For World Cleanup Day 2022, a total of 200 Nestlé Vietnam’s staff volunteered to collect waste on a beach in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City. Nearly 1.5 tonnes of rubbish was collected in just half a day.
The beach clean-up activity "For a Blue Ocean" aims to bolster environmental protection and raise awareness by cleaning garbage and mismanaged waste from beaches, rivers, forests, and streets.
Binu Jacob, managing director of Nestlé Vietnam, said, "During 27 years of development, Nestlé has been committed to sustainable development in both the socio-economic field and environmental protection in Vietnam. We have always been determined to pioneer solving waste challenges, including plastic waste."
"Through this programme, every Nestlé employee has a chance to participate in the company's sustainable development. Small actions create a huge positive impact. The efforts not only help with environmental protection but also align with our global vision of a zero-waste future," he added.
After the programme, all waste collected by employees of Nestlé Vietnam was transported to a landfill and processed by the environmental company according to regulations. The programme also included a trip to the Dan Xay tourist area in the Can Gio region, where staff explored and learned about the mangrove ecosystem.
The initiative gives Nestlé employees the chance to participate in environmental protection through specific acts, and promotes awareness and the bond between people and nature.
For World Environment Day on June 5, the environmental ambassadors of Nestlé Vietnam also organised an afforestation activity, "Sowing Green - Nurturing Life." This gave employees the chance to restore the forest and its ecosystem, thereby limiting the negative impact of climate change.
In 2019, Nestlé Vietnam Company teamed up with Phuoc Hai People's Committee to clean up Phuoc Hai Beach and collect nearly 1.1 tonnes of rubbish.
Waste pollution, especially ocean plastic waste, has long been a pressing issue worldwide. Vietnam has a high amount of plastic waste flowing into the sea yearly. Ocean plastic waste is currently threatening ecosystems, human habitats, and species.
Recognising this problem, Nestlé cooperates with agencies and departments to reduce plastic waste on land and in oceans. The company has accompanied the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in environmental protection activities.
Nestlé Vietnam has led many activities and campaigns, contributing to the reduction of plastic waste and realising the group’s commitment that by 2025, 100 per cent of Nestlé packaging will be recyclable or reusable. This commitment goes hand in hand with Nestlé's vision that "No packaging, including plastic packaging, should be landfilled or become waste."
The company has been awarded the Vietnam Environment Award 2019 by the MoNRE. It has also been named the most sustainable business in Vietnam in the manufacturing sector by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
On 10th August 2022, INSEE Vietnam was honored to win the 2022 "Top 50 Corporate Sustainability Awards" by Nhip Cau Dau Tu magazine. This award is to appreciate & recognize efforts that an enterprise has made in sustainable development, contributing to create a better and more livable life, in compliance with the brand philosophy that INSEE has set and aimed to.
After 03 months of launching, the 2022 INSEE Prize competition has presently entered the most exciting stage when the Board of Jury has exceedingly been fair and strict to choose the Top 20 outstanding projects to be in the Semi-final round. Creative topics of Sustainable Construction and Environment from groups of students in the Semi-final have brought many unique & meaningful ideas that probably contribute a great deal of practical value to the community.
Ho Chi Minh City, August 2nd, 2022: Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Company (BM PLASCO), a SCG’s member in Vietnam, was named one of the Top 50 Best Listed Firms in 2022 by Forbes Vietnam Magazine. BM PLASCO, in particular, is the only firm in the sector of building materials specializing in plastic pipes and plastic pipe fittings to be included on this year's list. This is a remarkable milestone for the company's 45-year effort, manifesting its relentless commitment to create a better living for Vietnamese people through sustainable approaches.
Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, August 06th, 2022 – SCG Chemicals (SCGC) and its subsidiary Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP) - owner of the first integrated petrochemicals complex in Vietnam in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Vung Tau City planted 400 trees in the area of Nui Lon (Vung Tau City), equivalent to 3.26 hectares of forest.
Ho Chi Minh City, July 2022 - In order to bring best indulgent experience to its consumers this Mid-Autumn Festival 2022, Mondelez Kinh Do continues to increase quality standards for its famous mooncakes that are consistently delicious, finely crafted, and beautifully presented. Despite the pressure of increasing in in cost of raw materials and prices of goods, Mondelez Kinh Do makes great efforts to maintain consumer price for Kinh Do mooncakes, with most of best selling products’ price remained unchanged, and only adjust +2-3% of total portfolio on average. This is part of Mondelez Kinh Do’s commitment to putting consumers at the heart of everything they do and adapting to fit consumer needs at any moment with perfectly crafted products that are a source of delight.
Ho Chi Minh City, August 19, 2022 – Today, USAID BUILD-IT Program and Dow Vietnam hosted their 4th annual investor-style pitch competition, Maker to Entrepreneur (MEP): Venture Demo Day under the framework of the USAID BUILD-IT and Dow Vietnam STEM Program, for over 100 engineering students and guests from across Vietnam. Young engineers gathered to compete for a total of $1,000 in start-up funding. The business savvy demonstrated by the students exemplified how engineers can use market forces to scale their innovative projects into in demand products.
On 7-8 July, 2022, students awarded ‘AES Future Energy Scholarship’ and lecturers from three universities, namely the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Electric Power University and Hanoi University of Science – Vietnam National University, joined a visit to the Mong Duong 2 Thermal Power Plant.
At INSEE, we place social responsibility as a pillar of our Sustainable Development Strategy alongside with other initiatives such as Climate & Energy, Circular Economy, Biodiversity, Water Resource Management, and Occupational Health & Safety. To us, Sustainability plays an important role in both medium and long term vision and strategy. This is considered as the key to actualize our INSEE's brand philosophy of "Build for life", helping build a world where living is more worthwhile.
AES Mong Duong has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal for an eighth consecutive year, in recognition of its practices and achievements in maintaining world-class safety standards in overall health and safety performance, policies and procedures.
This is a follow-up activity after the Kick-off Ceremony of the smart factory development cooperation project, which took place on May 24 and 25, 2022, in the provinces including Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Hung Yen, and Ha Nam.
