Frontken Berhad Annual Report 2019

22 Frontken Corporation Berhad (651020-T) ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Sustainability Report (cont’d) IV. Responsible Workplace Frontken group recruits and employs people based on their talents, without regard to their nationality around the world in a fair, open, and just fashion. Frontken strive to groom and retain a diverse and robust talent pool to support and drive our growth through continuous training and development and instilling a strong culture of safety and excellence, whilst encouraging work-life balance. These are implemented through talent development, groom leaders, knowledge training and exchange, health & safety, employee wellness, etc. We employ people based on their talents, without regard to their nationality. We offer good terms of compensation above the industry average, leave and benefits that meet employees’ needs, a variety of training courses, and do our utmost to create a safe and healthy work environment. In FY2019, Frontken employee Retention Rate is 98.94%. Frontken contributed or invested more than 9,664 hours to train employees. We have a very low health and safety recordable injury rate of 0.01 hour per 100 Employees. V. Inclusive Society and Communities Frontken aims to be proactive in corporate social responsibility to create a total inclusive society and communities. Through the caring for education of the underprivileged, providing education opportunities, and promoting sports, arts and culture, we encourage employees to participate in public service in reading, guiding, ecology and conservation, and caring for the underprivileged and elderly. In FY2019, Frontken and its volunteers contributed for a total of 5,282 hours. We have been supporting schools and non-profit organisations to benefit a total of 9 people. Conclusion Our report highlights Frontken Group products and services that contribute to our customers’ sustainability goals, such as precision recycle cleaning, refurbishment, re-coatings for critical parts that extend the parts life, products that prevent corrosion and conserve natural resources and other products and services that support the enhanced performance of wafer manufacturing processes. We also report on our efforts to ensure we conduct our business in a socially responsible manner along our entire value chain, from the materials we buy and the production method in which our products and services are used. Frontken engineers and employees are continuously developing and producing products and services and/or working together with our customers enabling them to optimize the use of our technology. Our employees are critical to our sustained success. Our report explains our efforts to ensure the health and safety of our employees, and at the same time support their development and job satisfaction. We also recognise the important work we do to protect the communities where our employees live and work by ensuring that our production facilities adhered to rigorous environmental standards. On behalf of the Board and Management of Frontken Group, we would like to thank all our staff, partners and stakeholders who have been with us throughout our sustainability journey. We look forward to your continued engagement, partnership and support. On behalf of all of us at Frontken, we hope this report provides you with new insights into our business and the ways in which we embrace sustainability. Thank you for your time.