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KUALA LUMPUR, 5th October 2021 – edotco Group (‘edotco’) clinches two awards at the Sustainable Business Awards Malaysia 2020/21, one of Asia’s most prestigious corporate sustainability awards programmes. The recognition validates the Group’s commitment to best ESG practices that are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Adlan Tajudin, Chief Executive Officer of edotco Group, commented: “These recognitions attest to our efforts, and spur us on in our ambition to become a global Top 5 Next Generation Tower Company. Sustainability is a key pillar embedded in our business strategy and across our operations, which focuses on achieving sustainable growth. To ensure accelerated sustainable success, our business strategy is backed by a holistic future-proof modern workforce model that supercharges people transformation in this new norm world.”

As the first telecommunications company in Malaysia to become a signatory member of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the company embedded the 10 Principles on Human Rights, Labor, Environment and Anti-Corruption into its strategies, policies, procedure and culture.

Looking ahead, Adlan added: “We are committed to enhancing the telecommunications industry sustainably with next-generation engineering and continuing to be nation-building partners in all the countries we operate. We look forward to deepening our collaboration with all ecosystem partners to deliver real benefits in a sustainable manner to enhancing the lives of all people both regionally and globally.”

edotco Group was recognised for its outstanding and continuous commitment to these sustainability pillars:

Workforce Category – Winner

edotco’s winning strengths in the Workforce category highlighted its resilience across three strategic lenses: People, Leadership and Ways of Working in the backdrop of the pandemic that hits the world in 2020. The Group approaches workforce resilience by enhancing the operating model and doubling up on talent investment. Responding to uncertainties brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, edotco quickly adjusted to the new norm while dealing with differing market complexities and sustaining a highly engaged workforce, leveraging on five key pillars;

1. Virtual and media-rich delivery model
2. Cultivating a culture of self-learning /upskilling
3. Focused on micro and modular learnings, embedded into employees’ daily workflow
4. Futuristic digital competencies to deliver value in new reality
5. Consistent and frequent communications and engagement

Energy Management Category – Significant Achievements

edotco continuously champions the deployment of renewable energy solutions to reduce the dependency on diesel on its sites. To date, the Group has deployed ~1800 solar and 12 wind turbine sites, which resulted in 100% carbon emissions reductions compared to grid electricity and diesel. edotco also deployed outdoor sites to reduce the requirement for air conditioning, while eOPTI, an inhouse patent-pending solution, was developed to optimised energy designs. All these initiatives path our way towards edotco’s carbon-neutral ambition by 2030, for which innovation and sustainability are integrated into the business strategies. The Group also engages with various stakeholders, including employees, tenants and communities, to improve awareness of energy management.

Organised by Global Initiatives, the Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) winners were comprehensively assessed based on a scoring framework co-developed with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), followed by a National Advisory Panel (NAP) evaluation. The Awards recognises leadership in corporate sustainability across 12 categories, including sustainability strategy, community, energy and water management, supply chain, and ethics. The 2020/21 Malaysia Awards were held with the presence of Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy).

About edotco Group
Established in 2012, edotco Group is the first regional and integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company in Asia, providing end-to-end solutions in the tower services sector from tower leasing, co-locations, build-to-suit, energy, transmission and operations and maintenance (O&M).

edotco Group operates and manages a regional portfolio of over 41,000 towers across Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Laos. edotco strives to deliver outstanding performance in telecommunications infrastructure services and solutions. Its state-of-the-art real-time monitoring service, echo, has driven significant improvements in field operations while maximising operational efficiencies in terms of battery, energy and fuel consumption for telecommunications infrastructure.

Kuala Lumpur, 18 August 2021 – edotco Group (‘edotco’), the leading telecommunications infrastructure services company in the region, announced its appointment as a Signatory Member of United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) as the company’s first step towards fulfilling its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitment. As a signatory, edotco will be supporting the 10 Principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, which will be embedded as part of the company’s strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations.

