Student Entrepreneurs Honoured

Cozy Care, student-run company from Turkmenistan, took first place at the first-ever Junior Achievement Asia Pacific Company of the Year Competition, a three-day competition designed to nurture an entrepreneurship spirit and business skills in secondary school students. Read more

Astro wins Asian CSR Awards for Education & Workplace Practices

Astro won two awards at the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2010 for the ‘Support and Improvement of Education’ and ‘Best Workplace Practices’ categories today. These awards are recognition of Astro’s commitment to its workplace practices and in providing learning opportunities to future generations of Malaysians. Read more

Migrant Workers Management Toolkit

Irene Fernandez, Executive Director of Tenaganita, recently discussed the Migrant Workers Management Toolkit at CSR Asia’s CSR Wednesday, held at Bursa Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur recently. The human rights activist put together this tool to help businesses in the region with their foreign workers. See below for the full audio on her talk and the slides from her presentation. Read more

2011 Gold Quill Awards – special categories for corporate social responsibility

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is now accepting entries for the 2011 Gold Quill Awards. Recipients of the Gold Quill Awards are recognised for their excellence in business communication in multiple categories ranging from employee communication, public relations, social responsibility, marketing communication and social media. The early-bird deadline for entries is 28 January 2011 and the final deadline is 4 February 2011. Read more

Msian workers motivated to work for share in employer’s equity

A recent survey revealed that more than three-quarters of the Malaysian workforce believe they will be more productive if they have some form of ownership in their employers’ business. Workforce solution firm Kelly Services, in their Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI), found that 85 per cent of respondents felt that profit-sharing or an ownership stake would motivate them to perform better. Read more

Nearly 90% of Singapore Youths Want to Make Profit Responsibly

As pivotal events such as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and misbehaviour by major global financial institutions roil the world, Singapore’s youths are choosing responsible profit-making. In the Hapitalist Survey of Youths’ Attitudes Towards Money and Money-Making 2009-2010, 87% of youths said if they could earn SGD1 million, they want to first weigh the implications of their decisions on society, the community, the environment and socioeconomic systems. Read more

M’sia: Plantations Need To Be Serious In Helping Workers

The Malaysian government recently called on plantations to take their corporate social responsibility (CSR) seriously, and to make efforts to address the grievances of their workers in a holistic manner. Read more

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