Friday, January 29, 2016

Hang Lung Properties clinches top awards at Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2015

Hang Lung Properties and Birla Carbon Emerge As Big Winners


Winners of Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2015 with British High Commissioner Scott Wightman at Eden Hall in Singapore.


Singapore: Hang Lung Properties, Hong Kong clinched Asia's Sustainability Reporting of the Year Award at the just concluded Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards. Hang Lung also won Asia's Best Sustainability Report Award 2015.
Other top winners included Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka (Asia's Best Integrated Report), Omnicom Media Group MENA, Dubai and ACWA Power, Dubai (Joint winners of Asia's Best First Time Sustainability Report), ADFIAP Philippines (Asia's Best Sustainability Report-SME), Orient Overseas Container Line, Hong Kong (Asia's Best CSR Communication within Annual Report) and Birla Carbon (Asia's Best Online CSR Communication). Birla Carbon also won Asia's Most Transparent Report award.


Winners of the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2015 were announced and felicitated in an exclusive awards ceremony-cum-gala-dinner event in Singapore on 28 January 2016.
The event was attended by dignitaries from diverse fields including business, non-profit, embassies, trade associations, advocacy organisations and academics. A significant number of finalists were present at the event who travelled from different places in Asia to attend the event.
The winners received a specially designed plaque framed by recycled wood. The winner of the top honours, “Asia’s Sustainability Report of the Year,” received an exclusive golden plaque. All finalists received a certificate printed on FSC certified paper sourced from sustainable forests.
In addition, the winners and the finalists will be authorised to use the privileged Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards Icons for branding purpose.
The event was hosted at Eden Hall, the official residence of the British High Commissioner in Singapore. The British High Commissioner His Excellency Scott Wightman was the Guest of Honour.
Winners of various awards categories are listed below.

Asia's Sustainability Report of the Year (Judges' Choice):
Winner: Hang Lung Properties Limited, Hong Kong

Asia's Best Sustainability Report:
Winner:Hang Lung Properties Limited, Hong Kong

Asia's Best Integrated Report:
Winner:Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Sri Lanka
Highly Commended: PT Pertamina EP, Indonesia

Asia's Best First Time Sustainability Report:
Joint Winners: Omnicom Media Group MENA, Dubai and ACWA Power, Dubai"

Asia's Best Sustainability Report (SME):
Winner:Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), Philippines

Asia's Best CSR Communication within Annual Report:
Winner:Orient Overseas Container Line Limited, Hong Kong

Asia's Best Online CSR Communication:
Winner: Birla Carbon
Highly Commended: Maybank, Malaysia

Asia's Best Materiality Reporting:
Winner: Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Group, India

Asia's Best Stakeholder Reporting:
Winner: Maynilad Water Services Inc., Philippines

Asia's Best Carbon Disclosure:
Winner: Airport Authority Hong Kong.
Highly Commended: Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad

Asia's Best Supply Chain Reporting: 
Winner: Gammon Construction Limited, Hong Kong

Asia's Best Community Reporting:
Winner: YES Bank Limited, India
Highly Commended: StarHub Limited, Singapore

Asia's Best Workplace Reporting:
Winner: Maybank, Malaysia.
Highly Commended: Ayala Corporation, Philippines

Asia's Best Environmental Reporting:
Winner: Maynilad Water Services Inc., Philippines

Asia's Most Transparent Report:
Winner: Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Group, India

*Visit www.csrworks.com for official announcement of the awards.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards Finalists

The winners of the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2015 will be unveiled in an exclusive awards ceremony-cum-gala dinner event on 28 January 2016 in Singapore. The event will be held at Eden Hall and the British High Commissioner His Excellency Scott Wightman will be the Guest of Honour.
The awards will be given in 14 categories. In addition, there will be a "Report of the Year" award to be given as judges' choice.


