ENVIRONMENTALREPORT 2023

Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn Bhd

INTRODUCTION
CSR report is a crucial part of an organization’s steps toward
fulfilling corporate social responsibility by proving that hazards
are being accounted for and taken care of, which in turn may
improve the organization’s legitimacy and public perceptions.
As defined in Sumirubber environmental policy, we arecommitted to promoting “Environmental Friendly” activities andcarrying out “Corporate Social Responsibility” activities in orderto sustain and promote a green and eco-friendly environment.

CONTENTS OF THISREPORT02
03-04

Company Profile
Environmental Policy & Certification

05

Environmental Messages

06

Environmental Audits

07

Environmental Management System

08

Conservation of Resources & Energy

09

Legal compliance data for air andwastewater

10

Waste Water Treatment

11-15

CSR Activities

16-17

Training Activities

18

Conservation & Social Contribution

19

How Green Are You?

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COMPANY PROFILE
Company: Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Established: 01 September 1981
Managing Director: Mr. Hiromasa Okubo
Plant General Manager : Mr. Kazuaki Nakamori
Plant Size
: 56,000 m
Number of Employee: 697 as of May 2023
Area of Business: Household & Working Gloves, IMS(Tyre
Sealant)
Address: Lot 44, 45 & 86,
Bakar Arang Industrial Estate,
08000, Sungai Petani, Kedah
Phone Number: 604 4213121

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber
Industries, Japan which is well-known for its technological advances in
the rubber field since 1909. Rubber glove production for the Groupstarted in the mid-1950 and in 1980, Sumitomo Rubber Industries
decided to transfer its rubber glove manufacturing operations to
Malaysia.
Thus, Sumirubber Malaysia was set up in Sungai Petani, Kedah in thenorth of Peninsular Malaysia to tap into the abundant fresh quality
natural rubber latex for the production of household rubber gloves
since 1981. The company are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 andHalal certified. With technical support from the Group, Sumirubber
Malaysia is committed to the advancement of hand protection throughconstant product improvement and innovation.

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYWAYS TO CONSERVETHE PLANET
3R

VOLUNTEER
Volunteer for
cleanups in yourcommunity

Cut down on what you
throw away

PLANT

SHOP WISELY
Buy less plastic andbring a reusable
shopping bag

Trees provide foodand oxygen. They help
save energy, clean theair, and help combat
climate change

03

CERTIFICATE

04

ENVIRONMENTALMESSAGES
In recent years, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have attracted
more and more attention. SRI Group is currently promoting ESG
management as the most significant issue.
It means that we should continue striving to create new value by
engaging in business activities that emphasize both “Enhancing Our
Economic Value” and “Enhancing Our Value to Society.”
With respect to the matter, SRIM, as one of the SRI Group overseas
stronghold branches is really committed to going for new values in ourbusiness concepts and realizing a sustainable society.
We are continuously creating efficiencies in water, energy, waste andHiromasa Okubo CO2 emission, through the environmental management system which aims
to ensure our ecosystem is protected and sustained for future generations.
MD
While we continue to supply environmentally friendly products like natural
rubber gloves to society, from now on, we are making steady progress
toward achieving carbon neutrality until 2050.
We, Sumirubber Malaysia, work together to contribute to the achievement of SDGs towardrealizing a sustainable society – a society where everyone can live and work in safety and withpeace of mind.
Nowadays, the focus on a sustainable society is increasing year by year.
Regarding climate change, we recognize that it is of tremendous urgency
and importance because a lot of impacts have already begun to appear inmany parts of the world. Thus, SRI Group is committed to zero CO2emissions by 2050. And they set a target of 50% CO2 reduction by 2030
compared to 2017 as a milestone.
As a member of the SRI group, Sumirubber Malaysia must also follow its
target. Certainly, we have been working to save energy, but I guess that is
not enough to achieve targets. We need additional activities such as
Kazuakireplacement to ecological energy from current energy. If we all are paying
Nakamori
attention to the ecology perspective, we can find eco-friendly growth ways.
Plant GM
It is truly a sustainable development.
We also need to look beyond production activities to the other goals of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) 17, which will lead to the realization of a sustainable society. The
CSR activities we have been engaged in, such as mud balls and tree planting, also help to save
our earth while having fun. These activities are truly good examples of a sustainable society.
Let’s work together with the awareness of the 17 SDGs to achieve a sustainable society.

