Work-From-Home Programme for TM Group
June 11, 2009 by admin
Filed under Initiatives
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) recently launched a pilot programme that gives employees the opportunity to work from home. The programme not only takes into consideration the benefits to employees needing to work from home, but also is friendlier to the environment. TM group CEO, Datuk Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa, was reported to have said the move was in line with its efforts to contribute to a “greener” environment in Malaysia.
Zamzamzairani was reported to have said, “We have selected a few people who can do their work from their homes. This will cut down on travelling and thus reduce the carbon footprint as well as time and money.” He explained that the group began the programme with 10 employees and planned to increase the number eventually.
Other corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes TM plans include nurturing the nation’s younger generation through its resources and development programmes. Zamzamzairani also said that the group’s Yayasan TM has disbursed RM20 million for education in 2008.
He was reported to have said, “Since its inception, the foundation has contributed more than RM360 million to 10,077 students at secondary and tertiary levels, to continue their studies locally and overseas.”
TM has also adopted two schools, the SK Bukit Indera Muda and SK Seri Penanti in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, under its Pintar programme. Under the three-year programme, TM group organises various programmes and activities to assist the students to obtain better academic results, especially with the aid of information and communications technology.
According to Zamzamzairani, “Urban schools can raise their own funds and emphasis is usually placed on the rural schools. “The two schools are in the suburban areas, therefore they are sometimes forgotten. Gone are the days when a company just presented a cheque to help the needy and be done with it. Now, corporate responsibility goes beyond that.