Adlan Tajudin, Chief Executive Officer of edotco Group said, “We are pleased to be accepted as a Signatory of UNGC. Our participation is in line with our commitment to internalize the concept of corporate responsibility across our footprint. We will be further extending our green agenda with a focus on carbon neutrality initiatives, we will drive social responsibility through more meaningful stakeholder management, and we will be ensuring sustainable governance through implementing best practices and standards that protect our interests internally and externally.”

“These practices are not new to us at edotco, just moving forward we will be reporting them within edotco’s ESG framework to ensure we are benchmarking ourselves to the right practices in the industry. We understand that investors and even the general public view an organizations’ responsibility as beyond profits and solutions, and we want to show everyone that we take our environmental and social commitments seriously. Similarly, in our ongoing efforts to further enhance our governance and accountability, edotco is aligned to Axiata’s Group initiatives in promoting good governance across our footprint”,” added Adlan.

UNGC is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 12,000 members from over 160 countries. It is a call to companies to align their strategies and operations with UNGC 10 principles, and to take shared responsibility for advancing broader societal goals such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“We are delighted to welcome edotco as part of a global movement for sustainable business, and aligning their sustainability agenda with United Nations Global Compact 10 Principles as the telecommunication industry is a significant contributor towards a sustainable world. Building on the good work currently being done by edotco, we look forward to working together to strengthen edotco as a sustainability sector leader nationally and globally.” said Faroze Nadar, Executive Director for UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei.

It is a key requirement for UNGC members to submit a Communication of Progress (COP) within one year of their participation and thereafter on an annual basis.

In support of public accountability and transparency, edotco will be reporting its efforts via the submission of a signed statement by the chief executives expressing their continuous commitment, a description of practical actions as well as the measurement outcome in both quantitative and qualitative manners.

About edotco Group

Established in 2012, edotco Group is the first regional and integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company in Asia, providing end-to-end solutions in the tower services sector from tower leasing, co-locations, build-to-suit, energy, transmission and operations and maintenance (O&M).

edotco Group operates and manages a regional portfolio of over 34,000 towers across core markets of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Laos. edotco strives to deliver outstanding performance in telecommunications infrastructure services and solutions. Its state-of-the-art real-time monitoring service, echo, has driven significant improvements in field operations while maximizing operational efficiencies in terms of battery, energy and fuel consumption for telecommunications infrastructure.

About UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB)

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to take actions to advance broader societal goals. UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB) is the local chapter of UNGC, that supports Malaysian & Bruneian members in enabling them to contribute towards the SDGs and achieve business excellence via our 10 principles, programmes and tools while providing access to partnerships with a range of stakeholders – to share best practices and emerging solutions. We also seek to position Malaysian & Bruneian private sectors as a benchmark and a primary agent in driving a sustainable world.

Recognized for excellence in industry, innovation and sustainability the company also breaks into Top 10 Global Towerco ranking for the first time.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 July – edotco Group (“edotco”), the leading end to end integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company, was presented with the Frost & Sullivan’s award of “Asia Pacific Telecoms Tower Company of the Year” for 2021 for the fifth consecutive year. Alongside this prestigious award the company also announced that it has achieved the most aspired Top 10 Global tower company ranking, according to TowerXchange.

Adlan Tajudin, Chief Executive Officer, edotco Group, said, “Both of these achievements recognise our work across the region. We have continued to play the role of key infrastructure partner in the nations we are present. We bring the latest in next generation technologies, sustainable innovations and best practices to all these countries ensuring our nation building commitment is fulfilled even in these unprecedented COVID-19 times. Even more so during these trying times, the teams at edotco have been determined on ensuring connectivity is available to allow these nations to maintain economic and social growth.”

“This award is testament of the great teams at edotco. The new normal has forced us to adopt new ways of working and they have showcased agility and determination to ensure we continue to deploy the right shared infrastructure and achieve our national digital goals,” he added.

