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MDBC SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2014 (MSA’14)
Malaysian-Dutch Business
Council Sustainability Awards
(MSA) 2014 winners!
Submissions considered by panel of independent,
expert judges, led by Chief Judge H.E. Harry Molenaar
The Malaysian-Dutch
Business Council (MDBC)
Sustainability Awards 2014
has grown and evolved into
a more innovative and inclusive
programme as they had introduced
two new segments this year: the MSA
Innovation Pioneer and the Jaffar Indot
Award on Corporate Governance.
The winners of the 2014 MDBC
Sustainability Awards were announced
by the Minister of Energy, Green
Technology & Water, Datuk Seri
Panglima Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkil
during the awards ceremony dinner at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur
on Dec 3.
Dutch Lady Milk Industries won the
award of Best Business Sustainability
by a multinational company by
demonstrating their commitment to
environmental sustainability, corporate
social responsibility and contribution to
the Malaysian economy.
While Asian Perlite Industries,
a service provider for greenhouse
structures, irrigation, water storage,
greenhouse production, soil steaming,
harvesting, grading, labeling, packaging,
cooling systems for vegetables,
fruits and flowers. received the Best
Business Sustainability by a small &
medium enterprise
The MSA Innovation Pioneer
Segment was won by &samhoud, a
management consultancy firm that
encourages new ideas and give their
employees ownership from ideation to
implementation.
When asked about the addition of
the new “MSA Innovation Pioneer”
segment in this year’s MSA, MDBC
Executive Director Marco Winter said:
“Those who do not have the foresight
and willingness to invest in the future
risk losing relevance in the marketplace.
Each company has to encourage
a culture of innovation in their organisation,
which is the challenge for this
segment. The acknowledgement and
inclusion of innovation in this year’s
MSA is therefore a reflection of the
continued growth and evolution of
the awards; it is in fact, part and parcel
All MSA’14 winners and organisers together for a group picture, with YB Datuk Seri Panglima Maximus
Ongkili, Minister of Energy, Green Technology & Water (5th from right).
Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad’s SP Ching and Wong
Ee Laine receiving the award for the Best Business
Sustainability by an MNC from Minister YB Datuk Seri
Maximus Ongkili, Netherlands Ambassador Harry Molenaar
and MDBC Chairman Zainul Rahim.
of our own journey along the path of
sustainability.”
Submissions were considered
by a panel of independent, expert
judges, led by Chief Judge H.E. Harry
Molenaar (Ambassador, Embassy of
the Netherlands).
Sharing his thoughts on the
MSA, the Ambassador commented:
“Innovation is used as a driver for
sustainability whilst at the same
time, sustainability can function as a
catalyst for innovation; it has become
a strategy for sustainable economic
growth. Resource scarcity, climate
change, technological development
and a higher demand for products have
forced many companies to integrate
sustainability into their line of business.
With the MDBC organising the MSA for
the fourth consecutive year, it presents
itself as a platform for those companies
that embrace thinking of solutions
today for the global challenges of the
future.”
After an intense day programme
with final presentations by shortlisted
finalist, three well – known companies
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