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A POSITIVE IMPACT As one of the leading F&B players in our core markets of , and , as well as a new entrant in emerging markets, we recognise the impact that our business can have on the local communities.

We also understand that the sustainability of our business is dependent on the stability and well-being of these communities. As such, we view corporate philanthropy as an integral part of our operations. Through corporate giving, community partnerships and employee volunteerism, we aim to create long-term shared value.

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Sports Education Environmental Community and Youth Awareness Outreach Fraser and Neave, Limited & Subsidiary Companies Sustainability Report 2016 15

SPORTS Through years of brand building and partnerships with sports associations and events, 100PLUS has cemented its position as a key pillar of the sporting community. 100PLUS supports national sports bodies and athletes, as well as encourages individuals to lead an active lifestyle through its sponsorships of public sporting events.

As Singapore’s No.1 isotonic drink, 100PLUS continued to support sports development and endorse active lifestyles through sponsorships. In conjunction with Rio 2016 Olympics, 100PLUS launched a set of three limited edition cans featuring table the importance of exercise to the continued its support for several tennis, swimming and running to public, clocked over 1,360 km sporting events ranging from running rally Singaporeans to support Team by 814 participants and donated and cycling to tennis and rugby, Singapore athletes. As Supporter of $25,000 to SportCares Foundation. including OCBC Cycle, Standard the Singapore National Olympic Chartered Marathon Singapore, 100PLUS has a number of partnerships Council, 100PLUS provided hydration SGX Bull Charge, The New Paper to nurture our aspiring sportsmen to Team Singapore athletes while Big Walk, Sundown Marathon, The and sportswomen. These include the they trained in the three months Color Run, SMBC Singapore Open, ongoing partnerships with Singapore leading up to Rio 2016 Olympics. HSBC Rugby Sevens and WTA Finals Swimming Association, Singapore 100PLUS also participated in Olympic Singapore. Most of these sponsorships Badminton Association, Singapore Day, an event commemorated have been enduring partnerships. Table Tennis Association and worldwide to celebrate the Olympic Continuous support of these sporting Singapore Sports School. ideals and encourage individuals events is in line with the ethos of to get active. For the 8th year running, 100PLUS sponsored The Straits Times Star of the 100PLUS organised the “Run for Good” Month and The Straits Times Athlete of event in Singapore to encourage the Year Award, which highlighted the Singaporeans to lead active lifestyles accomplishments and celebrated the by rewarding them with a fitness hard work of the athletes. tracker for clocking 1.5km in 10 minutes on a treadmill. 100PLUS Similarly in Malaysia, 100PLUS has also took the opportunity to raise collaborated with the Sportswriters awareness for SportCares, an Association of Malaysia, since 2003, organisation which works to to honour the outstanding improve the lives of underprivileged achievements of both athletes children and youth-at-risk through as well as sports journalists. sports, by donating to SportCares Foundation for every kilometer In Singapore this year, to promote covered by participants. Over the active lifestyles within the community, two-day event, 100PLUS highlighted 100PLUS and F&N ICE MOUNTAIN 16 Sustainability Report 2016 Fraser and Neave, Limited & Subsidiary Companies COMMUNITY

100PLUS to be the enabler for all to lead healthy and active lifestyles.

In Malaysia, 100PLUS is proud to be the Official Isotonic Drink for the 29th SEA Games and 9th ASEAN Para Games to be held in in 2017. RM3 million has been pledged by 100PLUS in support of both Games. 100PLUS was also the Official Isotonic Drink for the 28th SEA Games and RM3m pledged for th 8 ASEAN Para Games held in th Singapore in 2015. 29 SEA Games and 9th ASEAN Para Games Following its resounding success last year, the 100PLUS Outrunner Key Highlights night race, organised by 100PLUS, returned this year with more than 10,000 runners. Designed to In where 100PLUS has encourage individuals of different HEALTH cemented its position as a strong fitness levels, ages and gender to get F&N NUTRISOY is Singapore’s No. 1 supporter of athletes, it continued active, a variety of race categories soya milk beverage. Leveraging its as the Official Hydration Partner of were created. market leadership positions, the Myanmar Football Federation and brand has been supporting several Sporting events supported by extended its sponsorship this year events with the objective of promoting 100PLUS included the 100PLUS to include Myanmar Golf Federation. heart health. F&N NUTRISOY continued Badminton Team Championship It also carried on its sponsorship of its long-standing support of the 2016, which saw 73 teams compete community sporting events, such as Singapore Heart Foundation, for an all-expenses paid trip to Rio the YOMA Yangon International participating in World Heart Day 2016 Olympics to support the Marathon, Active Family Day Out 2016 and the National Heart Health Malaysian badminton team, the and Bagan Temple Marathon. Week to educate the public on 100PLUS Malaysian Junior Open heart health and making the In , 100PLUS continued its Golf Championship, held for right choices to reduce risk of sponsorship of the Ho Chi Minh the 11th time in 2016, as well as cardiovascular disease. the 2016 EurAsia Cup, Purple League City Media Futsal Tournament, and Million Dollar Feet to uncover Danang International Marathon, This year, F&N extended its young football talents. District 4 Charity Walk & Cycling partnership with Singapore’s Health Tournament, Under-18 National Promotion Board (“HPB”) to bring In support of the traditional Malay Tennis Tournament and the more health awareness programmes martial art of self-defence and to International Table Tennis Competition. to Singaporeans. As part of HPB’s help raise the profiles of local silat 100PLUS also sponsored the Ho Chi “Eat Drink Shop Healthy” campaign, champions, RANGER, our new energy Minh City Student Union to support F&N NUTRISOY engaged a celebrity drink, supported the inaugural high school and university students. chef for a live cooking demonstration OneSilat World Championships In Thailand, 100PLUS supported to showcase how F&N NUTRISOY Series, where 80 contenders from 34 running and cycling events and could be used in the preparation of 17 countries competed for the has become the preferred beverage healthier and fuss-free home-cooked world championship belt. partner of event organisers. meals. Besides F&N NUTRISOY, F&N’s portfolio of other healthier beverages 100PLUS, COCO LIFE and F&N MAGNOLIA also supported the campaign to educate consumers to make healthier food and beverage choices.

