FGV Annual Report 2020

Sustainability Matters MANAGING COVID-19 PANDEMIC – CARING FOR STAFF, WORKERS AND COMMUNITY In 2020, the top Occupational Safety and Health priority was managing the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We intensified our health and safety vigilance across the Group, and adopted a preventive approach to reduce the risk of COVID-19 among staff and workers. This led to the formation of the COVID-19 Taskforce on 4 March 2020. FGV’s COVID-19 Task Force Working in collaboration with the Taskforce, the HSE Division put in place stringent safety and health measures across our work areas in line with government recommendations. We also held frequent communication with all our employees on how to take precautionary actions to reduce the risk of transmission. Some of FGV’s measures at our offices, estates, mills, plants and warehouses are as follows: • Making masks available to all staff and workers • Providing hand sanitisers at the entrances of plantation offices • Requiring all workers to undergo health screenings at the nearby health centers, and in the event for quarantine, workers are required to report and declare their status to the HR department • Ensuring compulsory daily temperature checks for all workers • Developing detailed guidelines on handling workers who tested positive for COVID-19. The infected worker had to be quarantined for 14 days • Cordoning with isolation hazard tape hostels/houses in the vicinity of infected cases • Strict monitoring of quarantine process by FGV security officers • Providing alternative accommodation for workers in multipurpose halls in the event workers hotels need to be disinfected • Health screening at all entry points for staff, visitors and contractors. Only those with a body temperature of below 37.5 degrees Celsius were permitted entry to our premises • Encouraging office-based staff to work from home, whenever possible • Conducting virtual meetings and webinars • Adhering strictly to social distancing • Compulsory usage of face masks when interacting with others • Frequent hand-washing • Sanitizing of workplaces and common areas before and after use ESTATE CLINICS FGV has built eleven estate clinics in remote areas under the guidance of the Ministry of Health Malaysia to ensure our workers can obtain immediate medical attention. At our estate clinics, workers have access to qualified doctors or medical assistants. These free healthcare services provided by FGV include outpatient treatment and health check-ups for migrant workers in our estates. Patients are treated for occupational accidents/injuries as well as non-occupational accidents. The clinics also provide first aid treatments to patients to prevent their condition from deteriorating prior to transferring them to hospitals. The clinics have ambulances for patient transfer for this purpose. FGV has also arranged medical teams to provide basic first aid training to our staff in these locations. Locations Aring 6 Kechau 2 Ladang Incosetia, APL PUP Selendang 3 Sahabat 36 Ladang Fortune, APL Sampadi 4 Lepar Utara 11 Yapid Mas Ladang BJ, APL 136 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD Annual Integrated Report 2020