Responsible Business Acting on community needs garnered through our engagements with them, we continuously formulate and implement initiatives and projects to empower and ensure our surrounding communities are developing in tandem with FGV. Specific examples in this respect are the improvements to plantation infrastructure. To improve access to healthcare for our workers, FGV has established 13 clinics at our own expense in our plantations that are located in remote areas, with the guidance and approval of the Ministry of Health. We have also facilitated COVID-19 screening and vaccination for our workers to ensure they are protected and more importantly, do not contribute to the spread of the disease. Over the past few years we have made investments in improving our workers’ accommodation to enhance their well-being. We have also established Community Learning Centres (CLCs) to provide education for the children of our plantation workers as an intrinsic part of respecting the rights of the child specifically their right to education. In addition, we always stand ready to support society at large in times of need. FGV and its subsidiaries as responsible corporate citizens, have extended support, both monetary and non-monetary, to those adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and national disasters, in particular to alleviate food insecurity. Exemplary in this are the efforts of our digital marketplace subsidiary, GOGOPASAR that has not only made food donations but also formed a GoGoCare team to support flood relief missions. Community engagement & development FGV practices constant engagement with communities within and surrounding our operating locations. It is our firm belief that reaching out to engage with our communities provides us with first hand, in-depth perspectives on their concerns and better position us to provide support and facilitates the formulation of a more targeted and effective aid programmes. Businesses under the Integrated Farming initiative has a focus on supporting the community through providing income generation opportunities, for instance: In the case of GOGOPASAR’s GoGoPreneur programme, eligible members of the community can operate their own business to secure a source of income Farmers participating in FGV Integrated Farming Holdings Sdn Bhd’s (FGVIF) Fortified Field Fragrant Rice (3FR) programme can earn a potential income of RM1,540 per metric tonne (MT) of paddy yield Farmers participating in cash crop planting projects avail themselves to a source of income and also have the benefits of our support and assistance i ii iii 72 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS ABOUT THIS REPORT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NDgzMzc=