SH LimEMR

Global warming still the hot topic discussed by World Meteorologicalorganization in year 2023. Refer to “State of the Global Climate in 2022”
reported by WMO was shown that the years 2015 – 2022 were the eight
warmest on record, despite the cooling impact of a La Nina event for the
past three years. Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record, and themelting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the chart. The
condition of global warming is getting worst now.
In “Global Annual to Decadal Update”, the first point prediction suggest
is “The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year
between 2023 and 2027 is predicted to be between 1.1°C and 1.8°C higher
than the average over the years 1850-1900.” Do not look down on such little
degree of increasing, it will bring a huge impact to us. Example: the study
and prediction from “Nature Communications”, 8 states in Malaysia (Perlis,
Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Kelantan andSarawak) may impact of flooded and disappear from the map of Malaysia
in such extreme heat. (News reported on 16 May 2023 by “Samudera.com”).

So, always think “Green” when we want to do any planning and improvement in our daily
operation. So that can reduce the emission of CO2 in order to cool down our earth.

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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
Sumirubber Malaysia
Sdn Bhd has
conducted
theinternal
audit
forEnvironmental Management System (ISO
14001: 2015) on 19th to 22th April 2022.
Opening & Closing meeting organizedvirtually due to Covid-19. The four days audit
coveredvariousdepartments
andenvironment-areas in Sumirubber Malaysia.
Internal Audits is an Environmental
Management System’s best friend. Audit
findings lead to great improvement in theeffectiveness and efficiency of thesystem. This is also to ensure that both theterm and results of the environmental
system’s objectives are met and recorded.
Audit was carried out by 14 qualified
auditors
includingleadauditor.
All
nonconformities and observations wererecorded and resolved by the related
departments.

Safeguarding ofenvironmental assets

Compliance with laws andregulations

EMS Internal Audit
Objective
Evaluationof the effectiveness of
EMS

Analyze the reliability ofenvironmental management
reporting and procedure

External audit was conducted by Sumirubber’s appointed certificationbody intended to monitor, assist, and to express opinions on theEnvironmental Management System ISO 14001:2015.
Sumirubber Malaysia has appointed LRQA Limited as external auditor
since 2008. This year is renewal certification audit was held from 22nd to
26th August 2022.

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SUMIRUBBER MALAYSIA SDN BHDEMS ORGANISATION CHART

The Environmental Management System(EMS) of Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn Bhd wasestablished in 2004.
The main objective is to administer,
demonstrate, implement and monitor theenvironmental management system activities
and continual improvement.
Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is now
certified with ISO 14001:2015 version which
was designed to respond to the latest trends
and compatible with other management
system standards.
EMS
Committee
representatives
areresponsible to monitor the effectiveness of
the EMS and adhere to all requirements
accordingly.
The EMS members were selected fromvarious department and had been steering
the EMS in Sumirubber Malaysia throughseveral activities i.e.: discussion on new
requirements, briefing on environmental
awareness and environmental patrol.

MANAGING
DIRECTOR

PLANT GMEMS MGMTREP

EMS
DEPUTYMGMT REP

SHE
OFFICEREMS
COMMITTEE

PURCHASI
NG

FE

T&D

S&M

HRGA

PD&P

QA

PE

P&PD

A&F

SHE

LOGISTIC

DT

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CONSERVATION OF
ENERGY

m3 / 1000 prs

Water Consumption 2018 - 2022
10
8
6
4
2
0

The water
consumption has
achieved the target.

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Target

6.15

7.58

6.33

8.31

8.653337

Actual

6.93

7.55

6.71

7.05

7.892023

kBtu / 1000 prs

Fuel Consumption 2018 - 2022
2000
1500
1000
500
0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Target 1280.79

1391.051331

1291.69 1617.397

Actual 1498.27

1626.591502

1540.81 1678.843

The actual result
obtained exceeded
the target; due tonot fully utilizing thesteam generated by
the boiler caused byadd
comment
less
operation
hours.
Diesel and LPG isreplaced by NaturalGas starting in the
middle of October
2022.

