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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017
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Our cyclists rode a distance of 30kmaround Kuching on 21October 2017.
The Enviro Ride, jointly organised by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and
the Department of Environment Sarawak, was held at SEB’s premises, at
The Isthmus. Themed ‘Alam Sekitar Tanggungjawab Bersama’, the event
promotes cycling as an alternative mode of transportation and aims at
foster a commitment towards the conservation of the environment.
An Environmentally Friendly Ride around Kuching
CMS’ Construction Materials & Trading Division organised a tree
planting event at Sibanyis Quarry, Kuching over two weekends on
30 September and 14 October 2017. This CSR event forms one of the
Divisions’ business processes and is a sustainability key performance
indicator. The Division strives to uplift the quality of the living
environment through active planting and proper maintenance of trees.
250 employees headed by Mr Chong Swee Sin came together to plant a
total of 800 trees along the roadside leading up to the entrance of the
quarry site.
Tree Planting by Construction Materials & Trading Division
CMS Plants 500 Mangrove Saplings
75 CMS employees volunteered to plant 500 mangrove saplings (
Bakau
Kurap
species or
Rhizophora Mucronata sp.
) at the RAMSAR site, Kuching
Wetlands National Park. This is the second time CMS has participated in
the mangrove planting programme which was organised in collaboration
with the Forest Department Sarawak, the government agency that
promotes the rehabilitation of the ecosystem in Kuching Wetlands.
On 20 November 2017, the volunteers braved the rain and mud and
by working together collaboratively and systematically, managed to
plant all 500 saplings in just one hour. Part of the group were assigned
to do nursery work where they managed to prepare 500 saplings from
the mangrove propagules as part of the propagation process. This is to
meet the condition set by the Forest Department whereby the number
of saplings planted must be replaced with the same number of saplings
prepared in their efforts to guarantee sustainability.
Aside from manpower, CMS also contributed supplies worth RM2,300
comprising rubber boots, gloves, a ladder, hoes and garbage bins for the
programme’s future use.
The RAMSAR site is situated 15km from Kuching and approximately
5km from Damai Beach. The Kuching Wetlands National Park covers an
area of 6,610 hectares in between the Sibu Laut and Salak rivers. The park
comprises mainly of a saline mangrove system that includes an extensive
network of marine waterways and tidal creeks interconnecting the two
major rivers that form the boundaries of the park.
Initiated in 1971 at Ramsar, Iran, the Ramsar Convention had been
adopted by many countries including Malaysia in 1995. The Kuching
Wetlands National Park fulfilled four out of nine criteria suitable as a
RAMSAR site. The four criteria include: the site is a particularly good
representative example of a natural coastal mangrove system, the site
supports the
Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
, the site is of special
value as a nursery area for the
Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
and the site is an important spawning and nursery ground for fish and
prawn species.
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