Notwithstanding the challenges presented with the pandemic, in 2020 edotco successfully fulfilled their commitments to customers across the region, deployed a series of sustainable design innovations and renewable energy offerings across its footprint as well as initiated partnerships towards the deployment of smart street furniture and next generation technologies in their mature operating countries. The organisation also reported successfully reducing its carbon emissions by 58% per site while continuing to champion sustainable infrastructure development and practices throughout the region.

The company also announced its break into the Top 10 Global Towerco ranking for the first time with a portfolio of 34,100 towers.

“We are exceptionally proud of this achievement. So far in 2021, our key achievements include completing our first build to suit tower in the Philippines, signing new large deals in Bangladesh and being appointed as technology partners by Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) to equip the upcoming tallest skyscraper in Malaysia with next generation telecommunications solutions. In the next couple of years, we aspire to break into at least three new markets, repurpose our product portfolio to include fibre and small cells as we reposition ourselves to take on new challenges within the industry and at the same time reshape the organization to be analytics and data driven. In addition to that we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint by 70% and are working on a carbon neutrality roadmap, both of which are in line with supporting Axiata on its Climate Action Plan. With these in the pipeline and other initiatives towards doubling our portfolio by 2024, I am confident this will propel us towards our ambition of being a Top 5 Global Towerco,” he added.

Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards recognizes best-in-class companies that excel in their respective business segments, as well as their efforts to develop the industry in 2020. Frost & Sullivan’s team of analysts undertake a thorough methodology in its evaluation of excellence, and the award categories offered each year are carefully reviewed and evaluated to reflect the current market landscape, including new emerging trends. Short-listed companies were evaluated on a variety of actual market performance indicators which include revenue growth; market share and growth in market share; leadership in product innovation; marketing strategy and business development strategy.

About edotco Group

Established in 2012, edotco Group is the first regional and integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company in Asia, providing end-to-end solutions in the tower services sector from tower leasing, co-locations, build-to-suit, energy, transmission and operations and maintenance (O&M).

edotco Group operates and manages a regional portfolio of over 34,000 towers across core markets of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Laos. edotco strives to deliver outstanding performance in telecommunications infrastructure services and solutions. Its state-of-the-art real-time monitoring service, echo, has driven significant improvements in field operations while maximizing operational efficiencies in terms of battery, energy and fuel consumption for telecommunications infrastructure.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – 14 January 2021 – Never in history have employee engagement experiences played a more crucial role than it has in 2020. The unprecedented challenges that businesses have undergone have shown us that it is people, more than any other factors that carry a company through a crisis towards success.

With decades of expertise in culture and engagement, leadership assessment and development, and HR and talent advisory services, Kincentric (a Spencer Stuart Company) helps organizations to be the best in the business through their Best Employers program, a leading employer benchmarking program measuring and recognizing extraordinary employers demonstrating workplace excellence.

For 20 years, the Kincentric Best Employers program has recognized leading employers across the world who are committed to realizing great workplace experiences. Selected by an independent panel of judges, these organizations are leading the way in aspects that are crucial for success — employee engagement, agility, engaging leadership and talent focus.

In 2020, Kincentric Best Employers in Malaysia have consistently found new and innovative ways to empower and motivate their people throughout a very challenging year, creating a work environment where people feel appreciated, highly connected and inspired to do their best, every day. As we begin 2021, we look at how our Best Employers in Malaysia have applied an agile approach to strategy, measurement and delivery of the Employee eXperience to prepare for the next normal.

edotco Group Sdn Bhd

Best Employer in Malaysia and recipient of the Commitment to Engaging Leadership special award, the integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company employed three key strategies, namely timely and empathetic communication, personal involvement of senior leadership and people managers in employee development programs, and activation of people managers as informal mentors.

Apart from regular and prompt updates to employees on business and COVID-19 related developments, the organization focused on sustaining employee resilience through financial, mental and physical wellbeing in 2020, doubling down on employee development investment by 50% to future-proof its workforce via digital competencies.

