AwanBiru Technology Berhad - Annual Report 2021

Doing Well by Empowering Communities Our approach in empowering our communities has always been through various value creation via strategic focuses and initiatives. For the financial year under review, our strategic focus remains towards raising employability of individuals through education, improving quality of lives and living standards as highlighted in our Corporate Citizenship Commitments. Capitalising on our offering of profiling services, we appraised PWDs primarily, along with the B40 group across UiTM branches to identify knowledge gaps and areas of strength. We then leveraged on the profilings to upskill and professionally certify the said groups via our online learning platform - ensuring they are IR 4.0 ready and all set to be employed. During the same financial year, Awantec has also made a total community investment of RM50,000, through our Founder, President and Group CEO, Dr. Abu Hasan bin Ismail, to UiTM’s Person with Disabilities Care Fund. These strategic focuses are also directly linked to our business strategies (refer page 4) in catalysing adoption of digitalisation to drive healthier employment levels across the nation. Empowering PWDs In the financial year under review, we have banded together with Universiti Teknologi Mara (“ UiTM ”) to drive the upskilling of Persons with Disabilities (“ PWDs ”) within UiTM campuses across the nation. The collaboration, nicknamed ‘No One Left Behind’ is a programme that is focused on effective upskilling and self- development of PWDs to address economic disparities across the said group – in line with the Government of Malaysia’s Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, the Goal 8 of UNSDGs of Decent Work and Economic Growth, as well as UiTM primary focus of inclusivity. We continue to build better lives, especially in enhancing education opportunities and lifelong learning. This is our steadfast contribution and definition towards quality sustainable education for the betterment of local communities, their children and society in its entirety. We are committed to take responsibility of our environmental consumption and production which may impact the lives of the community that surrounds us Corporate Citizenship Commitments The recent statistics revealed that we have more than 150 PWD students, studying in UiTM across 16 of our campuses nationwide. It is my wish for this initiative to be the stepping stone towards the bright future of equal and holistic development for all, with no one left behind, as per outlined in the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030. Associate Professor Dr. Badrul Isa UITM’s Deputy Rector (Student Affairs) Sustainability | Awantec 63 Annual Report 2021