One with the community

WITH the community being at the heart of the company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad ( TNB) has carried out various corporate social responsibility programmes and events ranging from education to socially empowering activities.

Among them is the company’s rural electrification programme that has connected more than 19,400 rural homes with electricity since the early 1980s. Besides this, TNB has sponsored a five- year conservation project for firefly rehabilitation in Kuala Selangor.

This includes upgrades to the physical infrastructure of the local village, sponsoring boats, and providing English, Arabic and Japanese language lessons to boatmen, thus boosting ecotourism for the local community who now welcome 80,000 nature lovers annually.

In education, TNB has been a loyal supporter of Khazanah Nasional- inspired PINTAR Programme. TNB also adopted more than 13 schools nationwide and helped 4,038 students, 391 teachers and 12,144 members of local communities in the financial year 2014.

Since 1993, Yayasan Tenaga Nasional has provided help to more than 8,820 students and invested RM34.6mil to sponsor 2,478 outstanding students at local and world- renowned universities.

TNB has also played a key role in Malaysian sports, grooming more than 40 national hockey players from TNB since the 1950s. TNB hockey stars tour the country to conduct training sessions for young talents and up to 2,000 talents have been identified through hockey clinics.

TNB has employed many hockey players, developed young players and sponsored various tournaments throughout its history. Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail’s ( SSTMI) Thunderbolts has progressed tremendously in hockey after its adoption by TNB, producing many star players.

Under the PINTAR school adoption programme, TNB has adopted more than 20 primary schools nationwide. The company also allocates RM100,000 to each Sukma Games.

In recent years, TNB has become a champion of renewable energy ( RE) as part of its commitment to promote a greener and more sustainable energy sector.

TNB signs renewable energy purchase agreements with RE producers and for the administration of the feed- in tariff ( FiT), which funds the supply of RE onto the national grid.

TNB has been involved in the use of RE since the early 1980s through the “run of the river” hydro projects for rural communities. TNB is also further committed to support the Government in its initiative in increasing RE to meet the Government’s target of 2,080MW of RE generation by 2020. Notable measures include:

Opening its network and allowing connections of smallscale RE plants for RE developers participating in the FiT scheme. To date, there is approximately 340MW of RE ( FiT Scheme) operating in TNB’s network while another 540MW is in the pipeline under the FiT.

Pursuing joint partnerships for the development of RE plants:

- Amcorp Power ( 20MW mini hydro in Sungai Liang)

- Felda ( 12MW biomass in Jengka)

- Sime Darby ( 3.2MW biogas in Tanjung Malim and Kulai)

Committed to becoming a green utility company, delivering a sustainability report that embodies sustainability elements in its operations, products and services.

Allocating Green Funds for the development of sustainability projects that benefit the nation.

TNB acknowledges the need to protect and preserve the environment and has embarked on numerous initiatives under its comprehensive Environmental Management System to reduce environmental impact.

Besides RE, TNB has ventured into clean coal technology, with the opening of the Sultan Azlan Shah Power Station in Perak in 2007 that meets World Health Organization standards.

The eco- friendly features let the surrounding mangroves continue to be healthy fishing grounds for locals.