Invested RM2,880,571.68 and benefitted 49 organisations through WCT's CSR programmes in 2023. WCTGives impacted 480 beneficiaries including B40 families and women, underprivileged senior citizens, students and others in 2023.
WCT sponsored approximately RM1,312,900.00 on local community health and wellbeing programmes/initiatives.
Since 2018, WCT has invested over RM671,384.47 in Protégé RTW Programme to train 280 fresh graduates. In 2023, a total of 72 fresh graduates were hired under the programme. 10 out of the hired trainees were absorbed into full-time employment upon completing their training.
27% of the workforce comprises women. 3% of women employed in managerial roles.
Zero incidents of serious effluent discharge/water pollution.
Zero fines for effluent discharge.
Invested 45,155 gallons of rainwater harvesting tanks across all business divisions to reduce consumption of potable water.
Paradigm Mall Petaling Jaya and Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru consumed a total of 14,987,000 kWh of electricity from renewable energy sources under the Green Electricity Tariff Programme (“GET”) by Tenaga Nasional Berhad from January 2023 until the end of the programme in July 2023.
In 2023, WCT employed a total of 2,238 people in 2023 (362 new employees).
83% local employment.
24% of employees aged 30 years old and below.
Continued proliferation of digital tools and technologies.
In 2023, gateway@klia2 was awarded a 5-star rating under the Public Toilet Grading System by the Sepang Municipal Council twice in the year, while Paradigm Mall Petaling Jaya received the 2023 Clean Premises Award for Public Toilets by the Petaling Jaya City Council.
Première Hotel received the BeSS (Bersih, Selamat dan Sihat) certification (2022 – 2025) from the Ministry of Health for its restaurants.
27% of workforce comprising women.
WCT donated over RM42,745.61 to non-governmental organisations (“NGOs”) such as En Yuan Old Folks Home and Ibupreneur, an organisation which drives women economic empowerment.
High retention of green landscapes, notably for property development projects.
WCT’s Landfill Waste Reduction programme at offices diverted 4.41 tonnes of waste from landfill in 2023.
167.4 tonnes of cooking oil collected for recycling.
Organised Waste Segregation and Recycling Awareness Workshop for employees to generate awareness on proper ways to segregate and recycle waste.
Identification of climate change risks and opportunities and development of mitigation plans for all business divisions.
Continued forging a stronger adoption of the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) in pursuit of improving climate change management.
Compliance with all Environmental Impact Assessments carried out by clients for Engineering and Construction projects.
WCT’s Group Integrity Unit (“GIU”) oversees four primary functions: Governance, Complaint Management, Detection and Verification, and Integrity Enhancement. The GIU aims to continually upholds WCT’s strong corporate integrity management.
WCT pledges to strike a balance between profitability and doing good - bringing equal value to its businesses and society through the three main tenets - #WeCareTogether, #AGreenerTomorrow and #EducationforAll. Follow us on our journey to make the world a better place through our #WCTGives initiatives. Since its launch in late 2022, WCTGives has impacted 813 beneficiaries, investing RM400,871.34 in B40 families, women, senior citizens, students, and environmental initiatives.
In 2024, under the #AGreenerTomorrow tenet, WCTGives partnered with UiTM’s Rakan Alam Sekitar to plant 1,200 mangrove trees, surpassing WCT’s annual biodiversity target of 500 trees.
Sustainability Statement 2023
The Sustainability Statement 2023 for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 provides a comprehensive account of WCT’s ongoing sustainability journey, for our stakeholders – detailing the Group’s continued progress in improving its sustainability performance. The disclosures provided in the statement encompass economic, environmental and social information on our contribution to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
