Frontken Corporation
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013, 2016, 2020-2022, 2021)
Reporting Period: 2013
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Health and Safety
- Workplace Diversity
- Ethical Conduct and Legal Compliance
- Environment
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced energy, fuel, water and materials usage to minimize environmental impact
- Explored energy-saving lights and machines, minimized water usage while maintaining sanitation
- Reduced fuel usage and emissions through training and delivery optimization
- Worked with customers to develop functional solutions addressing green issues and prolonging parts lifespan through recycling and refurbishing
Social Achievements
- Maintained a diverse employee population in terms of age, gender, race, and religion
- Implemented policies and processes to cultivate respect and harmony in the workplace
- Focused on attracting and retaining talents with diverse backgrounds
- Built partnerships with communities through projects
- Launched a whistle-blowing policy in 2011 to strengthen corporate governance
Governance Achievements
- Established a Code of Conduct for Directors and employees
- Implemented Whistle Blowing Policies and Procedures
- Established an Enterprise Risk Management framework
- Formalized risk management policies and guidelines
- Outsourcing of internal audit function to an independent professional firm
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Continue to look for business opportunities that synergize with current activities
Medium-term Goals:
- Grow business in focused areas and enhance services to achieve customer satisfaction
- Maintain discipline in cost management and proactively make necessary adjustments to match demand
Short-term Goals:
- Focus on quality of services and efficiencies to maintain competitiveness
Environmental Challenges
- Challenging domestic and foreign market conditions
- Turbulence in domestic and foreign markets affecting business
- Slowdown and deferment of projects by customers due to economic uncertainties
- Pressure from customers for price reduction
- Rising costs of manpower, currency exchange fluctuations, materials, equipment maintenance, transport, and travel
- Staff retention and hiring of foreign labor challenges
- Risk of reduction or termination of business due to customer mergers and acquisitions
- High dependence on single customers in certain business areas
Mitigation Strategies
- Rescaling loss-making activities and improving profitable businesses
- Focusing on strengths to overcome challenges by enhancing services, increasing efficiencies, and reducing costs
- Consolidating business and prioritizing efforts on revenue and bottom line
- Improving cost base, enhancing cross-selling for operational synergies, implementing best practice margin management and sourcing strategy
- Exercising prudence in liquidity management and disciplined strategy execution
- Improving productivities and re-looking at service offerings
- Merging or removing weak, low-margin, and low-growth potential areas
- Getting information early from end-users and paying attention to the scope of work
- Investing in modern and efficient technology to improve efficiency and reduce manpower
- Diversifying customer base regionally
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, BS OHSAS 18001:2007
Certifications: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007
Reporting Period: 2016
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Corporate Governance
- Sustainability
Governance Achievements
- Established an Enterprise Risk Management framework.
- Implemented a Code of Conduct for Directors and employees.
- Formalized Whistle Blowing Policies and Procedures.
- Deliberated on the need to formalize a Corporate Sustainability Policy.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- The dual role of the Chairman as Managing Director.
Mitigation Strategies
- The Board believes there is no concentration of power and sufficient Independent Non-Executive Directors provide a check and balance.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: MCCG 2012 (Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2012)
Reporting Period: 2020-2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:63,722 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 1 Emissions:1,671 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 2 Emissions:10,432 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 3 Emissions:51,619 tCO2e/year (2022)
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:21,218 MWh/year (2022)
Water Consumption:265,480 m3/year (2022)
Waste Generated:926 tons/year (2022)
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced Emissions Intensity (EI) - the amount of GHGs emitted per dollar revenue - from 3,620 kgCO2e per revenue in Million RM in 2020 to 3,231 in 2022.
- Increased usage of environmentally friendly chemicals from 1.23 kg per part in 2020 to 1.83 kg per part in 2022.
- Increased total waste recycled from 49,161 tonnes in 2020 to 80,583 tonnes in 2022.
