BIMB Holdings Berhad (BHB) recently received three prestigious awards, reflecting the organisation’s continuing excellence in all aspects of its business operations and contributions to the financial industry.
The three awards received include Best Sustainability Strategies and Best Sustainability Report awards at the Asia Sustainability Excellence Awards 2017 event held on 2 August 2017, and Silver (Highest Growth in Profit after Tax over Three Years) award in the Finance Sector (Below RM10 Billion Market Cap) at the The Edge Billion Ringgit Club Corporate Awards 2017 event held on 21 August 2017.
At the same award ceremony, BHB’s subsidiary, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad also bags two awards; Silver (Highest Return on Equity over Three Years) and Gold (Highest Return to Shareholders over Three Years) in the Finance Sector (Below RM10 Billion Market Cap).
“These achievements truly illustrate our practice of the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ principle, which calls for social and environmental aspects to be taken into considerations in addition to the company’s financial bottom line,” BHB’s Chief Executive Officer Khairul Kamarudin said.
“We continue to place great emphasis on maximising our financial returns while at the same time ensuring economic benefits and social growth for the people and communities, as well as playing an active role in conserving the natural ecosystem and resources of the planet for future generation.”
BHB’s position as Malaysia’s first and only Islamic financial holding company has imparted it with the responsibility to become an exemplary organisation, and one that places great emphasis on its adherence to Shariah principles in all aspects of its conducts, businesses and operations.
BHB’s sustainability strategy is very much based on the organisation’s longstanding core principles, principled governance and good business practices, which ensure the balanced wellbeing of the company, society and environment.
Khairul explained, BHB has always been committed towards becoming a responsible corporate citizen that looks after its people and the communities, and expends every effort in doing its part for the natural environment. “Our sustainability strategy revolves around promoting responsible finance and ensuring equal financial access opportunity for every level of the society,” he said. “At the same time we play our role in minimising impact on the environment, by providing preferred financing for companies or corporations that are actively looking to implement environmentally-friendly solutions”.
“Our approach has always been to engage proactively with our clients, governmental agencies and other organisations, as well as the communities, and ascertain how we can best meet their expectations,” Khairul continued.
“In this way we are able to devise solutions that are beneficial for everybody and aligned with our principles, as well as earned the trust of the people as we continue to strengthen relationship with the stakeholders.”
“These awards will be a motivation for our people to continue doing good, not just for their careers but also for the benefit of the society at large. Our ingrained values and working culture we have cultivated over the years have made us realise the important role we play in contributing to economic growth and positive social development of the market we operate in,” Khairul said.