Sustainability
Building a net-zero world starts here and now.
Shaping a sustainable world together
Proactive investors appreciate the importance of an additional consideration - Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) factors - when making forward thinking investment choices.
Environmental
Physical environment issues
- Energy use
- Climate change
- Pollution
- Resource use
Social
Interaction with the community
- Employees
- Suppliers
- Customers
Governance
Company management style
- Fraud controls
- Salary practices
- Board independence
Why is ESG important?
Increasingly, stakeholders are demanding more ESG efforts from companies, regulators are tightening systems and consumers want to see change that will positively impact societies and the environment.
By making the choice to invest in strongly rated ESG companies, you not only champion the effort to make positive changes in our world, you also stand to make potential long term gains. Studies show that ESG focused companies experience lower market volatility compared to other companies.
MSCI Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) indexes are designed to represent the performance of companies with high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings. The MSCI ACWI Index is designed to represent performance of the full opportunity set of large- and mid-cap stocks across 49 developed and emerging markets and covers more than 3,000 constituents.
Making a difference to people’s lives and to the society we live in, is important to us. We take an active interest in current issues with the aim of touching lives and bringing about positive change, one cause at a time.
Improving English language proficiency in the rural areas of Sabah
Maybank Asset Management supported husband and wife team, Dr. Zainab Kassim and Dr. Burhanuddin Busu, co-founders in 2017 of Sabah English Aspiration Society (SEAS), when they organised a virtual public speaking competition for children in rural schools. SEAS aims to improve English language proficiency in the rural areas of Sabah through the set-up of an English corner, summer camps, as well as the empowerment of women to help their children master the language.
Together with Islamic Aid Malaysia (IAM) in helping the poor
IAM’s mission is to help the poor and those in need to live sustainable, self-reliant lives within safe and caring communities. In support of this noble mission, Maybank Asset Management donated Home Learning Packages to rural students of B40 families, in an effort to encourage continuous learning and better opportunities for the future generation.
Better lives for Bajau Laut children
Children in the Bajau Laut community in Pulau Omadal, a remote island off Semporna, Sabah, lack education and live in poverty. Maybank Asset Management is involved with Universiti Putra Malaysia’s University Community Transformation Centre and Faculty of Agriculture to provide basic education and improve lives with a hydroponic agricultural project powered by a solar energy pump system.
In support of biodiversity and the community
The importance of social development and biodiversity conservation cannot be underestimated. Underscoring our commitment to this greater good, Maybank Asset Management joins University Teknoloji MARA in supporting its Biodiversity Rehabilitation and Community Empowerment Project in Ulu Cheka, Jerantut, Pahang.
The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) purpose is part of our DNA.
In a company-wide effort to transform our business models to benefit all our stakeholders, we are committed to conducting business in an environmentally conscious manner that is aligned with our journey to shape a safe and sustainable future for all.
Go Paperless with our Annual, Interim and Quarterly Reports
Let’s do our part by gong paperless to reduce our carbon footprint for a sustainable future. Hardcopies of our funds’ financial reports i.e. Annual, Interim and Quarterly Reports will be discontinued effective from 1 April 2022.
Change starts here with us.
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