-

Electricity Consumption 2018 - 2022
kwh / 1000 prs

200
150

The electricity
consumption has
achieved the target.

100
50
0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Target100.69108.7

105.98113.17146.5064

Actual109.38127110116.14127.7917

08AIR & WASTE WATERMONITORING

Facility

Emissionto theatmosphereDrainage

Boiler

Waste
water

Item

Unit

FY 2022 results

Reg. on
value
Min

Max

Ave

SOx

Metric
ton

400

<0.01

<0.64

0

NOx

VOL
ppm

400

<0.001

0

0

Dust,
g/Nm
Particulate 3
matter

50

1.543

5.972

3.7575

BOD

mg/L

50

0

13.4

7.3

mg/L

100

1.4

57.5

13.9

5.5 – 9.0

7.2

7.7

7.5

10

1

3.1

1.92

SS,
Suspended solidpH-

Oil content mg/L

09

Legislation
to verifytheregulation
value

Environment
Quality Act(Clean Air)
Regulation
2014

Environment
Quality Act(Industrial
Effluent)
Regulation
2009

WASTE WATER TREATMENT

Remarks
The treated industrial effluent
discharge consistently compliedwith DOE Standard B at all times
for Final Discharge Point 1 andPoint 2.

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CSR ACTIVITIESMangrove Tree Planting
Sumirubber Malaysia Sdn Bhd in collaboration with Kedah Forestry Department has
successfully cultivated a love for conserving the mangrove and has carried out
external mangrove tree planting on 25th September 2022.
About 500 forest trees were planted in Sungai Limau,
Yan, and Kedah. Mr Hiromasa Okubo as Managing
Director has led this program. This programmed was
first initiated in the year 2014 and was successfully
continued as an annual activity.
It is part of our responsibility to maintain and constantly
plant trees to restore the deforested area hence
creating a balance ecological system.
100 employees wereselected fromdepartments to participate in this activity.

various

Deputy Director of the Kedah State Forestry
Department, Mr. Zainuddin Jamaluddin quote that theplanting of trees is important in protecting the coastline
from the threat of erosion by strong waves in addition
to preserving the ecosystem in several areas in thestate.
On top of that, Kedah Forestry also carried out work totreat mangroves and planted as many mangrove
saplings.

A truly special kind of connection with nature wasexperienced by all the participants, especially afteralmost 2 years of restriction by Malaysia Government
due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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CSR ACTIVITIESGlove Donation for Flood Relief
In the middle of July 2022, an area in
Baling, Kedah was affected by a sudden
disaster. For the first time, a huge flood
which has caused fatality and property
loses happened in this area.

A total of 1,424 victims from 93 families
have been relocated from their homes, 3
casualties reported including a pregnant
mother, and 802 houses were destroyed
and badly damaged.
Sumirubber Malaysia has taken thisopportunity to initiate this donation
purposely to help post-flood victims,
especially during their cleaning phase.

With
approvalfromManagement,
Sumirubber team prepare 40 cartons ofgloves for donation. Gloves were selectedfrom the disposable, household, knitted
working gloves and fully dipped working
gloves.
On 15th July 2022, Sumirubber team went
to deliver glove as a donation to Baling
District Office, Volunteers Centre andvillagers house nearby Kampung Iboi,
Baling. The donation starts from 9.00am.
The donations was presented byOperations
Director
Mr.
Junichiro
Hoshikawa together with Mr. Mohd Amin,
HRGA Manager, and Mr. Ruzaimi, Safety
Manager.

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Bowling Tournament

Bowling Tournament 2022 was successfully held on 21st
August 2022 at Sejati Bowling Center, Taman Sejati. The
tournament was held to enhance teamwork and encourage
healthy lifestyle among the employees. Over 80 players havetaken part in this tournament.
The tournament starts at 2pm and ends at 6pm. All the prizes
were presented by Mr. Mohd Amin HRGA Manager.

