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CONTENTS 1. Board Statement 6. Governance • Legal Compliance and Corporate Governance 2. About the Report • Ethics and Compliance • Scope of Report • Customer Privacy & Data Protection • Report Structure • Supply Chain & Procurement Practices • Report Contact and Feedback • Service Quality and Responsibility 3. Our Sustainability Management Framework 7. Environment • Our Strategic Approach to Sustainability • Our Approach • Accountability to Stakeholders • Water and Energy Conservation • Our Materiality Matrix • Paper Usage • Waste Management 4. Economic • Promoting Green Practices • Corporate Profile • Mission, Vision, Shared Values 8. Social • Economic Contribution to Society • Our Employee Management Approach • Our Value Creation Model • Workforce Diversity • Corporate Milestones • Employment Practices • Financial Highlights • Employee Benefits • Global Reach • Safety and Health in the Workplace • Awards & Accolades • Business Partner & Stakeholder Engagement • Labour- Management Relations 5. Alignment with International Initiatives • Corporate Social Responsibility • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) • Our SDG Goals 9. GRI Content Index OUR SHARED VALUES PROFIT-MINDEDNESS Recognizing and maximizing the effective use of resources as a whole MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE Art in achieving all stakeholders’ needs from outside-in to inside- out to achieve a competitive advantage TEAMWORK To work with utmost co-operation to overcome and complete tasks promptly INTEGRITY Possessing strong moral values and principles, honest and upright to differentiate between right and wrong and being responsible and consistent RESPECT Positive feeling of esteem or deference for a person or other business unit COMMITMENT Responsibility of individual / business unit to put in extra The ‘bulb’ concept signifies light efforts in completion / giving us hope that despite the achievement of common pandemic-induced challenges, Chasen goals / tasks continues to work hard to overcome them and seize prospects not visible pre- COVID-19. The light leads us to the path of opportunities where our agility to adjust to changes will give us the edge to be resilient and sustaining in the tough post-pandemic business environment. Hence, Business Resilience will be the theme steering our business going forward.
BOARD STATEMENT (Left to Right) Seated Low Weng Fatt, MD & CEO, Eric Ng, Non-Executive Chairman Standing Siah Boon Hock, Executive Director, Chew Mun Yew & Chew Choy Seng (Independent Directors) The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world and few can when delivering the Group’s high quality products and services. deny the sudden intense spotlight on sustainability and business continuity practices for organisations everywhere. The Group will continue to explore and evaluate business opportunities that have potential to generate value for the Disrupted global supply chains have forced nations to reduce shareholders, including but not limited to strategic investments, reliance on overseas supplies and businesses to re-think their partnerships, or mergers and acquisitions. While we continue operations and adopt nimble and agile strategies to respond to seek breakthroughs for new growth, we recognize the to unexpected changes. We believe a positive impetus for increasing importance of strengthening the resilience and our services and solutions is a result of greater reliance on sustainability of our current business operations. well diversified industry players like the Chasen Group, who are able to meet the growing demand for trustworthy and Moving forward, we would continue to invest in human capital swift response of business partners to changes in operations as the key to the long-term sustainable success of the Chasen planning and the supply chain. Group. Therefore, we are committed to strengthening our staff training and development roadmap, as well as enhancing the As a market leader in Specialist Relocation and early mover environmental sustainability of our operations in a low carbon in cross-border third-party logistics, we demonstrate our economy of the future. commitment through the adoption of sustainable business practices while complying with applicable laws and regulations in all the markets we operate in. The Board expects all Group ERIC J P NG employees to be vigilant in maintaining our corporate values Non-Executive Chairman CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 1 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SCOPE OF REPORT At Chasen Holdings Limited (“Chasen”), we recognise the Report Structure importance of sustainability to our business. As we embark on our journey of sustainability reporting, the challenges and This Sustainability Report aims to reflect the interests of our material issues that are important to our stakeholders, our key stakeholders. We have identified seven key stakeholder strategy in managing these challenges and issues, and how we groups, such as employees, customers, suppliers, future have performed in terms of our key performance indicators are generations and communities. highlighted in our report. For each stakeholder group, we set out our management This report covers the performance of our consolidated approaches in respect of how material issues are identified as entities in FY2020. This report focuses on the sustainability well as how such issues are prioritized and managed. performance, activities and initiatives that are under our direct control, including our Singapore operations, our local Further, we will present our sustainability initiatives in respect supply chain as well as overseas business operations directly of environmental, social and economic issues relevant to associated with us. our business and boundaries. Finally, we will provide the information of our key performance indicators, performance Material issues and topics described in this report have targets and outcomes. The information regarding the basis for been selected according to their significance in respect of report boundaries and our materiality assessment is provided the company boundaries, our sustainability context and the in section 2. expectations of our stakeholders. Altogether, this report provides the Chasen Group’s disclosures The scope of all material topics disclosed in this report pertains in accordance to the SGX Sustainability Reporting Guidelines to the business operations in Singapore. Nevertheless, our and the GRI-Standards “In-Accordance-Core” Relevant GRI corporate governance and sustainability approaches are references and disclosures. A snapshot of the in the GRI drawn from the policies and practices set at the Group level. Content Index provided in section 2 of this report. This sustainability report focuses on the Group’s sustainability Report Contact and Feedback strategies and practices whilst highlighting the economic, environmental, and social and governance aspects of our We value your feedback on the content of this report and activities and developments. This report aims to provide an encourage you to contact us through the following channels: overview of our approach, priorities, performance review, as well as targets for our key sustainability areas. