PETRONAS
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Malaysia alone will grow by a third in population over the next couple of decades , so to surpass 40 million people
PETRONAS has committed to this aspiration of net zero carbon emissions by 2050
One strong aspect in ESG , is the number of women in business and what companies are doing to improve their gender diversity .
“ For women in business , we ' ve still got a way to go . But here in PETRONAS , we have such strong female participation in our workforce across the board . We also support scholarships for females in engineering and STEM subjects in general . If you look at our leadership , our chief finance officer is a woman . Our company secretary is a woman . Our HR head is a woman . They all sit on the executive committee . That ' s quite strong female leadership , but of course , what comes to women in business in general ? It ' s not about changing women . It ' s about changing the culture of organisations and across the board .”
Throughout the next 12 months at PETRONAS , Wolff-Bye has her work cut out for her .
“ We need to work with the wider ecosystem . We are only as strong as our value chain , so we really need to work with them - all the way from vendors to our customers - and see how we can come together to really make sure that we can together achieve a net zero carbon future .”
In the immediate future , Wolff-Bye will be attending BizClik Media ’ s Sustainability Live 23rd - 24th February and she has a message for her colleagues .
“ Sustainability challenges around climate change , nature loss , and inequality have been on a slow burner for a long , long time . But now they have become existential to business success .”
If companies across the world don ' t manage to address these issues with gusto , the fabric of society really will be stretched . PETRONAS will do its own bit for that not to happen .
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