Kuala Lumpur, 1 November 2021 – In conjunction with Global Handwashing Day on the 15th of October 2021, Lifebuoy Malaysia, through the Ministry of Education, donated RM1.8 million worth of hand hygiene products to support students returning to school after the prolonged National lockdown. With the country progressively re-opening sectors based on the National Recovery Plan, Lifebuoy Malaysia pledged to aid students returning to schools by providing hand sanitizers and bar soaps to be distributed to the students.

Lenny Chuah, Beauty Personal Care Marketing Director of Unilever Malaysia-Singapore shared that “For over a decade, Lifebuoy has always championed hand hygiene by running the world’s largest behaviour-change programme, to advocate for greater emphasis on hand hygiene education. As a company, Unilever Malaysia believes in the purpose of action. Working with the Ministry of Education for this donation, we are able to do our part in helping to keep the students venturing back to schools safe, as physical learning has been allowed. We understand the importance of bringing students back to school to help bring them a sense of normalcy back in their lives concerning their education. We have and will always prioritise working towards the betterment of our planet and society. Through this donation, we want to do our part in helping those most impacted by the Covid-19 situation by not only providing the tools to keep them safe but to also encourage good hand-hygiene maintenance”. 

Kuala Lumpur, 1 November 2021 – Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the  “Exchange”), together with the UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei  (“UNGCMYB”) today announced they have a developed a joint Corporate Sustainability  Practitioner (CSP) Competency Framework. The CSP Competency Framework will serve to  support credentials building of practitioners and professionals involved in Malaysia’s corporate sustainability space. 

In addition to the framework, Bursa Malaysia and UNGCMYB have created a digital self assessment tool that can recommend reading materials to practitioners to assist them in  developing individual capacity and capability in order to better carry out the sustainability related functions. 

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) today introduces the new locally assembled A-Class Sedan and Mercedes-Benz GLA SUV, strengthening its local footprint in Malaysia. Setting standards in the local automotive segment, the vehicles will be available in two variants, namely the A 200 Progressive Line, the A 250 AMG Line, the GLA 200 Progressive Line and the GLA 250 AMG Line. 

Michael Jopp, VP of Sales and Marketing, Passenger cars at Mercedes-Benz Malaysia said “These two new additions to our local production line are testament of our commitment to further expand our local foothold and increased investment in the local automotive sector. Both the A-Class and GLA are our success and best-selling models and we are excited to announce that they will now be locally assembled at Pekan, Pahang. We believe that this expansion will continue to strengthen our local offerings as we strive to provide our customers the very best of premium and luxury German engineering.”