In recent months, business groups of all hues have announced a slew of measures to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns over their operations.
The changes in business practices ranging from de-carbonising the supply chain to investing in workers’ well-being have grown from a trickle to a flood, making it difficult even to keep up with the pace of the transformation that is taking place.
While the shift in priorities from the bottom line towards a more wholesome outlook bodes well for our species, there is a core element that is still lacking in the businesses’ motivations a moral sense that makes these enterprises inherently ecocentric, just or ethical.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 05:13 AM MYT
BY OPALYN MOK AND SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
A student sanitises her hands after having her temperature recorded at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Jelutong in Shah Alam January 20, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 The Education Ministry should consider introducing a transition period for students when they return to school once the movement control order (MCO) is lifted, academics have suggested.
This period will give students time to pace themselves and get used to the physical learning environment while rebuilding their motivation and confidence.
The core challenge that the industry is facing is transformation in the area of automation adoption, among others.
It has been 29 years since the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) started its operations, but it remains ever true and passionate to its vision of being the lead organisation that develops the Malaysian timber industry into a world leader in the manufacture and trade of timber products.
This determination is reflected in its Five-Year Plan (2019-2023), which lays out MTC’s strategic direction in the planning of its programmes and activities, aligned with its vision and mission.
The plan is made up of four key thrusts and 14 focus areas to address pressing challenges, with seven must-wins to achieve for 2021.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia was an early success story in battling Covid-19, but that all changed when the third wave hit last September.
Experts said that while the country made the right moves at the start, it can no longer use the same approaches in dealing with the pandemic now.
International Islamic University Malaysia public health medicine specialist Asst Prof Dr Mohammad Farhan Rusli said the country had done well in the beginning but
the people let their guard down later.
“We actually won the battle in the first and second waves but we did not expect the full-blown impact of the war. Other countries are also seeing a surge in cases.
LETTER | Embracing a Malaysian identity a better concept
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LETTER | In December 2020, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah proposed - and was swiftly criticised for it - the possibility of revitalising the concept of a Malay citizenship” that was mooted in 1947 by the coalition of the Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (Putera) and All-Malaya Council of Joint Action (AMCJA). Back then, the idea was quickly shelved once the British declared an emergency in 1948.
A few days ago, Nazir Razak proposed for the different communities in Malaysia to return to the negotiating table to review the current state of the social contract. The reasoning behind his suggestion is similar to Razaleigh’s, which is a way to solve the problems of the nation. There seems to be an understanding by a few that the way forward is to look back at how the communities in the country are managed.