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 18 Jalan Besut Report Methodology Singapore 619571 www.chasen.com.sg /contact-us The report is prepared based on the requirements of the ‘In accordance-Core’ level of the Global Reporting Initiative This sustainability report is available in our website: (GRI) Standards Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. We have www.chasen.com.sg/ir-sustainability-report.asp chosen the GRI Standards Reporting Guidelines for its robust regime and detailed guidance which offers an internationally- recognized benchmark for the disclosure of governance approaches and of the environmental, social and economic performance and impacts of organizations. For reference to the GRI Content Index, please refer to Pages 32-36. This report also incorporates the primary components of the report content as set out in the “Comply or Explain” requirements for sustainability reporting under Rule 711B of Section B: Rules of Catalist of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST (the “Listing Rules”). CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 2 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
OUR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Our Strategic Approach to Sustainability GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE With our vision and corporate values in mind, we aim to integrate sustainability into the businesses of Chasen so that it is systematic and seamless. Where possible, we incorporate DIREC D OF sustainability considerations in our decision-making processes. Our sustainability efforts are led by our senior management R TO who ensures that the Company’s business objectives are in line A BO RS with our commitments to sustainable development. Senior management is responsible for on-going communication to the Board of Directors. OUR Chasen’s senior management has determined focus areas VALUES where Chasen can have the greatest economic, environmental T SE and social impact, as well as the areas that are most important EN to our stakeholders. IO M N RM Chasen has taken efforts to seek the opinion of internal and A N AGE external stakeholders either formally or informally. We aspire to understand the needs and expectations of our key stakeholders and strive to build mutually beneficial relationships. BOARD Corporate Sustainability Committee (CSC) Corporate Sustainability Champion Corporate Sustainability Workgroup (CSWG) ESG CSR Management Management Education, Corporate SGX 711/A/B • Materiality & • CSR Plan Training and Sustainability Sustainability Boundaries • CSR Communication Oversight Reporting • ESG Factors & Performance Metrics Tracking CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 3 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
OUR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Reporting Boundaries and standards Report Period and Scope The report is also prepared in accordance with GRI Principles This report covers data and information from 1 April 2019 for defining report content, including: to 31 March 2020 and discusses Chasen’s achievements and performance towards Environmental, Social and Governance • Materiality: focusing on issues that impact business (“ESG”) issues. This report has been prepared in accordance growth and are of utmost importance to stakeholders; to the GRI Standards: Core Option. • Stakeholder Inclusiveness: responding to stakeholder expectations and interests; As part of our environmental conservation efforts, current • Sustainability Context: presenting performance in the electronic edition of the report is available at: www.chasen. wider context of sustainability; and com.sg. • Completeness: including all information that is of significant economic, environmental and social impact to enable stakeholders to assess the Company’s performance. We use a consolidated operating approach to determine organisational boundaries. Our data is an aggregation of our operations in Singapore over the last two years. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 4 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ACCOUNTABILITY TO STAKEHOLDERS We strive to be a corporate responsible citizen by working determining the material environmental and social issues. closely with our stakeholders to understand their concerns and We will continue to engage our external stakeholders more feedbacks. The stakeholder engagement provides valuable extensively to identify areas that are material, sustainable and information for our sustainability reporting, particularly in necessary for future development. OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS HOW WE ENGAGE THEM KEY TOPICS Customers • Informal feedbacks • Product features, value • Public forums proposition of Chasen • Informal surveys conducted by management staff • Customer feedback Shareholders and Financial • Results briefing at least half yearly • Financial results Community • Annual General Meeting • Key business developments • Emails and tele-conferences such as new acquisitions, or new business developments such as new contract wins. • Investor relations Employees • Periodic townhall meetings • Information update by • Performance appraisals management to staff • Team bonding and company events • Internal communication through emails and social media Suppliers • Regular meetings • Feedback on their products • Emails and telephone calls and services • Information of their new product or service Government and Regulatory • Consultations • Regulatory and industry Agencies • Discussions standards and guidelines Local Community • Community outreach activities • Partner with local not-for-profit charitable organizations to identify the target beneficiaries Media • Media releases • Financial results • Regular communication through emails and • Key developments such as teleconferences business updates CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 5 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
MATERIALITY MATRIX 5 3 5 6 7 8 16 17 20 4 22 15 1 19 13 Importance to Internal Stakeholders 4 3 21 12 10 14 18 2 1 9 2 11 1 2 3 4 5 Importance to Internal Stakeholders 1 Economic Contribution to Society 14 Diversity and Equal Opportunity ECONOMIC 2 Wages and Local Hiring 15 Training and Education 3 Sustainable Growth 16 Business Partners Engagement 4 Innovation & Technology 17 Stakeholder Engagement 5 Legal Compliance and Governance 18 Labour-Management Relations GOVERNANCE 6 Anti-Corruption and Anti-Fraud 19 Supply Chain & Procurement Practices 7 Service Quality & Responsibility 20 Customer Privacy & Data Protection SOCIAL 8 Employee/Public Health & Safety 21 Socio-Economic Compliance 9 Water Conservation 22 Corporate Social Responsibility 10 Energy Management ENVIRONMENT 11 Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation 12 Waste Management 13 Emission & Air Pollution Source: Verve Consultancy Pte Ltd Copyright@2018 All Rights Reserved CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 6 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC CORPORATE PROFILE Chasen Holdings Limited (“Chasen”) is an investment holding whereby the Company acquired