Hong Leong Asia (HLA) is on a mission to empower HLAsians and inspire industry partners to make a meaningful and sustainable difference in people's lives and work.
From reducing the environmental impact of its products and operations, and supporting sustainability workshops for primary school students, to mobilising HLAsians and communities for beach clean-ups and more, the HLA Group is committed to continuous community support and endeavours to drive transformative, generational impact for more liveable and sustainable cities of the future.
To reflect the HLA’s commitment to inspire and empower future generations to build a more equitable, prosperous world, and an increasingly focused approach to sustainability, HLA officially launched its corporate responsibility initiative, BeyondHLA.
Ms Kwek Pei Xuan, Hong Leong Asia’s Executive Director and Head of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs, guiding students from Xingnan Primary School through their thought processes on a build model.
The approach focuses on (i) “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, (ii) “Enabling Healthier Environments and Communities” and (iii) “Educating Future Generations”, outlining Hong Leong Asia’s unwavering commitment to a sustainable future.
BeyondHLA’s strategic three-pronged approach is an extension of its Founder’s legacy of giving through education, supporting sustainable cities and communities, as well as community engagement.
Outreach Programme
Educating future generations is an important part of BeyondHLA, especially when it concerns existential global challenges like climate change.
Under BeyondHLA’s Youth4Planet Challenge, over 40 HLAsians volunteered with Xingnan Primary School to share about sustainability, the built environment, and transportation sectors.
Mr Andrew Yeo, Senior HR Manager at HL Building Materials, explains his reason for volunteering: “I find great joy working with children, and by engaging them at an early age, we can instil lifelong habits and values that promote conservation and respect for our planet.”
The students were transported to a world where any idea could take flight, designing a future vehicle to a launch complex tailored to a region's unique climate – from icy polar landscapes to lush tropical and vast deserts.
By empowering students to “Make-break-learn-repeat”, HLA believes it builds creative confidence in our future problem-solvers by tapping into the young’s creativity to focus on bringing stories to life, and just not about building.
Leveraging on its regional reach, its heritage of pioneering ideas with engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as the talent and expertise of over 9,000 employees, HLA looks forward to partnering with key stakeholders and staff to uplift the communities the company operate in to inspire the next generation workforce and safeguard the future of our planet.
