COMMUNITY

At UMW, we are committed, through our corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes to share our success with the communities where we operate by contributing our skills and resources to worthwhile causes and those in need, regardless of race, religion, colour or creed. Our Philosophy and Approach in this cause are to encourage active involvement from all employees and engage the local community, to balance requests for one-off donations and immediate relief with integrated CSR programmes that provide sustainable, long term benefits and the last one is areas of public policy/interests where a broad consensus has been identified.

Each year, we invest a portion of our financial wealth, as well as our time, in public services and community projects that will benefit the local communities where we operate. Our team of employee volunteers that we call UMW Community Champions, recorded a total of 10,357 community service hours from January – December 2016. UMW is proud to support their philanthropic efforts by bearing the cost of their participation in charity programmes and when necessary, allowing them to take time off from work for volunteerism.

Humanitarian Aid

UMW has provided MERCY Malaysia with a community service grant amounting to RM2.9 million since the establishment of our partnership with the volunteer relief organisation in 2009. This effort continued in 2015, with the partnership aimed at bridging the healthcare divide among vulnerable communities in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. This benefited 2,822 individuals during the year, with the total number of people benefiting from the programme since 2009 amounting to 25,000.

We also undertook the following community development programmes during the year, such as:

• “Gotong-royong” at the Salvation Army Children’s Home in Kuching, Sarawak, working with 45 children and 43 volunteers.
• Chinese New Year celebration with Rumah Kanak-Kanak Cacat Negeri Perak organised in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi Petronas (“UTP”). The event included spring cleaning, indoor games and a contribution of daily necessities and RM3,000 for the benefit of the home’s 50 children.
• Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration with disabled and senior citizens from Pusat Jagaan Titian OKU Nur, Rawang, held jointly with UTP students. The celebration involved 55 residents of the home, 50 UTP and 40 UMW volunteers.
• Deepavali Shopping Treat for Kids from Pertubuhan Kebajikan Kanak-Kanak Selangor, Klang.
• Christmas Party for Sabah Cheshire Home.
• Raya Shopping and “Majlis Berbuka Puasa” with the children of Rumah Aman Children’s Home in Shah Alam, with the children given a RM250 shopping voucher for AEON Bukit Raja.
• In a collaboration with the Four Wheelers for Charity (“4W4C”) NGO, our UMW SL1M Prihatin programme installed water filters and dispensers at 10 welfare/ orphanage/individual houses in an effort to provide clean water sources for underprivileged communities in Negeri Sembilan. The programme involved 29 UMW SL1M trainees who also carried out “gotong-royong” at the houses and handed over groceries from a collection drive organised among UMW employees in Shah Alam.
• In another programme with 4W4C, and also in collaboration with Pusrawi International College of Medical & Science, UMW reached out to the community in need at Kampung Orang Asli in Pos Titom, Pahang to provide medical support and check-ups to those in need, focusing on children and the elderly.
• UMW also worked with 4W4C to conduct “gotong-royong” and educate villagers on the importance of hygiene among the Orang Asli community in Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan.
• Delivery of back-to-school packs to the children in Dabong, Kelantan, where most facilities were washed away during the major flooding in the East Coast, undertaken in another collaboration with 4W4C. Back-to-school packs were also sent to the children of SK Pos Dipang, Perak and SK Mat Daling, SK Kuala Sat and SK Ulu Tembeling in Ulu Tembeling, Pahang, where we also set up mobile libraries at the schools.
• Delivery of back-to-school packs to help underprivileged students from SK Serendah.

Further to our philanthropic efforts, our Toyota Classics programme continues to raise funds for charitable organisations by organising performances by world-class orchestras at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in KLCC. Representing UMW Toyota’s longest-running CSR programme, the initiative has continued over 25 years, bringing in world-renowned orchestras such as the New York Symphonic Ensemble; the Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra, Austria; and the Budapest Operetta Theatre Orchestra.

The combined proceeds from ticket sales and corporate donations for the Toyota Classics concerts have benefited orphanages, drug rehabilitation centres, the National Cancer Society, old folk’s homes, welfare homes and hospices. Since its inauguration in 1990, almost RM8 million has been collected, allowing UMW Toyota to lend support to 63 charities and NGOs.