the entire issued and paid up company which has its group businesses now extended to capital of Chasen Logistics Services Limited. As a result of the support the supply chain for specialist relocation services, reverse takeover, the Company acquired a new core business in third party logistics and technical and engineering services in specialist relocation solutions for the manufacturing industries Singapore, Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, that utilize sophisticated machineries and equipment. Timor-Leste, Thailand, and USA. Presently, the Group has established diversified revenue Incorporated on 2 November 1999, it was first listed on SESDAQ sources in three core business segments, covering industries on 8 August 2000 and was transferred from the SGX Catalist such as wafer fabrication, TFT display panel production, semi- to Mainboard on 26 February 2013. The Company changed conductor, chip testing and assembly, solar panel assembly, its name from China Entertainment Sports Ltd to Chasen consumer electronics, telecommunications, marine, ordnance Holdings Limited (“Chasen”) on 17 May 2007 following the and construction sectors. completion of the reverse takeover exercise in February 2007 The three core business segments are as follows: SPECIALIST RELOCATION THIRD-PARTY TECHNICAL & SOLUTIONS LOGISTICS ENGINEERING • Serves as the strategic partners to • Provides packing, packaging, • Provides design, fabrication, and our customers in the management trucking, distribution, freight- installation of steel structures, as of their global relocation needs forwarding, warehousing and well as mechanical and electrical through projects or maintenance related services installation including hook-up projects • We pack machinery and equipment for production facilities, parts to the Original Equipment refurbishment, engineering • We provide specialist manpower Manufacturers’ (OEM) specifications and spares support, facilities equipped with specialized material utilising specialized packaging management, scaffolding handling tools, equipment and materials before they are relocated equipment and services, contract vehicles to relocate our customers’ to new destination. manufacturing, and water treatment machinery and equipment, either and process engineering services. within their premises or from one location to another location. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 7 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC CORPORATE PROFILE Management Profit-Mindedness Excellence Recognizing and Art in achieving all maximizing the stakeholders’ needs effective use of from outside-in and resources as a whole. inside- out to achieve a competitive advantage. Integrity OUR Possessing strong moral values and SHARED Teamwork To work with principles, honest VALUES the utmost and upright to cooperation to differentiate overcome and between right and complete tasks wrong and being promptly. responsible and consistent. Commitment Respect Responsibility of Positive feeling of individual/ business unit esteem or deference to put in extra efforts in for a person or other completion / achievement business unit. of common goals/tasks. VISION To be a leading global integrated service provider with turnkey capabilities in supporting the development of manufacturing and service operation facilities. MISSION To develop the capability and synergize the performance of our business units in achieving the corporate vision. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 8 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY At present, we are headquartered in Singapore, with operations We strive to maintain our market position by ensuring we gain extending to Asia and the United States of America. We the trust of our customers and their families, and continually manage our operations in accordance to our sustainability build our reputation and brand name in specialist relocation principles. We work closely with our and operation staff to and third-party logistics industry in Asia Pacific. identify and consider any sustainability opportunities and risks that may arise. The Group’s vision is to offer integrated services combining technical and engineering capabilities to complement logistics Sustainability trends such as climate change, resource scarcity services. As the vision is being realised the Group would and demographic changes shape the competitive environment enhance its competitiveness beyond pricing. in which companies like Chasen operate by introducing long term sustainability opportunities and recognising risks. We As a whole, Chasen continues to make good progress and therefore view our business performance beyond short term the current financial year is expected to be another watershed gains and financial bottomline. Our conviction is to achieve a as each subsidiary successfully implement their strategic balanced triple bottomline (People, Profit, Planet) for sustained business plans approved by the Board last financial year. As growth for the organisation and the community it operates in. book orders continue to build up and projects executed across our three business segments, we hope to achieve another The success of our business is highly dependent on the record in annual revenue in line with global economic growth commitment of our management and staff. Their knowledge, opportunities. professional expertise and their job satisfaction are key to our economic sustainability. In today’s highly volatile business environment, Chasen has, beyond sustained earnings, diligently embraced prudent More importantly, we strive to contribute positively to the financial management, capitalised on our assets and society through our economic presence by serving as Asia investments, and remained focused on growth strategies, to Pacific’s leading specialist relocation and third-party logistics enhance shareholders’ value. company in Singapore, Asia and the United States of America, while maintaining good stewardship of the resources we For more information on Chasen’s financial and business manage and generating good shareholders’ value. performance, please refer to financial highlights in pages 10-11 and the FY 2020 Annual Report. Our business model focuses on cost leadership without compromising our service level and highest priority on customer’s interest. We seek organic growth from the existing outlets as well as through the acquisition of new businesses that reap good returns. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 9 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS REVENUE ANALYSIS DIVIDEND PER SHARE (S$’MIL) (CENTS) 140 131.9 0.8 127.6 120 0.6 106.2 101.0 100 93.5 0.5 0.4 80 0.4 0.3 60 0.3 40 0.2 0.1 20 0.1 0.05 0.0 0 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 PROFIT/ (LOSS) AFTER TAX (S$’MIL) -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0 5.0 10.0 15.0 -3.3 2016 2017 2.5 2018 6.1 2019 4.8 -15.2 2020 CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 10 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS REVENUE BREAKDOWN BY BUSINESS SEGMENT 59.2% 23.0% 23.0% 49.0% 2019 2020 17.8% 28.0% Specialist Relocation Technical & Engineering Third Party Logistics REVENUE BREAKDOWN BY GEOGRAPHICAL 36.7% 30.0% 3.8% 2019 2020 12.5% 20.0% 35.9% 41.0% 3.4% 5.0% 7.7% 3.0% 1.0% PRC Singapore Vietnam Malaysia Thailand USA CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 11 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC OUR VALUE CREATION MODEL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL • Generate good return to shareholders • Promote a strong environmental friendly Cost & Skills Leadership culture • Maintain market leadership position • Environmental conservation through • Drive consistent business prospects adopting “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” and through organic growth & acquisition energy efficient practices SOCIAL GOVERNANCE • Build a resilient organization and caring • Focus on risk management by having society good corporate governance and well- • Provide the financial mechanism to developed policies and procedures which promote greater support for the short- are periodically checked for compliance term micro-financing in society • Compliance management with all applicable • Build partnership and bonds with laws and regulations. stakeholders • Personal development focuses on KPIs, training and employee engagement program CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 12 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC GLOBAL REACH CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 13 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
corporate milestones 1999 2004 Set-up overseas operations in People’s Incorporated as Chasen Republic of China (“PRC”) Logistics Services Pte Ltd 1995 through Chasen (Shanghai) (“CLSPL”) Hi-Tech Machinery Services 2001 Pte Ltd (“HTS”) Relocation Solutions Specialist CLSPL was certified ISO 14001 for Chasen Logistics Environmental Management and Services began CLSPL was awarded OHSAS 18001 for Occupational business as a partnership first turnkey project Health and Safety operating from consolidating several Management System its office in manufacturing facilities of Wallich Street customer to one location in Singapore CLSPL was certified ISO 9001 for Quality Management System Surpassed Established a global FY2018 historical marketing office, Chasen high by 3% at S$131.9 Chasen (USA), Inc. (“C-USA“) in San million Group exceeded Jose, California, 3PL subsidiary, CZEM secured S$100 million revenue USA MNC contracts for cross-border land benchmark for second time freight from Malaysia to Vietnam and amassing S$106.2 million China to Singapore with complementary 2015 HTS achieved highest contracts warehousing in Singapore and Malaysia secured totalling S$50 million 3PL CZE Group established an office in (RMB245 million) Shanghai 3PL established air and sea CLSG certified ISO 620:2016 for freight business in Thailand to Good Distribution Practice for complement its cross-border Medical Devices trucking operations 2019 2017 Chasen Established Group achieved its a joint venture 3PL highest revenue to date company in Thailand, City at S$127.6 million Zone Express Company Limited (“CZET“) with operating offices in HTS secured relocation contract Bangkok and Songkhla for pilot phase of the world’s first 11th Generation TFT LCD plant in Shenzhen, C-USA clinched US$12 million (S$17 PRC million) project for handling of inbound cargo and move-in of equipment and 3PL established bonded warehouse in materials for an automobile product Penang and office in Vietnam to manage manufacturing plant cross-border land freight business Incorporated Strategic Business C-USA secured the third phase Plan for each business unit that of automobile product would support the Group manufacturing plant project strategy in achieving our valued at US$9.3 million Corporate Vision 2018 2016 CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 14 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
corporate milestones 2007 2009 Chasen Holdings Limited Chasen Group established footprint in 2005 (“CHL”) listed on SGX SESDAQ (now known Vietnam with the setting-up of as Catalist) via a reverse Chasen Transport Logistics Co., takeover of China Ltd (“CTL”) in Ho Chi Minh City Established second Entertainment Chasen Logistics Services 2008 overseas subsidiary, Chasen Sports Ltd Limited (“CLSG“) was awarded Logistics Sdn Bhd (“CLSB”) in bizSAFE STAR by Workplace (mainland) Penang Safety and Health Council CLSB secured its first contract Extended Third Party to service a Singapore- Logistics (“3PL”) based semiconductor MNC operations in Malaysia (multinational company) that through acquisition of City 2010 transferred its operations to the Zone Express Sdn Bhd Kulim IT Park (“CZEM”) and incorporation in Kedah of DNKH Logistics Pte Ltd (“DNKH“) in Singapore Acquisition of “green” companies, Global Technology Synergy Pte Ltd (“GTS”) and Towards Green Sdn Bhd (“TGSB”) Chasen was transferred from Catalist to the Main Board of the SGX-ST on 26 February 2013 Ho Chi Minh City-based CTL awarded its first major move-in and installation project worth of US$0.9 million (S$1.1 million) by a HTS was awarded first Japanese tyre manufacturer in Hai Phong, Vietnam major Korean project to Singapore-based CLSG secured its maiden relocate an OLED (organic relocation project worth of US$4.25 million light-emitting diode) production line (approximately S$5.4 million) from the from Busan, South Korea to Shanwei, Middle East. Guangdong Province, PRC CLSG and REI Technologies Pte Ltd (“REI“) CHL was awarded the Certificate of collaborated in building 100k cleanroom to Excellence in “Best Investor Relations house a Facilitized Refurbishment and by a SGX-Catalist Company” at the Testing Centre (“FRTC”) and supporting IR Magazine South East logistics services for the refurbishment Asia Awards of wafer fab machine tools for 2011 a Japanese OEM (original Chasen equipment manufacturer) Group achieved 2013 record historical high revenue of S$99 million since 2011 listing (in 2007) Chasen Group surpassed S$100 CHL was recognized as one of the million revenue mark for World’s Top 1000 Fastest Growing the first time in its corporate Public Companies in 2011 by the history International Business Times (announced in Chasen Group introduced January 2012) Shared Values as the basis to develop our corporate culture and growth strategy 2012 2014 CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 15 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ECONOMIC 5 ALIGNMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES United Nation 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) On 25 September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the sustainable world. We will use SDGs as one of the guiding 17 Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) to end poverty, principles for our sustainability initiatives. protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific As we advance on our sustainability journey, we will continue to targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. Although the assess our alignment with the SDGs and, whenever possible, SDGs are primarily aimed at governments, they represent an redirect our internal priorities and sustainability strategy to important opportunity for businesses to also act for a more more effectively and comprehensively address these goals. The following SDG goals are relevant to our business, We do not believe these goals are relevant to our business operations and value chain. They are addressed in our various and industry. They are not within our boundaries and scope policies at the group level. Such goals are also embedded in of influence, therefore, we are currently unable to make various initiatives carried out across the organisation. noticeable contributions to such goals. SDGs Logo Source: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 16 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
