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StarHub Ltd Annual Report 2015
Q A JEANNIE ONG In June, for the fourth consecutive year, AS MAIN SPONSOR Overview
we supported the Hair for Hope charity OF THE NURTURE 2.0
CSPO organised by the Children’s Cancer PROGRAMME, Strategy
Foundation. Besides our own employees,
You were previously the CMO and we are extremely happy to also see 600 kids Performance
now the CSPO. What does the new customers, business partners, and
role entail? colleagues from the media go bald under from low-income families Governance & Sustainability
our banner for this good cause. in the Central Singapore
This is a newly-created role and not quite CDC benefitted.
commonly seen among Singapore-listed In July, we partnered with nine voluntary
companies. We would like to believe this welfare organisations to celebrate SG50 by STARHUB RANKED
is a reflection of StarHub’s ability and putting together a music video production of
commitment to stay ahead of the bigger us singing – we cannot find a more befitting 24th
trends in the business world and within song than everyone’s favourite National Day
the wider communities in which we are song – ‘Home’. To drive the message to a Corporate Knight’s Global
a member of. wider audience, we carried the video across 100 list of the World’s Most
our various platforms from social media to Sustainable Corporations.
Strategic partnerships will be pivotal to the our own StarHub TV channels.
Company’s growth so efforts will be centred We are proud to be
on establishing and maintaining strong In September, we expanded the network of the only Singapore
strategic relationships with government RENEW bins, in which we are a pioneering info-communications
agencies, content owners, key strategic member of the REcycling Nation’s Electronic company to make it to
partners and other complementary Waste (RENEW) programme. We care about the list, and again, this
companies. Besides that, I will continue to be people with disabilities. We increased could not be possible
responsible for building StarHub’s corporate our sponsorship in training around 100 of without the active
reputation in the areas of Corporate them in useful office skills under the SPD participation of my
Communications, Investor Relations and Infocomm Accessibility Centre Certificate in colleagues, support of
Corporate Sustainability. Office Skills programme. our business partners,
and recognition from all
In 2015, there were a slew of CSR In January, we were ranked 24th on the
projects and related awards. Were there Corporate Knights’ Global 100 list of the stakeholders.
any memorable ones? world’s most sustainable corporations. This
was an improvement of 29th place in the
Indeed, there were plenty. In February, preceding year, and in turn, a jump from
we became the title-sponsor of the 66th in 2013 – the first year we were ranked
Singapore Environment Council’s annual on this list.
School Green Awards. The following
month, we were again the main sponsor We are proud to be the only Singapore info-
of the Nurture 2.0 Programme where communications company to make it to the
volunteers help cultivate reading among list, and again, this could not be possible
600 children from low-income families without the active participation of my
in the Central Singapore Community colleagues, support of our business partners,
Development Council (CDC). and recognition from all stakeholders.
Financials
