation and expansion of the bakery in order to increase workspace for the enterprise. Additionally, 500 jars of baked goods from Silent Teddies was purchased as door gifts for our event in 2022. Visit Silent Teddies Bakery website here: (https://silentteddies.com/) (https://www.diadiscover. com/cafe-includes)
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