About 97 percent of the Top 100 companies by revenue in Malaysia (N100) reported on their corporate sustainability performance, compared to the global average of 72 percent, according to the KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2017. 

The survey also showed that 93 percent of the N100 companies included Corporate Responsibility (CR) information (also known as sustainability information) into their respective annual reports, coming second only to India at 98 percent on a global ranking involving 49 countries.

IFCA MSC Bhd, leading property solutions provider listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia, has embarked on a transformational programme known as ‘IFCA 2.0’ to strengthen positive growth rates for the next few years.

In an effort to drive earnings growth, ‘IFCA 2.0’ outlines the fundamental growth pillars to strengthen IFCA’s leading position as an innovative and dynamic property solutions provider. The company is taking a new and determined step in the digital side by delivering solutions that make sense and add value to its customers, as well as enable them to be more competitive and successful, by creating new products such as data-driven marketing which helps to more accurately reach the potential customers that property developers are targeting.

Global economic confidence has improved slightly this quarter, as high performance across Asia and Africa offset depressed confidence in the Middle East and the Americas.

According to the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS), produced by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (the Institute of Management Accountants), confidence has benefitted from a sustained period of economic expansion since the global financial crisis.