The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) was awarded the “Council of the Year Award for Excellence in Environmental Sustainability and CSR Initiatives” at the Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Awards 2022, here yesterday.
Organised by CSR Malaysia with the support of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development Malaysia, MTC was recognised for its outstanding CSR initiatives to its stakeholders, the community in which it operates in as well as its commitment towards sustainable environmental development.
Receiving the award on behalf of the Council was MTC CEO Mr. Muhtar Suhaili, who said that the award comes with a lot of more responsibility and accountability for MTC.
“People have continued to see MTC as contributor to community enhancement and CSR programmes in recent years while the focus has always been to assist the timber industry into championing sustainable development,” said Mr. Muhtar, who received the award from the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Rural Development of Malaysia Datuk Ramlan Harun, who represented YB Minister Dato’ Seri Mahdzir Khalid.
MTC and the timber industry as a whole had collectively contributed significant amount of allocation with various initiatives in its Business Plan under MTC’s “Giving Back to Stakeholders”, “Giving Back to Community” and “Giving Back to Nature” programmes last year.
The Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Awards was established by CSR Malaysia to recognise the unwavering commitment of various outstanding Malaysian listed and private companies together with GLCs who excel in socio-economic transformation as well as in sustainability endeavours for the betterment of the local community.
