Datasonic Group Berhad Annual Report 2022

Datasonic Group Berhad 40 As Malaysia’s leading ICT solutions provider, we recognise our role in the larger community and aim to be a positive force in the society. Our success is not only built on our commercial progress but also in our ability to honour our commitment to the society as a whole. In FY2022, we continued to support the local communities through our Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) initiatives despite the restrictions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Total contributions amounted to approximately RM220,000, involving a series of donation to charitable causes, which included monetary contribution to registered non-profit retirement and underprivileged homes, a school donation drive, and for national sports agenda, among others. Datasonic also extended assistance amounting to RM92,000 to affected employees during the Klang Valley flash flood in December 2021. OUR PEOPLE SOCIAL Datasonic’s sustainability efforts in the social aspect are centred not only on our customers, but also on the Group’s employees and the broader society. We do this by developing a safe, diverse and holistic workplace that people want to work at, while creating value for the local communities of where we operate. Sustainability Statement SOCIETAL CONTRIBUTION We view our employees as our greatest asset. Datasonic’s success is reliant on our ability to attract, train and retain suitable talents. The performance of our people directly affects the outcome of our deliverables to our customers. As such, it is imperative for us to manage our talent effectively and build a holistic and driven workplace for the sustainability of the Group. Talent Attraction and Management Talent management remains a strategic focus area at Datasonic. We strive to create a high performance, resultoriented culture that values and empowers employees. To harness the collective strength of our people, we ensure employees work together and share a common understanding of Datasonic’s corporate ethos, vision, mission and strategy. Our core values are stated in the Group’s Employee Handbook, which is shared to all employees throughout the Group. This allows for greater transparency of human resources practices in Datasonic. It acts as the Group’s essential employment guideline in relation to Datasonic’s labour standards for employees to refer and adhere to. The handbook is available in the English language. We maintain a robust human capital strategy that involves the hiring and retaining of the right talents who are aligned with Datasonic’s culture and goals. In this respect, we rely on various methods to attract competent candidates such as promoting job vacancies on the “Career” section of the Group’s corporate website and on various job recruitment platforms. We recruit new hires on a transparent basis based on their job experience and qualifications. Apart from that, we have established human resources programmes to seek for skilled candidates to meet our hiring needs with Datasonic’s PROTÉGÉ-RTW programme and internship placements, where we offer students the opportunity to gain real-life working experience with Datasonic.

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