KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
CDP
CDP is a global non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Voted the number one climate research provider by investors and working with institutional investors with assets of over USD106 trillion, CDP leverages investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impact. More than 9,600 companies with over 50% of the global markets’ capitalisation disclosed their environmental data through CDP in 2020. This is in addition to the hundreds of cities, states and regions that disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. CDP is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition.
ERM Malaysia
ERM is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, social consulting services and sustainability-related services. It works with the world’s leading organisations, delivering innovative solutions and helping them understand and manage their sustainability challenges. To do this, ERM employs more than 5,500 people in over 40 countries and territories, working out of more than 160 offices. ERM’s SustainAbility Institute had been established as its primary platform for thought leadership on sustainability. ERM has been assisting a wide range of clients to address sustainability, environmental, health, risk and safety concerns since the mid-1980s. It opened its first office in Kuala Lumpur in 1996. ERM has a multi-disciplinary team of more than 50 staff in Malaysia, strategically located to provide balanced solutions to local and international businesses in the region. The team has broad experience in serving industries such as oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, financial services, electronics, manufacturing, technology, media and telecommunications, food and agriculture.
Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei
UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB) is the official local network for the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The UNGC is a strategic policy initiative which aims to mobilise a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders, to create the world we want. It encourages businesses to align strategies and operations with the ten principles of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take actions that advance broader societal goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation. UNGCMYB provides a membership-based platform for all Malaysian private sectors to participate in, and helps them to raise their SDG ambitions as well as to achieve business excellence.
WWF - Malaysia
Established in 1972, WWF-Malaysia is part of WWF, the international conservation organisation. Working to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, WWF-Malaysia’s efforts to conserve nature focus on six major goals – forests, oceans, wildlife, food, climate and energy, and fresh water – and the three key drivers of environmental problems – markets, finance and governance. Its mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
INDUSTRY PARTNERS
The Business Council of Sustainable Development (BCSD) Malaysia
The Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Malaysia is a CEO-led, action-oriented collaboration and advocacy platform. BCSD Malaysia convenes members and stakeholders in a safe, pre-competitive collaborative space to develop tools and methodologies as well as to share best practices. It helps embed sustainability into core business strategies and operations to create a competitive advantage for its members. BCSD Malaysia strives to raise awareness, share knowledge and build capacity; advocate the case for sustainability as a business opportunity; bring a collective business voice to engage with policymakers and regulatory authorities; and initiate projects and programmes in collaboration with stakeholders in Malaysia and South-east Asia.