Duopharma Biotech Bhd was recently recognised as the overall winner at the Sustainable Business Awards Malaysia (SBA) 2020/21 under the Large Organisation category, identifying the company as Malaysia’s leading organisation for sustainability practices.
At this year’s event, Duopharma Biotech took home five trophies, in the categories of “Business Ethics & Responsibility”, “Stakeholder Management” and “UN Sustainable Development Goals” as well as receiving the Significant Achievement award in the “Water Management” and “Waste Productivity & Materiality” categories. The awards were presented in the presence of Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy).
Duopharma Biotech aims to continue its practice of obtaining third-party verification of the data presented in its Sustainability Reports, to ensure credibility and acceptability of the action plans. For the second half of 2021, the Group is set to establish a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) baseline as well as roll out a plan for reducing its greenhouse impact.
Through its sustainability efforts, the Group is focused on improving its FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Index scoring, in addition to maintaining alignment with the UN’s SDGs and 10 principles in all of its sustainability initiatives.
The Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) is one of Asia’s prestigious awards that recognise strong ESG practices by organisations. Award winners are evaluated according to publicly available information and a series of assessments to understand the organisation’s sustainability commitment.