Social Achievements
- Not disclosed
Governance Achievements
- Linked shareholders' interests and ESG achievements to executive compensation.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Reduce Emissions Intensity by 50% by 2050
- Reduce water consumption per unit of production by 30% by 2050
- Reduce waste generated in kg per unit of production by 50% by 2050
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 50% by 2050
- Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2060
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce Emissions Intensity by 25% by 2035
- Reduce water consumption per unit of production by 20% by 2035
- Reduce waste generated in kg per unit of production by 20% by 2035
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 30% by 2035
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce Emissions Intensity by 10% by 2025
- Reduce water consumption per unit of production by 10% by 2025
- Reduce waste generated in kg per unit of production by 10% by 2025
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 10% by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- GHG emissions restriction and carbon taxes/carbon fee
- Impact on company reputation
- Extreme weather caused by climate change, such as flood and drought
- Higher Natural Disaster Insurance Premium
- Rising Temperature
Mitigation Strategies
- Developing energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies
- Investing in renewable energy and purchasing carbon credits
- Improving plant energy efficiency
- Developing alternative or renewable energy technologies
- Driving low carbon green production
- Increasing resilience against natural disasters
- Implementing internal water conservation measures and using reclaimed water
- Establishing alternative water sources
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Working with suppliers to reduce carbon embedded in consumables and equipment
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather (flood and drought)
- Rising Temperature
Transition Risks
- GHG emissions restriction and carbon taxes/carbon fee
- Increased costs for renewable energy and carbon credits
Opportunities
- Improve plant energy efficiency
- Develop alternative or renewable energy technologies
- Drive low carbon green production
- Improve the reputation of the enterprise
- Participation in carbon trading market
- Increase resilience against natural disasters
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 7.1
- 8.4
- 13.1
- 13.3
- 12.6
- 12.8
Initiatives contribute to these goals by focusing on renewable energy, resource efficiency, climate resilience, education and awareness, sustainable practices, and information sharing.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:48409 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:1430 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:10375 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:32230 tCO2e
Total Energy Consumption:21288 MWh
Water Consumption:264884 m3
Waste Generated:67847 tons
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced Emissions Intensity (EI) - the amount of GHGs emitted per dollar revenue - from 3,620 kgCO2e per revenue in Million RM in 2020 to 3,176 kgCO2e per revenue in Million RM in 2021.
- Reduced GHG emissions per unit of production from 5.18 kgCO2e per part in 2020 to 4.50 kgCO2e per part in 2021.
- Reduced water consumption per unit of production from 0.12 cubic meters per part in 2020 to 0.11 cubic meters per part in 2021.
- Increased usage of environmentally friendly chemicals in kg per unit of production from 1.23 kg per part in 2020 to 1.49 kg per part in 2021.
Social Achievements
- Linked shareholders' interests and ESG achievements to executive compensation through employee restricted stock awards.
Governance Achievements
- Board of Directors oversees climate change governance and management framework.
- Sustainability Steering Committee formulates mid-to-long-term climate change management strategies.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Reduce 50% Emissions Intensity by 2050 (Baseline data FY2020)
- Reduce 30% water consumption per unit of production by 2050 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Reduce 50% waste generated in kg per unit of production by 2050 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 50% by 2050 (Friendly chemical use baseline data FY2019)
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce 25% Emissions Intensity by 2035 (Baseline data FY2020)
- Reduce 20% water consumption per unit of production by 2035 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Reduce 20% waste generated in kg per unit of production by 2035 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 30% by 2035 (Friendly chemical use baseline data FY2019)
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce 10% Emissions Intensity by 2025 (Baseline data FY2020)
- Reduce 10% water consumption per unit of production by 2025 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Reduce 10% waste generated in kg per unit of production by 2025 (Baseline data FY2019)
- Increase usage of environmental friendly chemical in kg per unit of production by 10% by 2025 (Friendly chemical use baseline data FY2019=0.97)
Environmental Challenges
- GHG emissions restriction and carbon taxes/carbon fee
- Impact on company reputation
- Extreme weather caused by climate change (flood and drought)
- Higher natural disaster insurance premiums
- Rising temperatures
Mitigation Strategies
- Developing energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies
- Investing in renewable energy and carbon credits
- Collaborating with other parties for carbon offset
- Implementing internal water conservation measures
- Utilizing reclaimed water and alternative water sources
- Strengthening climate resilience
- Implementing FCB business continuity plan and updating it regularly
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Work with suppliers to reduce the carbon embedded in all consumables
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather (flood and drought)
- Rising temperatures
Transition Risks
- GHG emissions restriction and carbon taxes/carbon fee
- Increased costs for renewable energy and carbon credits
Opportunities
- Improve plant energy efficiency
- Develop alternative or renewable energy technologies
- Drive low carbon green production
- Participation in carbon trading market
- Increase resilience against natural disasters
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 7.1
- 8.4
- 13.1
- 13.3
- 12.6
- 12.8