Plant-A-Tree: Tabanan, Indonesia Project

With the support of Standard Chartered Bank, Plant-A-Tree Indonesia c/o BICG will begin a tree planting project to increase food supplies for native fauna in the Protected Forest on Mt Batucaru, Bali, Indonesia (in the Tabanan Regency). The project is entirely funded by Standard Chartered as part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Read more

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COP 15: What is the Impact on Malaysia and South East Asia?

By Daniel Chandranayagam

What most can take away from COP 15 is a bitter sense of disappointment with the ‘disagree-to-agree’ outcome of the summit, which has been described as “a theater of the absurd” on HuffPost. With that in mind, it piqued my interest to learn that a talk would be presented by the US Embassy Public Affairs Office, at the Annexe Gallery, on the Copenhagen Summit. Read more

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Unilever Stays Away From Indonesia Palm Oil Planter

Unilever, the world’s top palm oil buyer, has instructed dealers to stay away from palm oil sourced from Indonesian planter, Duta Palma, over its concerns about rainforest destruction, according to an Indonesian industry official. This move comes after BBC revealed Duta Palma allegedly clearing forests illegally, and is the second bid against Duta Palma in three months. Read more

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Indonesia: Human Rights Body Questions PT Freeport on CSR Funding

Gold and copper mining company, PT Freeport Indonesia, has been question by the National Commission on Human Rights on the matter of its local CSR funding. According to the Jakarta Post, representatives of three villages near Freeport’s operation area had recently filed reports with the commission requesting greater transparency in the distribution of the company’s fund. Read more

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Standard Chartered Plants Five Thousand Trees in Bali

Standard Chartered Bank Indonesia today completed the planting of 5, 000 trees in Bali, in line with the Bank’s commitment to support forest conservation programme in Indonesia.
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Ascott & Capitaland Hope Foundation Offer Relief Aid To Sumatra Earthquake & Typhoon Ketsana Victims

CapitaLand’s wholly-owned business unit, The Ascott Group Limited (Ascott), and CapitaLand’s philanthropic arm, CapitaLand Hope Foundation, have donated a total of SGD120,000 and other relief aid to victims of the Sumatra earthquake that hit Padang, Indonesia and those affected by Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines and Vietnam in September. Read more

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Faber Group Helps with Padang Disaster Relief

Through NGO, MERCY Malaysia, the staff and management of the Faber Group of Companies have donated just over RM30,000 to earthquake victims in Padang, Indonesia, according to Bernama.

The fund is to help MERCY Malaysia continue humanitarian aid in Padang, such as rebuilding homes of victims, said Faber Group Bhd Managing Director, Adnan Mohammad. He was quoted as saying:

This is part of the corporate social responsibility efforts carried out by Faber to alleviate the plight of those affected by the recent earthquake.

Faber Group Bhd is a member of the UEM Group and listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.

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