MISC Annual Report 2019

Environmental Consciousness and Environmental Community Programmes Starting from 2018, we intensified our efforts on behavioural-based environmental programmes and embarked on a campaign known as b-HSSE aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable behaviour among staff. Under the b-HSSE campaign, various activities involving MISC employees including seafarers were implemented. The 2019 campaign was focused on raising awareness on plastic pollution and its impact on marine biodiversity, as well as to inculcate a culture that refuses single-use plastics among employees. Various activities were carried out throughout the year including sharing of awareness videos and factsheets, environmental awareness quizzes, eco movie screening, a ‘Care to Refuse’ campaign, and beach clean-ups carried out throughout the Group. In conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup Celebration in September 2019, beach clean-ups were held across six locations including in Malaysia, USA, Singapore and Brazil. Over 700 kg of waste was collected and removed, and the trash collected were recorded in the Clean Swell Application to generate data that contributes to the Ocean Conservancy global marine debris database. The programme was not only about cleaning the area, but also awareness creation on the importance of keeping our seas clean and safe for marine life. It brought the employees closer to nature to witness the growing crisis of plastic pollution and how it is affecting the health of our oceans. The ‘Care to Refuse’ campaign was a plastic free challenge which sought to capture and promote green actions by employees, and for others to be inspired to take similar actions to beat plastic pollution. Designed as a photo competition, employees were required to post a photo/video of themselves with a reusable alternative to single use plastic in their day-to-day life and attach an inspiring caption with the photo. To inspire employees to participate in the campaign and as reminders for employees to refuse single-use plastics, awareness factsheets were circulated every Thursday during the campaign period. The factsheets provided varying facts and statistics on different types of single-use plastics and the damaging effects throughout its life cycle. Security The emergence of global security threats such as terrorism, kidnapping, piracy and cyber-attack pose greater challenges towards MISC’s people, asset, information and reputation. MISC needs agility and adequate preparedness in assessing potential impact and mitigation of security risk throughout the development, implementation and assurance of standardised methodology to manage security risk control across the Group. The newly revised MISC Security Policy was approved by the MISC Board on 24 May 2019, in addressing the prevailing business security risk and exposures. With the approval of the new security policy, a new Security Management System known as SeMS adapted from PETRONAS, was also introduced in MISC. The key objective of MISC SeMS is to ensure standard technical practice and control are adhered across the Group. The new MISC Security Policy and SeMS are based on accumulated knowledge, experience and best practices supplemented by national and international standards, where appropriate. Cybersecurity MISC adheres to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework where we completed the Identify phase in 2019 and increased our capabilities in Protect, Detect, Response and Recover phases considerably. Aligning with PETRONAS, MISC invested in various detect and respond technologies like End Point Detection and Response, Advanced Threat Protection technologies and will continue to invest on the right technologies to protect MISC from cyber-attacks. The Group also mandated the launch of cybersecurity programmes that cover culture, comprehensive user awareness, stricter controls and a dedicated cybersecurity team. The Group has gone a step further in enhancing our Group Crisis Management Plan and Business Continuity Plan by developing an incident response plan for cybersecurity that provides structure and guidance for investigating and responding to cybersecurity incidents in a systematic manner. The plan intends to prevent or minimise disruption of critical information systems, loss or theft of sensitive or critical information, as well as quickly and efficiently remediate and recover from cybersecurity events. Management Discussion & Analysis MISC supports the Ship Recycling (Hong Kong) Convention #whatyoudontknow Operating Safely and Sustainably 149 OUR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2019 148 MISC BERHAD PEOPLE. PASSION. POSSIBILITIES