Malaysia Tatler – August 2019

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SOCIAL NETWORK | CONCIERGE

What does sustainability mean to you?

Keeping

the Balance

TISHTI SUMITRA

General manager of Thai Airways International

for Malaysia and Brunei

We practise sustainability in our very own offi ce;

whenever we change the equipment such as the

computers to newer devices, we would donate the

old ones to schools like the Sri Kota Secondary

School in Taiping. The airline also incorporates

the ‘travel green’ concept—ensuring our aircraft use

just the right amount of fuel, have minimal carbon

emissions and produces less noise pollution.

“Personally, I encourage

sustainability among my staff.

We support them in various

ways to expand their training

and learning so they can best

contribute to the airline.”

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ANNE NG
Director of Business Management Systems at Mandarin Oriental KL

Everyone in our organisation must make the right

choices to ensure that our ecosystems continue to

support life and provide enough resources to meet

the needs of the current and future generations.

“Whenever we talk to our colleagues about

being sustainable, we break it down into

small digestible chunks so they can fully

understand and appreciate how their

actions can make a difference to a

sustainable environment.”

This refl ects the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s

principles of ‘Making a Difference Every Day’

and ‘Acting with Responsibility.’