“At edotco, we believe in never letting a crisis go to waste. The COVID-19 pandemic had bought home 2 new values into our organization (Resilience and Empathy) as the anchor that keeps our ship grounded. While we had shifted some of our priorities, adopting these principles helped our leadership team remain laser-focused in engaging our employees in a united manner and provided us with a framework to navigate through these turbulent waters. I believe we will emerge stronger as an organization come 2021,” says Adlan Tajudin, Chief Executive Officer.

Hartalega Sdn Bhd

As one of the world’s leading glove manufacturers, this second-time Best Employer was an integral part of the support system for the fight against COVID-19. Due to the supernormal demands, the company had to adapt quickly to ramp up production capacity amidst the freeze on migrant labor for which the glove industry is highly dependent on.

In a bid to attract locals to meet its production challenges, Hartalega quickly improved its value proposition for operator level jobs and accelerated the implementation of new automation systems throughout their production facilities.

Reflecting on the company’s journey in the program, Kuan Vin Seung, Chief Human Resource Officer shares “In year 2017, we decided to participate in the Kincentric Best Employers program to put Hartalega up against the best companies, not to win it but to learn how to be better. Having won it for the second time is really motivating and a testament that we are on the right path to become the best in people’s practices.”

Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad

At the core of this home-grown organization’s value system is C.A.R.E. (Competitive, Action, Responsible, Ethical) – the belief that the spirit of caring is integral to the prosperity and survival of its business. Inculcating an inclusive, non-discriminatory work environment, Kulim continually capitalizes on employee growth potential by grooming and preparing its workforce to meet the needs and changes in their current jobs, with a view of the future.

Promoting a high-performance work culture that runs parallel with its human capital initiatives, the company motivated and challenged employees to raise their performance through a highly-structured performance-based reward system.

As Tuan Haji Amran Zakaria, Head of Corporate Services Division explains, “Our people are our greatest asset. We must develop the right people, with the right caliber, skills and mindset. All of these must come together. If we do not develop people, then a lot of things are left to be desired. So, people are the fundamental factor and we need to continuously inject fresh mindsets and new thinking to drive the company forward.”

Roche Services (Asia Pacific) Sdn Bhd

A pioneer in healthcare, Roche combines its strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics to drive personalized healthcare. While some organizations found the transition into remote work quite challenging, the company executed this seamlessly, enabled by their existing agile ways of working. Through a creative mid-to-long term communication and engagement plan to enable meaningful and proactive interaction, Roche kept team spirit up by organizing activities such as zoom cooking classes and mental well-being talks, as well as encouraged team sharing of hobbies and games.

Adopting flexible working policies such as the one-time Ergonomics Assistance Programme for the purchase of furniture, tools, devices or equipment to enable smooth work from home, the company fostered a supportive and inclusive workplace culture to retain and attract the best talent. The approach paid off as Roche successfully employed 180 talented individuals during the pandemic.

Delighted by the honor, Martin Kikstein, General Manager says “the Kincentric Best Employer Brand Award 2020 is an endorsement we are honored to receive as we truly believe any organization is only as good as its people. It is a meaningful award for all of us at Roche Services & Solutions (RSS) APAC, further reinforcing our people-first philosophy. Our collective passion to foster diversity and inclusion made this award possible for our organization. I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every member of my team, congratulations RSS APAC!” 

American Express (Malaysia)

American Express won Kincentric Best of the Best Employer in Malaysia 2020 by delivering an exceptional people-centric experience through three key areas — trust, open communication and top team alignment.

Recognizing the importance of a health and wellness culture from the start of the pandemic, they embarked on key initiatives beginning with the launch of a telehealth service for colleagues and their immediate family members to consult doctors and access expert medical care.

American Express Malaysia shares its success story here https://www.media-outreach.com/View/61145/

Organizations that are looking for valuable, insightful and actionable data to identify areas to better understand employee engagement, positively influence morale and enhance brand reputation in the next normal can visit https://www.kincentric.com/bestemployers.

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