As a key partner of HPB’s month- long “Healthier Lifestyle Festival SG”, consumers could take part in a slew of activities aimed at motivating them to get active and make smart food choices at the F&N booth, on top of sampling our wide array of products endorsed by HPB as ‘Healthier Choice’ beverages.

In Malaysia, in conjunction with World Milk Day, F&N MAGNOLIA promoted the benefits of milk as Fraser and Neave, Limited & Subsidiary Companies Sustainability Report 2016 17

Over 200 Students gained the ICDL accreditation Key Highlights

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd fortunate students. At Montfort Boys (“F&NHB”) has partnered the Kassim Town, the F&N IT Corner was set Chin Humanity Foundation (“KCHF”) up in 2010 to provide IT knowledge in Malaysia since 2011 to assist and skills to the underprivileged underprivileged children and their students. This year, F&N continued families with free tuition classes. its sponsorship of enrolling Montfort The objective is to empower these students in the International Computer children with knowledge so that they Driving Licence (“ICDL”) accreditation may rise above their conditions and programme that started in 2011. become agents of transformation The programme imparts skills and for their families. F&NHB has set up competencies to use a computer an e-Learning centre equipped with and common useful computer educational software, provided applications. In March 2016, the financial assistance for the upkeep 5th batch of 48 students graduated of the KCHF tuition centre and from the programme. To date, contributed food aid in the form over 200 students have gained an essential source of nutrition of milk products through the F&N the internationally-recognised by running a campaign to Empowering Lives Through Education ICDL accreditation, giving them reward consumers with free (“E.L.I.T.E.”) programme. To date, more the extra edge to secure 1L packs of F&N MAGNOLIA than 600 children have benefitted employment opportunities. UHT milk in exchange for any from the free tuition classes under Publishing & Printing also played its empty milk pack of any brand. the F&N E.L.I.T.E. programme. role in promoting literacy and getting It also extended milk aid to 10 Digital literacy has become a people, in particular children, to read. children’s homes. prerequisite in gaining employment In Singapore, the Times Junior Book in today’s rapidly changing world. Review Club was established to Publishing & Printing’s Times NewsLink Recognising that a digital literacy instill a love of books and reading teamed up with Lagardère Travel gap exists among underprivileged in the young generation. The book Retail, its joint venture partner, students, F&NHB has invested over reviews from children for children for a fundraising event in support RM250,000 since 2010 to promote are shared on Times social media of Assisi Hospice, a charity organisation digital equality among the less which provides palliative care for those with life-limiting illnesses. All the funds raised helped to purchase 10 new electronic beds with special equipment to help and support the patients.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH At F&N, we believe in the investment of our future generations and providing them with opportunities to better their future. We strongly support making education accessible to children and youth through our social programmes as we believe that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. 18 Sustainability Report 2016 Fraser and Neave, Limited & Subsidiary Companies COMMUNITY

platforms as well as on in-store review boards.

Times Bookstores also collaborated with the National Heritage Board in August 2016 to heighten awareness for the “Speak Mandarin” campaign, supporting the campaign by sponsoring its space at Times Waterway Point as a venue for the Story Challenge.

