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SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad
Annual Report 2010
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
At Sapura, we take pride
in ourselves as a caring
corporate citizen.
PAYING OUR DUES
As Sapura Group grows and prospers, we
have always ensured that our success
is also extended to our corporate social
responsibility (CSR) efforts. This has always
been the conviction of the Chairman and
founder of the Sapura Group of Companies,
YBhg. Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir
who established the Shamsudin Abdul
Kadir Foundation to champion the cause
of charity at home and overseas. Our
charitable programmes cover a broad
spectrum, from helping the marginalised,
orphans and those living at the fringes of
society, to providing educational assistance
and supporting national and regional
events.
Subscribing to the adage that charity
begins at home, we have drawn up a
number of CSR programmes for the
workplace. At Sapura, we like to think
ourselves as an extended Big Family,
and like all families, we look out for one
another through good and bad times.
Funds are set aside and made available
to staff so that they can perform the
Umrah. When the going gets tough and
an employee is incapacitated or suffering
from a terminal illness, we are there to
help out with financial support over and
above the medical scheme we have in
place for employees. We do not forget
our employees easily and when they
have passed away whilst in service, their
children are ‘adopted’ by the Group and
receive a monthly stipend until they
have completed their secondary school
education. The Group also looks upon its
multi-ethnic composition as a reason to
celebrate the many festivities throughout
the year, particularly in the month of
Ramadhan and the Hari Raya Open Houses
that follow.
The sense of family has been reinforced
with the launch of the Sapura Community
in June 2009, which functions like a social
club promoting the well-being of our
family through various activities. During
the year, the Sapura Inter-Group Bowling
Tournament was among the sporting
events organised to build esprit des corps
and camaraderie among our growing
family. Through the Sapura Community,
our people show their caring side by
organising and supporting a number of
community services. Visits to orphanages
and homes of the less fortunate provide
comfort and words of wisdom while blood
donation campaigns inculcate a culture of
giving back to those in need. Our people
drawn from all levels of the organisation
have also participated actively in voluntary
and ‘gotong royong’ projects, and it is in
ways like these that we reach out and earn
a place in the community as a corporation
with a heart.
As a citizen of the world, we are aware
that Planet Earth is facing a myriad of
environment challenges and we are
determined to play our part in preserving
the quality of the environment. Earth Day
2009 was commemorated with exhibitions
and talks by experts to raise awareness
of environmental issues and activities.
Some of our subsidiaries have gone the
extra mile to promote a culture of waste
minimisation and resource optimisation.
Lighting and air-conditioning systems have
been optimised through an automated,
intelligent time-tabling and scheduling
system, that in turn reduces emissions
to the environment. We also launched
a Community Engagement Programme
that involved staff and students from our
Higher Education Division engaging with
various rural communities in Malaysia.
Other highlights of the year included a trip
to Zoo Negara and the Petrosains Centre,
besides organising educational seminars
and workshops for students sitting for the
various examinations.