Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability will always be integral to the Group’s business endeavours. This is reflected in our continued commitment to deliver shared value for our stakeholders through sustainable and responsible stewardship in all aspect of our business.
The Group’s corporate responsibility (CR) blueprint of “Nurturing Sustainability” focuses on four pillars for continuous improvement in implementing best practices in accordance with Bursa Malaysia’s CR framework. These are categorised under Productivity and Innovations, Invest in People, Returning to Community and Care for Environment. These pillars mirror the Bursa Malaysia’s CR framework that emphasis on the Marketplace, Workplace, Community and Environment.
The Group’s CR framework is our mantra or way of life as it continues to be immersed in our business model and daily operation towards better productivity and services in a more responsible and sustainable manner. By ingraining these intertwined imperatives and a host of CR initiatives within our people and business dealings, the Group is confident of becoming an exemplary corporate citizen whilst continuously exercising improvement initiatives.
We are committed to the
triple bottom-line
People, Planet, and Profit.
Our Commitment
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is fundamental to Harbour-Link culture and core values. It reflects the corporate sustainability commitments we make to our clients, shareholders, business partners, employees and our communities. These commitments enable us to perform with the highest standards of good governance and ethics; provide products and services that meet the rising expectations of our clients and business partners; attract and retain quality employees; provide meaningful support in our communities and improve the social and environmental impacts of our business practices.
At Harbour-Link group, we believe in striking a balance between profitability and our social responsibility to the communities in which we operate.
By the nature of our businesses, Harbour-Link group of companies come into contact with the lives of many in the community on a daily basis. To inculcate the spirit of caring and sharing, Harbour-Link has always encouraged its staff to share their skills and talents in service of others by contributing their time and energy voluntarily towards the Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.
Charity projects, fund-raising events and donations have been an on-going aspect of our business operations as a social commitment toward the community. We endeavour to integrate our role as a corporate citizen with the philosophy “When You Learn, You Teach; When You Earn, You Give”
MARKETPLACE
PRODUCTIVITY & INNOVATION
At Harbour, we understand that the success of our businesses are based upon our people working hard to understand our marketplace in order to provide excellent services.
Our marketplace demands the highest professional standards and processes and we aim to be honest, open and ethical in all of our business operations and interactions.
We invest a great deal of time in developing relationships with our existing and future clients that are driven by creating solutions, innovations and working in win-win partnership.
We also aims to support our suppliers and vendors to grow their businesses and seeks to operate in a mutually beneficial way.
The Group will continue to strive for the highest standards of business integrity and is continually taking steps to review and uphold the best practices and maintain an exemplary corporate governance framework. The main objective of maximizing long-term economic value shall and will remain the Group’s core value, whilst maintaining a sustainable business growth.
WORKPLACE
INVEST IN PEOPLE
Staff welfare has always been accorded high priority in Harbour. The Group and its subsidiaries constantly strive to improve the quality of life in the workplace by focusing on our employees’ well-being and career development. In order to improve on their productivity and develop their skill sets, employees are encouraged to participate in various training and development programmes relevant to their areas of work.
Our Human Resource regularly organizes talks on health, safety awareness and other relevant topics for personal development. Staff Welfare Fund was set up under HR to manage and supplement financial aid to staff and their families in times of crises and need due to illness, natural disaster and death. “AngPao” were given for marriage, new born babies to our employees and scholarship for their children achieving academic excellence. We also rewards long-service employees for their services which have been the basis for the company’s growth.
We also founded Harbour Club which is steer by employees for the employees themselves to promote and secure welfare and interest of staff. The Harbour Club set up is to act as a “Workplace Social Club” for employees and to promote employee social interaction and enhance Group’s cohesiveness.
The Club regularly organizes different social events to foster communications and building friendships, not only among employees but also with clients and other organizations through fun and recreational activities. Among events organise by Harbour Club such as group’s annual dinner, family day, festivals open house celebration, sports, games and competitions. This has encourage employees’ teamwork and cooperation, developing leadership and interpersonal skills, through event organizing and collaboration.
Through the club activities, it helps our staff to make friends amongst colleagues and feel rewards of the people service at the same time create harmonious working environment. All the employees can enjoy their lives at work through various club activities and promote friendship with their co-workers.
COMMUNITY
RETURNING TO COMMUNITY
At Harbour, we believe that education is the fundamental foundation of each individual. Therefore, we start by nurturing and providing a strong foundation for our young generation. Emphasizing on our younger generation and shaping our future leaders, we look to ultimately contribute to the betterment of our community and country.
We looks at positive investments by engaging with communities where the Group has direct impact and where stakeholders may have an influence on operations. This comprises investments that aim to facilitate progressive change and have a positive effect on the community, encompassing areas such as advancement of education, sports, assistance to the less fortunate and the needy, and many more.
Over the years, our commitment towards the community has continued to expand, be improved and refined. We pledge to ensure business sustainability without compromising the rights and needs of future generations.
ENVIRONMENT
CARE FOR ENVIRONMENT
Harbour-Link Group has always addressing global concerns for the environment by designing business practices that provide the ability to minimise our impact on the environment. We are committed to adopting environmentally responsible policies in its operations wherever it operates.
We adopt an environmental policy that is designed to achieve the following objectives:
- To invest in the research, development and improvement of new business practices, products and applications to enable us to meet or exceed our environmental aspirations;
- To manage our resources to minimise raw material usage, dispose correctly of waste, reduce harmful emissions, and promote energy conservation and recycling;
- To implement best environmental practices in all of our activities;
To raise environmental awareness amongst our employees and stakeholders to enable them to carry out their work or businesses with due consideration for the environment; - To adopt a 3R environmental policy that is designed to achieve the following objectives:
Reduce – We emphasises on waste reduction by using natural resources sensibly in order circumvent waste.
Reuse – We focuses on reusing and fully utilising materials in their original form in helping the environment and decreasing waste quantity.
Recycle – We brings stakeholders together with recycling efforts by managing resources to promote energy conservation and recycling.
Our CSR Statement
The Group’s corporate responsibilities STATEMENT IS summarised as follows:
To uphold, improve and ensure that our business operations continue to have a positive impact on our employees, the communities we work in and the environment that nurtures us, and to promote trust and mutual respect amongst our customers, shareholders and stakeholders in order to maintain group profitability and sustainability.