In support of Changi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Changi Airport Group, Times NewsLink has started offering, on an annual basis, job attachments and career development programmes for students who might not be strong which promoted environmental volume of over 121 tonnes of academically but are able to consciousness through sports. recyclables was collected over a make positive contributions to five-month period. The recyclable the community. In Malaysia, to tackle the increasing materials included aluminium cans, waste problem in the country, plastic bottles, paper and Tetra Pak In , Marshall Cavendish F&NHB created a school-level materials collected from the students’ Education donated English language recycling campaign to actively homes and surroundings. books to Northwest Normal University promote the habit of recycling in Sichuan and Gertrude Simon amongst school-going children. There are plans to replicate this Lutheran College in Hong Kong, Centred upon the 5R philosophy recycling campaign in other parts respectively, to provide the students of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink of Malaysia to spread the message with more reading resources to and Reinvent, the campaign aims to of being environmentally responsible help enhance their language and build lifelong habits in children that to more students, given the success reading skills, as well as enrich their would encourage them to make of the programmes in Penang and literary journey. greener choices in their adulthood. Shah Alam. The campaign has gained momentum Employees from Dairies Thailand ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS amongst schools, with increasing did their part for the environment participation and volumes of F&N partnered NTUC Income RUN by helping to restore Thailand’s coral recyclables collected every year. 350, Southeast ’s premier eco-run life which has been destroyed by in support of the 350 global climate This recycling programme was carried global warming, pollution and nd movement, for the 2 consecutive out in Penang for the 5th consecutive human activity. Through the Save year in FY2016. This movement aims time in FY2016. Held over four months, Our Seas initiative carried out on to raise awareness of the need to it attracted participation from Samae San island, F&N employees lower atmospheric carbon dioxide 90 schools and achieved a record built a coral nursery with 30 small (CO2) levels from more than 400 collection of recyclables amounting coral fragments grafted onto frames. parts per million to below 350 parts to more than 127 tonnes. The newly-planted coral fragments will per million. This year, close to need four to five years in the nursery 13,000 participants across all ages Similarly in Shah Alam, where the before they can be transferred to participated in the event. As the programme has been implemented their natural environment. Official Hydration Partner, 100PLUS for 10 years in partnership with the was proud to be part of this initiative Shah Alam City Council, a record COMMUNITY OUTREACH F&N’s community outreach programmes not only aim to contribute meaningfully to our community, but also instil a spirt of volunteerism in our employees.

In Singapore, we partnered Lion Befrienders, a voluntary welfare organisation which provides friendship and care for seniors, in a series of programmes, including a talk on More than 248 tonnes understanding and connecting with the of recyclables elderly, and a day out with the seniors. 82 F&N employees accompanied collected in FY2016 65 seniors from Lion Befrienders at a

Key Highlights carnival, where the seniors could play games and shop for food and drinks Fraser and Neave, Limited & Subsidiary Companies Sustainability Report 2016 19

using vouchers provided by F&N. All the seniors also received an F&N goodie bag.

As a 133-year old company with well-known brands synonymous with festive celebrations, F&N endeavours to share festive joy with the less fortunate groups within our community. During the year, in Malaysia, our staff volunteers raised funds through their own efforts to purchase essential electrical items and stationery for 71 children from the Persatuan Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Klang Selangor, a home for the physically and mentally-challenged. Our staff volunteers brought the children gifts, including F&N products, engaged them in games, songs and dances, and helped cleaned up the home.

To spread festive cheer during the Lunar New Year, F&NHB gave haircuts and distributed goodie bags and red pockets to the elderly residents of the Home of the Aged (C.W.S.) Simee. In the spirit of Ramadan and as part of F&NHB’s tradition, children from two homes, Rumah Khadijah Anak-anak Yatim Puteri and Rumah Siti Khadijah Anak-anak Tahfiz Putera, were treated

to a sumptuous buka puasa (meaning in the Candle Festival Parade in breaking of fast) feast. Dinner was conjunction with Buddhist Lent Day followed by the distribution of (Wan Khao Phansa). gifts and duit raya, which are green envelopes containing money given F&N made several donations this by adults as a form of blessing. year to the less fortunate. In Malaysia, For Deepavali, F&N employees in conjunction with Ramadan, F&NHB took children from Sri Sai Home out partnered one of the television on a shopping spree where they networks to inspire acts of kindness picked out their own Deepavali outfits. in a nationwide charity drive and The children were then treated to a donated RM300,000 to the television festive lunch. Due to their background, network’s charity fund. F&NHB also most of the children had never donated RM200,000 to the Spastic experienced the freedom and Children’s Association of Selangor joy of shopping for festive clothing. and Federal Territory to support Through this initiative, it was F&NHB’s the development of a new building objective to empower these children to accommodate more children, with decision-making skills as they as well as the improvement of selected their own outfits. rehabilitation services, including research and development for Also held during Ramadan, our cerebral palsy. printing plant in Malaysia organised an open house with Rumah Amal In Myanmar, in aid of rebuilding Limpahan Kasih, inviting 30 orphans efforts for the local communities to participate in its celebrations. adversely affected by severe Staff also purchased clothes for flooding and the 6.8 magnitude and donated books to the children. earthquake, F&N Myanmar donated 15.3 million Kyats to the In Thailand, 50 employees from Myanmar Red Cross Society. our manufacturing plant in Rojana helped the local community in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya Province to clean up a temple and participated