Maybank employees spruce up Zoo Negara

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Over 500 Maybank employees together with their president and CEO, Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, joined hands to clean up Zoo Negara’s compound in conjunction with the bank’s Global CR Day recently.

Apart from sweeping up the litter, they painted animal enclosures, undertake general landscaping and repainted the tiger “footprints” around the zoo.

Also present were Malaysian Zoological Society president Datuk Ismail Hutson, senior officials from Zoo Negara and singer Zainal Abidin, best known for his hit song, Hijau and children from Rumah Amal Permata Hatiku and Sanctuary Care Centre.

Step by step: Ismail (left) and Abdul Wahid (squatting third from right) helping Maybank employees to give a new coat of paint to the tiger footprints around Zoo Negara.

The CR activity at Zoo Negara was undertaken by the bank’s Virtual Banking department.

It was part of 150 other initiatives which took place simultaneously around the globe with the participation of 15,000 Maybankers from the group’s offices in Malaysia and abroad including in Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Hong Kong, China, Bahrain, New York and London.

This is the second consecutive year in which Maybank organised such an event for its employees which is believed to be the biggest CR event by a Malaysian company globally.

Prior to the activity at the zoo, Abdul Wahid joined employees from the Finance and Treasury and Group Credit and Risk Management at Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve where they planted trees, spruced up the area and contributed in kind.

Internationally, the Group’s operations also made their presence felt in whatever way they could. Maybank London employees created awareness among youths by giving a talk on ethical banking practices at the Malaysian Student Department while Maybank Philippines organised a flu vaccination drive for Grades 3 and 4 students at Bagong Silang Elementary School.

In Vietnam, Maybank employees contributed to build a house for the handicapped and homeless children studying at the Long Thanh Vocational School.

Maybank Cambodia led a community development programme in a house-building project while Maybank Singapore participated in a massive collection of recyclable materials from all staff called Project ICE (I Care for Earth).

The Global CR Day event was mooted by Maybank in 2010 as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.