GOVERNANCE LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate governance and compliance have always been Compliance with Laws and Regulations one of the top priorities for the Company. The decision- making process in the Company is strictly in line with legal The Group is proactive in ensuring its compliance with all and regulatory requirements and in compliance with the Code relevant laws and regulations. Our management team is of Corporate Governance issued by Monetary Authority of responsible to review and monitor the Group’s policies and Singapore and the Company Act of Singapore. practices in respect to legal and regulatory requirements across all operations. Any non-compliance of the relevant laws The Company has not received any correspondences or and regulations and the proposed resolutions will be reported notifications in relation to any non-compliance of legal and to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. regulatory requirements or the Code of Corporate Governance from any government and regulatory agencies in FY2018. The The Group has put in place policies and procedures to ensure Audit Committee received no whistle-blowing letters during compliance with the relevant laws and regulations to all the the year. national jurisdictions we operate in. At corporate level, we also ensure that we are in compliance, both in substance and Ethics & Integrity in spirit, with the Listing rules of SGX Securities Trading (SGX- ST), Securities and Futures Act and Singapore Companies Act. We promote an ethical and act with integrity’ culture throughout the Company and our outlets. We seek to conduct Any new enactment of or changes to the relevant laws and our business in an ethical manner and in compliance with regulations will be communicated to all operations and the best practices in the specialist relocation and third-party management staff via emails and small group meetings. Such logistics industry. All Directors, operations and management communication is necessary to ensure that all staff are aware of staff are required to fully comply with our principles set in our the changes and can carry out the necessary steps and actions Employee Handbook and employment contract. to ensure compliance. The Employee Handbook details our expected standards While we seek to leverage our data to serve our customers of employee’s professional behaviour towards our business responsibly, we adhere and uphold the Personal Data partners whom we have business dealings with, to the people Protection Act (“PDPA”). We have put in place policies to in the society whom we serve as customers and towards ensure we are in compliance with PDPA and we respect our each other as employees of the Company. Above all, we are customers’ choices in respect of their personal data and the inculcated with strong corporate values to act with integrity. protection of our customers’ privacy. Anti-Corruption and Anti-Fraud There is no incidence of product and service misinformation and labelling or marketing communications. With zero-tolerance policy to bribery and corruption, we have put in place effective monitoring and management Risk Management control systems to detect bribery, fraud or other malpractice activities directly at the source. We have established a whistle- The Group recognises the importance of risk management blowing mechanism for employees and any other concerned and how business risks may adversely affect Chasen’s business stakeholders such as customers and their families, suppliers, performance. competitors and contractors. While it is the responsibility of the Audit Committee, A direct whistle-blowing channel has also been implemented as delegated by the Board of Directors, to oversee the to enable our employees to get direct access to the Audit effectiveness of our risk management and internal controls, Committee. By doing so, our stakeholders can be assured that the core function of the internal audit is coordinated by our all reports or suspicions of potential breaches of our Employee Chief Financial Officer who reports to the Audit Committee on guidelines are taken seriously by the Group. a periodic basis. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 17 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
GOVERNANCE CUSTOMER PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION The nature of our business warrants high level of security We have invested to ensure our proprietary IT system meets and confidentiality of our clients’ personal data as well as the highest standards for IT security. There is no incident of the business transactions they have undertaken. We adhere non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and strictly to the guidelines set by the Personal Data Protection economic area reported. Act (PDPA). SUPPLY CHAIN & PROCUREMENT PRACTICES We have maintained a strong partnership with the suppliers for any issues. Any non-compliance with the guidelines of local our specialist relocation and third-party logistics businesses. and international regulatory bodies will result in us in not We believe in transparency in our supply chain and our embarking on or discontinuing the procurement and business approach is to positively engage with suppliers if we identify relationship with them. SERVICE QUALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY For specialist relocation and third-party logistics service Our Quality Policy provider like Chasen, our service quality and responsibility to our customers ranks high for the sustainable success of Chasen Logistics Services Limited is proud to be a specialist the Company. We are committed to provide reliable and relocation and third-party logistics service provider with strong, high quality specialist relocation and third-party logistics cohesive and innovative team that provide safe, professional, solutions to our customers and every customer we service. We prompt support for handling, moving, storing and delivery of emphasise on service excellence to every customer. our customer’s cargo. Our operations and professional staff serve our customers We are totally committed and focused on continually improving professionally and ethically. our service by regular training enabling us to improve our quality standard, resulting in a better service to our customer. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 18 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ENVIRONMENT WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION We strive to embrace environmental sustainability by managing As part of our initial efforts, we will align our environmental environmental conservation through adopting ‘Reduce’, ‘Re- performance in our Singapore operations to key evaluation use’, ‘Recycle’ and energy effcient practices. criterion for water consumption and energy conservation for the both electricity and diesel consumption. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Water (FY 2019-2020) Water (FY 2019-2020) 3939 4000 3253 2836 97 3000 100 2277 89 80 68 64 (‘in 000) 2000 (‘in 000) 60 1000 40 20 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Water Expenditure (S$) Water Consumption (litre) Water Expenditure (S$) Water Consumption (litre) We tap on the water supply provided by Public Utilities Board This augmentation in the overall water consumption was and disposed used water into the public sewage system. due to the first time reporting of the subsidiaries in China in particular the precision engineering and contract For FY2020, our water consumption in Singapore decreased by manufacturing plant, which requires more water for its precision 8% and expenditure decreased by 5.9% respectively. In terms engineering processes. The volume of water consumption is of electricity, our consumption and expenditure decreased by in line with the nature of the business activity, even though 66.5% and 60.3 % respectively. For diesel, our consumption it has laden an extraordinary increase in the overall water decreased by 7.5% and expenditure increased by 22.3% consumption at the Chasen Group level. respectively. While we take conscientious efforts to conserve water and At the Group level, our water consumption and expenditure electricity, we are currently reviewing our utilisation pattern increased by 21.1% and increased by 24.5% respectively, and will implement measures to reduce the consumption. largely due to the increase in water consumption by our Chinese operations. In terms of electricity, our consumption The electricity consumption at the Group level is relatively and expenditure decreased by 47% and increased by 0.47% stable over the past two years. It is encouraging to note that respectively. For diesel, our consumption and expenditure the Chasen Singapore’s electricity consumption has declined decreased by 67.6% and increased by 9.7% respectively. over the past two years. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Electricity (FY 2019-2020) Electricity (FY 2019-2020) 5000 5000 3209 3846 3864 4000 4000 3000 3000 (‘in 000) (‘in 000) 1273 2000 2000 660 824 1000 1000 437 221 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Electricity Expenditure (S$) Electricity Consumption (kWh) Electricity Expenditure (S$) Electricity Consumption (kWh) CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 19 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ENVIRONMENT WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION DIESEL CONSUMPTION Since 2018, we have started acquired electric forklifts and vehicles as our efforts to cut down diesel consumption and The diesel consumption at the Chasen GROUP and Singapore reduce carbon emissions. Currently, we have 14 electric level is relatively stable over the past two years. forklifts ranging from 2.5-ton to 16-ton that are deployed to our subsidiaries in Malaysia, Vietnam and PRC. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Diesel (FY 2019 -2020) Diesel (FY 2019-2020) 3200 2918 4000 400 294 291 (‘in 000) (‘in 000) 2215 272 238 3000 300 2000 200 717 1000 100 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Diesel Expenditure (S$) Diesel Consumption (litre) Diesel Expenditure (S$) Diesel Consumption (litre) CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 20 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ENVIRONMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT The Group also takes a concerted approach to ensure we In FY 2020 alone, we have recycled 9,315 kg of waste at the adopt a responsible waste management process within our group level, a positive mark in increase of waste recycled from business operations. We will be reviewing and fine tuning our the previous year, largely due to the concerted efforts made by waste management system to ensure optimal recycling for the entire group in waste recycling the all the raw materials, mainly wood and steel, are properly disposed or recycled. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Waste (FY 2019-2020) Waste (FY 2019-2020) 10000 9315 4500 3849 9000 4000 8000 3500 7000 6455 2550 3000 6000 2500 5000 4000 2000 3000 1500 2000 1000 1000 500 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Weight of waste recycled (KG) Weight of waste recycled (KG) PAPER USAGE • ‘Re-use’ single-side printed papers for non-confidential and draft documents. We plan to roll out the daily operations We have launched our Go-Green initiatives across all our reports to be electronic and paperless. operations and Corporate Office. The implemented initiatives aim to encourage the ‘Re-use’, ‘Recycle’ and ‘Reduce’ of At the group level, we have successfully recycled 399 kg of papers through the following ways: paper in FY2020, an increase of 24.7% from the past year. This reflect an efficiency in raising the paper recycling initiatives • ‘Reduce’ the use of papers by sending the printers to print of the company and a successful effort in improving the cost on double-sides of each piece of paper and print only when saving results overall necessary. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Paper Recycled (FY 2019-2020) Paper Recycled (FY 2019-2020) 1200 1200 978 1000 1000 800 800 612 513 600 600 410 399 320 400 400 224 180 200 200 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Weight of Cost of Saving of Weight of Cost of Saving of paper recycled (KG) paper recycled (S$) paper recycled (KG) paper recycled (S$) CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 21 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
ENVIRONMENT EHS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT We strive to maintain a high commitment in training and In Singapore, both the total training and average training hours development for our workforce. However, in FY2020, our total per employee have increased by 29.8% and 64% respectively. training hours and average training hours per employee had maintained due to the increase in our staff strength. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE EHS Training (FY 2019-2020) EHS Training (FY 2019-2020) 9311 10000 2333 9000 8000 2500 1797 5428 7000 2000 6000 5000 1500 4000 3000 1000 2000 500 1000 4.1 5.1 7.4 3.1 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Total number of Average number of Total number of Average number of traning hours training hours per employee traning hours training hours per employee TARGETS We have set our goals to raise the bar for EHS training and EHS hours by 20% in the next three years. We have plans to measure the carbon footprint and the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emission of our business operations progressively over the next three years. At the Group level, total training and average training hours per employee have increased 120%. Hence, we have set our goals to raise the bar for EHS training and EHS hours by 20% in the next three years. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 22 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH Pivotal to our success is our people performing at their best. fair employment practices by ensuring equal opportunities for We value the vital contributions by all employees towards recruitment, fair compensation, career progression and training sustaining Chasen’s long term success. To underscore our opportunities. We provide fair employment opportunities care and commitment towards our employees, Chasen to all, regardless of age, gender, race, or nationality. Chasen drives a holistic human resource (“HR”) strategy focused advocates a policy of harnessing diversity in human resource on fair remuneration and equal opportunities, training and as evidenced by a fair distribution of employees from different development, employee wellness and engagement, and work- nationalities and age groups to support our key markets in life harmony. Singapore. We are taking progressive steps to go beyond compliance The Group has a stable labour force of 1410 with continued with labour laws in Singapore to develop and implement expansion in all four major regions, with the latest expansion policies and staff engagement programmes that aim to help move is in Thailand . Local hiring is emphasized as 38.41% of employees build long-term, fulfilling careers with Chasen. Chasen’s employees are mainly Singapore citizen in Singapore in FY2020. In Singapore, there is a well-balanced diversity of 11 Diversity & Equal Opportunity nationalities within Chasen’s workforce Identifying, recognising and rewarding quality employees is essential in our hiring and retention strategy. We advocate CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Staff (FY 2019-2020) Staff (FY 2019-2020) 1446 1410 574 1500 600 509 500 1000 400 300 500 200 100 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Total Staff Strength Total Staff Strength CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 23 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Nationalities (%) Nationalities (%) 2019 2020 2019 2020 Nationality FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) Nationality FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) Singaporean 0.58 0.6 Singaporean 32.11 30.27 Malaysian 22.12 22.14 Malaysian 17.88 24.28 Filipino 0.48 0.5 Filipino 1.22 1.76 Indian 0.24 0.19 Indian 27.86 23.89 Bangladeshi 0.24 0.20 Bangladeshi 18.12 16.24 Sri Lanka 0 0 Sri Lanka 0.23 0.00 Indonesian 0.32 0.38 Indonesian 0.10 0.10 Myanmar 0 0 Myanmar 0.07 0.01 Thai 22.22 22.22 Thai 2.25 2.45 Chinese (PRC) 22.18 22.18 Chinese (PRC) 0.16 1.00 Vietnam 21.46 21.63 Vietnam 0 0 American 10.16 9.96 American 0 0 Nepal 0 0 Nepal 0 0 Total 100 100 Total 100 100 CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Gender Ratio (%) Gender Ratio (%) 12.79% 14.14% 16.29% 22.30% 2019 2020 2019 2020 83.71% 77.70% 87.21% 85.86% FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Male Female Male Female CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 24 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH Fair & Open Employment Policy Chasen maintains a policy of fair and open employment policy has a good balance of age distribution, with 28.4% under the through providing fair employment opportunities to both 30 year old group and 0.5% above the 65 years old age group. young and older workers above age 65 years old. Its workforce CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Employee Age Profile (%) Employee Age Profile (%) 37.50% 37.50% 38.70% 43.60% 2019 2020 2019 2020 62.50% 62.50% 61.30% 56.40% EXECUTIVES FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) EXECUTIVES FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) Below 30 yrs 12.1 5.3 Below 30 yrs 8.54 8.09 31 to 50 yrs 22.2 28.4 31 to 50 yrs 14.54 17.61 51 to 65 yrs 2.9 3.6 51 to 65 yrs 14.5 16.60 Above 65 0.3 0.2 Above 65 1.15 1.35 GENERAL WORKERS GENERAL WORKERS Below 30 yrs 30.8 23.1 Below 30 yrs 18.58 11.42 31 to 50 yrs 26.7 33.4 31 to 50 yrs 34.08 36.66 51 to 65 yrs 4.8 5.7 51 to 65 yrs 7.53 7.14 Above 65 0.2 0.3 Above 65 1.08 1.13 Total 100 100 Total 100 100 CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 25 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH Our strategy for recruitment and retention of talents include staff who have been in the Specialist Relocation, Third Party cooperation with professional institutions, talent pool Logistics and Technical & Engineering service businesses development and retention, and staff grievance mechanism. for over 10-20 years. Through the organic growth of In terms of employee skills profile, we have maintained a fair complementary businesses over the years, we have also proportion of professional and management team to lead and strengthened the retention of our pool of senior staff whose drive the business growth in our three business segments professional expertise and strong customer relationship has been critical in the sustainable success of our three different Our business is highly dependent on senior experienced businesses. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE PMET Classification (%) PMET Classification (%) 2019 2020 2019 2020 PMET Classification FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) PMET Classification FY 2019 (%) FY 2020 (%) Professional 9.88 6.5 Professional 10.1 11.3 Management 11.17 13.0 Management 10.92 14.2 Executive 10.85 19.3 Executive 16.5 13.3 Technical 8.56 10.1 Technical 14.26 10.8 Others 59.54 51.1 Others 48.22 50.4 Total 100 100 Total 100 100 We are continuously recruiting talents, particularly younger sustainable financial and non-financial incentives, and learning talents and grooming them through mentorship and on-the- and development opportunities. Our compensation and job training programme. benefits policies are determined by guidelines proposed by our Human Resource and approved by the Remuneration Our recruitment policy is based on meritocracy and the Committee of our Board. All our staff undergo annual pre-requisite skills and academic qualifications required to performance review and receive periodic performance perform the required job scope. During recruitment, we have feedbacks from their superiors. implemented stringent shortlisting process to ensure we recruit people with the same values as we do. We practise equal opportunities for skills training and career development for all staff and this has contributed to our high We focus on retention of talents by providing fair and retention rate of 90.5% in FY2020 in Singapore. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 26 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH CHASEN SINGAPORE CHASEN SINGAPORE Length of Years of Service (%) Length of Years of Service (%) 18.0% 12.6% 12.5% 6.3% Below 5 yrs. Below 5 yrs. 6.7% 6 to 10 yrs. 6 to 10 yrs. 2020 1.7% 2019 11 to 20 yrs. 11 to 20 yrs. > 20 yrs. > 20 yrs. 62.8% 79.4% Employment Practices Communications Our employment practices focus on maximizing the strength As our Company grows, effective communications across the of our employees by providing equal opportunities based on organization are crucial to ensure continuous alignment of merit, and help our employees to develop strength through objectives of the employees and the organizational objectives. our comprehensive training and development programme. We achieve this through our various communication sessions We regularly review the competency and development of customized based on the target employees. Communication our employees to effectively match their strengths to their sessions for our managers are held on a regular basis. Agendas job specifications. Our performance based reward scheme covered at these sessions are customized in a manner provides guidance and motivation to our employees to appropriate to the target functional scope of the managers. perform to their potentials in alignment with the objectives of the company. For example, in the monthly managers’ meeting, operational agendas such as leadership and operation issues may be discussed while at the quarterly sessions, the high level topics The Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment include strategic business directions, new service launches, Practices ongoing developments and key project reviews. We proactively pursue and adopt best practices in HR management. Our HR practices are guided by the Singapore Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices. The Singapore Tripartite Alliance comprises the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore National Employers Federation and National Trades Union Congress. The Tripartite Alliance has formulated guidelines on fair employment practice for adoption by Singapore employers, embracing the recruitment, training, treatment and reward of employees. CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 27 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH EMPLOYEE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT We practise equal opportunities for skills training and career Despite the increase in total training hours in Singapore, there development for all staff and this has contributed to our high is a steady increase in the average training hours per employee retention rate of 90.5% in Singapore and 86.7% at the Chasen for employee training & development in FY2019 at both the Group level in FY2020 respectively. Singapore and Group level. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Training & Education (FY 2019-2020) Training & Education (FY 2019-2020) 1890 7000 2000 1716 5778 1800 6000 1600 5000 1400 4000 1200 2637 1000 3000 800 574 509 1410 1446 2000 600 400 1000 200 4.1 3.7 1.8 3.0 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Total (avg) no. of EE Total Training Hrs Total (avg) no. of EE Total Training Hrs Avg Training Hrs per EE Avg Training Hrs per EE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS & BENEFITS The Company also contributes to Central Provident Fund In FY2020, the overall turnover rate of 13.3% and 9.5% in Chasen Scheme and obtains medical benefits such as Hospitalisation Group and Singapore respectively. We have no temporary or & Surgical Plan for all our staff. We provide maternity as well as part- time employees. paternity leave in accordance to the recommendations of the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore. CHASEN GROUP CHASEN SINGAPORE Staff Turnover Rate (%) Staff Turnover Rate (%) 21.53% 19.58% 13.3% 9.5% 2019 2020 2019 2020 80.42% 86.7% 78.47% 90.5% FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2020 Staff Turnover Staff Retention Rate Staff Turnover Staff Retention Rate CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 28 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
SOCIAL OUR EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT APPROACH The flexi-work scheme was rolled out smoothly and expedited and offering programmes to support health and wellness. We by the COVID-19 work from home requirements. Senior understand that the workplace can be at times stressful due Management took the lead by working at least 2 day a week to the competitiveness of our workforce and our business. To from home while the rest of the staff adopted similar 1 to 3 support our employees in their effort of pursuing excellence, days of working remotely from home to alternate the rollout we will launch various programmes and initiatives to balance with minimal disruption to the business operations. their work with fun, and to development an environment and culture of mutual support. All non-managerial employees in Singapore are covered by the Employment Act (Chapter 91) of Singapore, which provides HEALTH AND SAFETY basic employment terms and working conditions including contract requirements, remuneration, hours of work, overtime, The CHASEN group is committed to embracing the highest rest days and annual leave entitlement. In addition to the standards of workplace, safety and Health (“WSH”) and statutory benefits outlined in the Employment Act, we provide environmental practices and inculcating the best practices beyond-compliance level benefits to our fulltime employees. in the CHASEN group. We are guided by the steadfast Examples of these benefits include vacation, marriage and commitment to our employees for a safe working environment compassionate leaves. in which one can work and excel with full confidence. Work–Life Balance The management team sets a strong foundation by providing clear direction within the organisation of the value of an effective While developing the talents of our employees and providing occupational health and safety management approach to equal opportunities for them to excel are the key drivers foster risk-free and environmentally-friendly premises. We are for our company, we also recognize that the well-being and building the environmental awareness and green practices to contentment of our employees are pivotal to the success lead the group in adhering to all WSH regulations as stipulated and sustainability of our business and performance. Our by the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) and all the relevant employees are our most valuable asset, and we appreciate authorities of the national jurisdictions we operate in. that their overall well-being needs to be well looked after in order for them to sustain their performance and realize their Our operations are closely monitored and reviewed by our full potential. appointed safety officers, who ensure all employees comply to the codes of practice and safety procedures they have set out. To support our employees to strike a work-life balance, we Our emphasis on promoting workers’ health and improving aim to create an environment that allows our employees to occupational safety has resulted in low numbers of accidents achieve harmony in their personal and professional life. We in our workplace and we will continue to uphold our mandate intend to adopt a flexible approach to work arrangements to target zero injuries and fatalities amongst our workforce. CHASEN GROUP ESH Recordable Incident 14 12 11 11 11 10 8 8 6 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 FY 2019 FY 2020 Number of Fatality Number of Number of Number of property damages Reportable accidents non-reportable accidents CHASEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 29 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
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