Sarawak are Inaugural Champions - Sime Darby Plantation

KorporatCorporateKPMG Lends a Helping Hand inMangrove ReplantingInitiativeMr Peter Ho (right) handing over the mock cheque for RM50,000 to Dato’ Azhar to officially mark the mangrove replanting collaboration. Looking on is Tn. Hj.Khairudin Hashim, Head, R&D Centre.Mr Peter Ho (Kanan) menyerahkan simbol cek sebesar RM 50.000 kepada Dato' Azhar yang secara resmi telah menandakan kerjasama penanaman kembali pohon bakaudiperhatian oleh Tuan Haji Khairuddin Hashim, Kepala Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan.t was probably a veryrare occasion and theIfirst time in the historyof Sime Darby Plantation orSime Darby Group, for thatmatter, to receive monetarycontribution from anothercorporate body in aid of ourcorporate socialresponsibility initiative.The contribution, a verysignificant amount at that,came from KPMG Malaysia –one of Malaysia’s leadingaccounting firms – towardsour mangrove replantingproject which isspearheaded by R&D TQEMand Sustainability. Thegenerous contribution ofRM50,000 was officiallyhanded over by KPMGMalaysia’s Partner In-Chargeof Audit, Mr Peter Ho to ourManaging Director Dato’Azhar Abdul Hamid at asmall ceremony at KualaLumpur Hilton on September17, 2009.KPMG’s contribution wouldgo towards partly fundingthe construction of a 60-meter geo-tubes and gabionstructure which is very vitalin the mangrove replantingprocess. This hard structureacts as a wave breaker toshield seedlings from beingwashed away by wavesduring high tide. Thestructure also acts as mudand sand trap that will assistin stabilising the ground inpreparation for mangroveseedlings cultivation.The collaborative projectwas indirectly mooted inMay 2009 when the KPMG’scorporate affairs teamapproached Sime DarbyPlantation CorporateCommunications to discussthe possibility ofcollaborating in CSRprojects. It was also duringthe discussion that KPMGwas informed of ourmangrove replantingproject. The discussionculminated in the planting of300 forest trees on CareyIsland by 80 KPMG staff onAugust 1. After the treeplanting project at CareyIsland, KPMG confirmedtheir willingness toparticipate in our mangrovereplanting project andagreed to contributeRM50,000 for the project.“This is indeed a very rareoccasion for Sime DarbyPlantation or for Sime DarbyGroup for that matter, toreceive monetarycontribution from anothercorporate body, whichvoluntarily approached us tocollaborate in our CSRproject. Most of the time itis the reverse; the publicwould approach us to fundtheir projects or invite us tocollaborate with them in9.Seedlink July - October, 2009