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CSR ACTIVITIESHealth Week
New activity was initiated by Human Resource & Safety department toorganize a health week for all employees of Sumirubber.
The Health Week has successfully taken its part in the year 2022, incollaboration with Hospital Pantai Amanjaya, Bagan Specialist Centre, andPelangi Optical.
This activity was held on 8th to 9th August 2022 and involved 600 employees
in various health activities. The event starts from 8 am – 5 pm in the training
room and canteen area. Various health activities have been organized suchas health screening, Weight Loss to Ideal BMI competition, Health Talk on
Chronic Illness, and How to Handle your Stress & Eyesight test by
Optometry.

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CSR ACTIVITIESFishing TournamentThis was the last programorganized by the Committee
team before the end of theyear.
The activity was attended by
80 participants.
Some of us may thought thatfishing activity is quite boring,instead, it actually provides alotofbenefits.
Fishingprovides the participantslessonsabout
patience,
satisfaction,
andconcentration and also as atherapy for human beings.
This year, fishing tournament was held on 19th December 2022 at Kolam
Memancing Legend, Sungai Jagung, Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Closer engagement between employees was seen during this activity
especially when participated by young and senior employees.
Fishing tournament this year was the second time organized by Sumirubber
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. This recreation activity was actually the most requested
program among Sumirubber’s employees.
In addition to the fish caught, the company also provides lucky draw prizes
consisting of various fishing equipment for all participants.

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TRAINING ACTIVITIESHEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM WITH INDUSTRY CODE OF
PRACTICE (ICOP) FOR NOISE EXPOSURE 2019

Hearing conservation is an essential aspect of our employee’s workplace.
Exposure to excessive noise can cause permanent hearing damage.
By organizing hearing conservation programme on 7th Mac 2022 and 22th March2022 for 90 employees from various departments, company initiate to protect
our workers from potential risks associated with noise exposure and ensure that
their workplace is as safe as possible.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT) & FIRE DRILL
Yearly Emergency Response Team (ERT) training was conducted in collaboration
with Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (BOMBA) Tikam Batu this year.
This training was held at Sumirubber Malaysia and Balai Bomba Tikam Batu as
well. 40 participants successfully attended 3 days course with Fire Rescue
Department.
Meanwhile fire drill exercise for Sumirubber Malaysia was done on 01.06.2022 and29.12.2022. Our ERT team successfully managed to control the excercise at new
designated assembly area (near main gate) for 473 employees in 3.19 minutes
time frame.

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TRAINING ACTIVITIESOCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID & CPR CERTIFICATION

On 19th and 20th April 2022, Sumirubber
Malaysia has organize Occupational
First Aid & CPR certification renewal to
50 employees from various
department. This training provided by
two training providers.

SAFE CHEMICAL HANDLING, SPILLAGE CONTROL &CHLORINE GAS LEAKAGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
Safe Chemical Handling, Spillage Control & Chlorine Gas Leakage Emergency Response
Program was organised in two sessions this year on 30th June 2022 and 20th Dec 2022. 52
employees from Production and Engineering Department were selected to participate.
It helps the participants to respond during chemical spillage emergency. Participants also will beable to mitigate and control Chlorine Gas leaking incidents.

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Conservation &Social Contribution“SUARA KESATUAN KASTAM”
Sumirubber practices contribution to Custom Union
Organization every year. This year Sumirubber has
contributed a certain amount in March 2021.
Sumirubber always maintain good relationship with
Customs by participating in a few programs
organized by Customs.

‘‘KESATUAN PEKERJA BOMBA PENYELAMATMALAYSIA”
In order to maintain good relationship among eachother, Sumirubber has donated to the Malaysia Fireand Rescue Union a certain amount in March 2021.
It is an annual contribution from Sumirubber to “FireWorkers Union News” as Sumirubber considers
Malaysian Fire Department to be an important
agency and often cooperates with them .

“SUARA PACSU”
In conjunction with Police Day celebration , Sumirubber
has donated certain amount to “Police Administrativeand Civillian Staff Union” in April 2021.

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HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

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