The Edge - Increased Awareness of Sustainability Amid Covid-19

We contribute towards many charitable causes every year. In 2020, we reactivated our corporate social responsibility brand, the Tropicana Foundation, and we are consolidating all our internal and external CSR initiatives under one foundation so that we may extend our helping hand further.

In FY2020, we contributed RM5.3 million to 37 underprivileged homes and associations across Malaysia. From a bird's-eye view, our key concerns now are social impact (supporting the underprivileged in society and caring for our environment) and wellness (caring for our employees through the dissemination of ourTropicana care pack and supporting the Selangor Covid-19 Vaccination Programme [SelVax] at the Tropicana Gardens Mall).

During the pandemic, as a developer committed to social and stakeholder responsibility, we have made every effort to adhere to the Ministry of Health’s standard operating procedures, working together with the government to curb the spread of the virus while delivering our projects on schedule. Our foundation’s initiatives have also continued throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO), providing relief and food to orphanages, flood victims and even contributing to the national sports programmes. We are mindful that our business activities as a property developer have the potential to impact the environment and we ensure that we do so positively.

Some of our activities were donating RM50,000 to the Malaysian AIDS Foundation for its Red Ribbon Gala, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, as well as donating 200,000 face masks to the Selangor state disaster relief room for distribution to frontliners.

We have also partnered with iCycle Management to establish community-based recycling programmes at Tropicana Aman, Tropicana Gardens, Tropicana Avenue, Tropicana Heights and Tropicana Metropark. The items collected included fabric-based materials (clothes, shoes, bags and soft toys), paper, plastic, computer parts, metal as well as electrical and electronic products. Since the programme’s launch in December 2019, more than 1,300kg of waste have been collected for recycling.

Our projects are built with the aim of protecting the integrity of the natural surroundings, as observed in several of our flagship projects, where large parks and green, landscaped areas are designed for people to enjoy the outdoors as nature intended. From a construction aspect, we remain cognisant of the regulatory requirements to protect natural resources and continue to put our best foot forward in identifying and managing any risks to or impact on the environment.
During the pandemic, Tropicana Foundation has provided more than 1,300 care packs containing masks, hand sanitisers and personal cutlery sets to our employees nationwide. When workers living at the Tropicana Golf & Country Resort hostels were quarantined indoors during the Enhanced MCO, Tropicana Foundation provided over 180 care packages to them, comprising food and essential supplies such as drinks, instant food, gloves, hand sanitisers and masks to ensure their safety and comfort.

We remain vigilant of the changes in the current market conditions as a result of the pandemic and continue to work closely with our suppliers to avoid any delays in product deliveries. In FY2020, Tropicana spent RM300,000 on supplies geared towards combating the spread of Covid-19. The safety of our staff and group of stakeholders remains our top priority as we strive towards creating a safer environment for everyone involved in our business activities.

We have pledged our support for the government’s efforts to make the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme a success. Since July 1, Tropicana Gardens Mall Convention Centre at Kota Damansara has been one of the five large PPVs (vaccination centres) to host SelVax, where we have committed more than RM l million for utilities, operations, logistics and manpower costs. We have also deployed all our team members throughout Malaysia to promote this national vaccination exercise through offline and online platforms.

In FY2021, we started arranging for all our employees to be vaccinated (in support of SelVax) to create a safe environment for our staff to continue their work. Through effective governing and adherence to the Ministry of Health’s guidelines, we have remained agile in adapting to the volatile market.