FGV Annual Integrated Report 2019

77 ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 03 S E C T I O N CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Collaboration with Yayasan Felda and FELDA FGV continued to collaborate with Yayasan Felda and FELDA to benefit charitable community centres and people in need. One of the collaborations was the Ziarah Kasih 2019 programme, where FGV contributed RM21,000 in zakat to seven community-based rehabilitation centres in conjunction with a Hari Raya celebration on 28 June 2019. The event also celebrated 147 disabled trainees of the centres. On 17 September 2019, the joint initiative culminated with a visit to Pusat Jagaan Nur Hasanah in Beranang, Selangor, a nursing home for the elderly with chronic illnesses. FGV contributed RM10,000 to the home for the construction of a fence and purchase of daily pharmaceutical needs such as glucose test strips and wound dressing kits. FGV staff also donated cash, groceries and clothes to the home while Yayasan Felda replaced old beds and mattresses with new ones. The students, staff and principal of Kolej Yayasan Felda who attended the day-long programme brought more cheer to the event by having a karaoke competition with the nursing home’s residents. Gift from the Heart FGV’s employees visited children at the paediatric ward in Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak Kuala Lumpur through its Gift from the Heart programme on 19 December 2019. The children, who were mostly long-term patients at the Neurology Paediatric Ward and Orthopaedic Paediatric Ward, received a gift each from various companies in the Group, including FGV Innovation Centre in Enstek, Nilai. A total of 178 gifts comprising toys, storybooks and stationery were collected within 10 days for the children, aged one month to 16 years old. Addressing Human-Wildlife Conflict FGV, in collaboration with FELDA, MPOC and the Sabah Wildlife Department, held a workshop on 14 November 2019 to address the issue of human-wildlife conflict. About 70 representatives from plantation companies around Sabah such as FELDA, FGV, Sime Darby, Sawit Kinabalu, Sabah Softwoods and Kretam Holdings attended the event that was held in Tawau. Among the highlights were FGV’s conservation efforts and sharing sessions by the participants on addressing the issue of human-wildlife conflict. The workshop underscored the commitment by the plantation companies, agencies and local communities to work towards resolving the issue. For more details on the initiatives on human-wildlife conflict, refer to Natural Capital on page 49 of this report. SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL RSPO CERTIFICATION The RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) are the most widely used sustainability standards, with about 20% of global palm oil certified to these standards. FGV has been heavily involved in the RSPO since its establishment in 2003. We actively participated in the development of its P&C in 2005, the first P&C review in 2012, the second review in 2017 and were also part of the development of the Malaysian National Interpretation (MY-NI) of all the P&Cs. In line with our pledge to the RSPO, we now have a total of 33 RSPO-certified mills as at December 2019, with certified quantities of 454,918 MT of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) and 112,398 MT of Certified Sustainable Palm Kernel. We expect RSPO certifications for all our complexes to be completed by 2021, to ensure our continued participation in the CSPO market. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS STATEMENTS AND ANALYSIS