Here is the list of finalists for the 14 awards categories*:

      1.       Asia’s Best Sustainability Report
                         Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                         Bharti Airtel (India)
                         Cairn India (India)
                          CLP Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                          Hang Lung Properties Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                          Majid Al Futtaim Properties (UAE)
                         Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (India)
                         Maybank (Malaysia)
                        Olam International (Singapore)
                        PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (Thailand)
                        Singtel (Singapore)
                        Yes Bank (India)

2.       Asia’s Best Integrated Report
        Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (Sri Lanka)
                          Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
                          PT Pertamina EP (Indonesia)
                          The Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Hong Kong, China)


      3.       Asia's Best First Time Sustainability Report
                        ACWA Power (Dubai, UAE)         
                        Cerebos Pacific Limited (Singapore)        
                        MGI Coutier Exotech Industries Pvt Ltd (India)
                        Omnicom Media Group MENA (Dubai, UAE)      
                        PT Pupuk Kujang (Indonesia)     
                        Sime Darby Plantation (Malaysia)

4.       Asia's Best Sustainability Report (SME)
            ACWA Power (Dubai, UAE)
                         ADFIAP (Philippines)
                          MGI Coutier Exotech Industries Pvt Ltd (India) 


5.   Asia's Best CSR Communication within Annual Report 
              Cairn India (India)
                          Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (Sri Lanka)
                          EMC Software Services (India)  
                          Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                          Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)


      6.       Asia's Best Online CSR Communication

                         Birla Carbon (India)
                        Maybank (Malaysia)
                        Indosat (Ooredoo group), Indonesia

      7.       Asia's Best Materiality Reporting
                       Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                       Bangchak Petroleum PLC (Thailand)
                       Birla Carbon (India)         
                       Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
                       Hang Lung Properties Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                       Maynilad Water Services, Inc (Philippines)

8.       Asia's Best Stakeholder Reporting

                         Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                           ADFIAP (Philippines)
                          Bangchak Petroleum PLC (Thailand)
                          Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (Sri Lanka)
                          Maybank (Malaysia)
                          Maynilad Water Services, Inc (Philippines)

9.       Asia's Best Carbon Disclosure
             Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                          Cairn India (India)
                          Gammon Construction Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                          Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
                          Maynilad Water Services, Inc (Philippines)
                          Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                           Sime Darby Plantation (Malaysia)
       
    
    10.   Asia's Best Supply Chain Reporting
                    Birla Carbon (India)
                    Gammon Construction Limited (Hong Kong, China)
  
     11.   Asia's Best Community Reporting
                       Birla Carbon (India)
                       Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
                       Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (Sri Lanka)
                       Maybank (Malaysia)
                       PT Pertamina EP (Indonesia)
                       PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Indonesia) 
                        PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk (Indonesia)
                       StarHub Ltd (Singapore)
                        Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)
                         YES Bank (India)

12.   Asia's Best Workplace Reporting
          Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                          Ayala Corporation (Philippines)
                          Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (Sri Lanka)
                          Maybank (Malaysia)

 
     13.   Asia's Best Environmental Reporting

                      Airport Authority Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
                      Bangchak Petroleum PLC (Thailand)
                      Birla Carbon (India)
                       Maynilad Water Services, Inc (Philippines)
                      Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                       SM Prime Holdings (Philippines)
                      UOL Group Limited (Singapore)        
                       Wheelock Properties (HK) Limited (Hong Kong, China)


    14.   Asia's Most Transparent Report
                Birla Carbon (India)
                     Cairn India (India)
                     Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
                     CLP Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, China)
                     Maybank (Malaysia)
                     PT Pertamina EP (Indonesia)
                      SM Prime Holdings (Philippines)

 *Please visit the awards web page for the official list of finalists.

About the AwardsThe Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards recognise and honour sustainability reporting leaders in Asia. The Awards celebrate best practices in sustainability reporting and communications. Our vision for the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards is to become the most inspiring recognition of sustainability disclosure in Asia.
The Awards are open to all types and sizes of private, public and non-profit organisations in all sectors who produce a sustainability report in Asia. An independent panel of judges with distinguished backgrounds evaluates the entries to decide the winners.

About CSRWorksThe Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards is a not-for-profit initiative of CSRWorks International, Singapore’s leading sustainability advisory, research and training firm with more than 10 years of track record. CSRWorks closely works with businesses and other stakeholders to promote excellence in sustainability across the region. Our vision for the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards is to become the most inspiring recognition of sustainability disclosure in Asia.

For more information about the Awards, please visit: www.csrworks.com