The BSC takes formal purview of sustainability matters that were previously the responsibility of the Board Governance and Risk Management Committee (BGRMC), supporting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in relation to FGV Group’s sustainability policies, strategies and initiatives. Alongside me as the Chairman, the BSC comprises other Board members namely Dato’ Yusli Mohamed Yusoff (who at the time of writing has passed on), Dato’ Amiruddin Abdul Satar, Nik Fazila Nik Mohamed Shihabuddin and Kasmuri Sukardi. BSC members have deep experience across multiple industries within and outside FGV’s business footprint which facilitates a balanced view. I am confident that the BSC will make significant contributions towards FGV’s efforts to achieve the relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in turn advance the overall sustainability agenda. Covid-19 impacts and sustainability related initiatives The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert an impact on our business despite being listed as an essential industry. However, our operations were able to continue during the intermittent movement control orders imposed throughout 2020 and 2021. Sustainability efforts continue unabated across many areas although some initiatives were inevitably affected and had to be pushed to future dates. The one enduring challenge we faced that was exacerbated by the pandemic is our inability to fulfil the full complement of the plantation workforce we need although we are hopeful that the Government’s lifting of the freeze on migrant workers intake will go some ways to resolving our labour shortage. In fact, addressing the impact of the pandemic has brought to the forefront meaningful sustainability initiatives that underscore our responsibility to society and our people. As the COVID-19 pandemic crosses 2021 into the present day, affected vulnerable parties continue to look towards the more able of us for aid and support. In 2021, continuing on similar efforts in the previous year, FGV kept up the provision of aid and support to needy parties with a more intense focus on alleviating food insecurity. To safeguard the health of the workforce, specifically plantation workers, FGV signed up to the Vaccination for the Agri Commodity Sector (VACOMS) initiative, a national initiative aimed at providing vaccinations to workers in the agriculture and commodity sectors. FGV has received approval for 14,635 vaccine supplies to execute vaccination programmes for its local and migrant plantation workers in Pahang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. In addition to the VACOMS programme, FGV has also implemented COVID-19 Antigen kit screening test programme for 26,210 migrant plantation workers in January 2021. 5 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020/2021 CLIMATE ACTION & ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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