Top Glove Berhad | Bursa Top 20 Companies: Who’s The Most Charitable?

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Top Glove Corporation Berhad

As the world’s largest manufacturer of gloves, capturing 26% of the world market share for rubber gloves, Top Glove Corporation Berhad continues to level up its practices in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space, particularly in terms of labour practices.

The group’s sustainability goal is to build the legacy of a world class sustainable business with long term positive impacts focusing on five strategic themes, including improving community livelihood.

Demonstrating their commitment to creating long term positive values for stakeholders and the environment, Top Glove set medium term targets to be achieved by FY2025 against base year FY2021, aligned with their key focus SDGs as well as material issues identified.

Fiscal Year Ended: 31 August 2021

*Proportion of cash giving is not visualized in the chart above due to its small percentage.

Industry: Healthcare

Net Profit: RM7.82 billion

The net profit of FY2021 soared by 337% to RM7.82 billion from the previous financial year.

Dividend Payout: RM5.21 billion

An unprecendented 452% increase of dividend payout to RM5.21 billion in FY2021, which is equivalent to a 68% dividend payout ratio.

Cash Donations: RM30,000

Total cash contributions made by Top Glove during FY2021 was approximately RM30,000 according to the giving initiatives reported.

In-kind Giving: RM191.5 million

Total in-kind contributions made by the Group was approximately RM191.5 million which made up 2.45% of Top Glove’s net income. Top Glove made the largest in-kind contribution of RM191 million for COVID-19 relief efforts.

Employee Volunteer Hours: 61,152 hours

The total employee volunteer hours reported by Top Glove in FY2021 is 61,152 hours.

Top Glove Corporation Berhad:
Cash, In-Kind and Employee Volunteer Hours

No.	Contribution	Cash Giving	In-kind Giving	Employee Volunteer Hours	Beneficiaries
1	COVID-19 relief efforts The total COVID-19 relief giving for Top Glove is RM191M as stated in the report. It is assumed that all related COVID-19 giving is included the stated amount.	N/A	Donations and relief efforts worth RM191M	N/A	Local community	Top Glove supported 36 hospitals and medical centers, including the Ministry of Health, nation of Nepal as well as 47 NGOs/Welfare Homes/Educational Institutions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This support was extended in forms of monetary donations, food aid, personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment, with a total contribution value of RM191 million.
2	Employee volunteer hours	N/A	N/A	61,152 hrs	Beneficiaries	The total voluntary hours clocked by Top Glove employees during FY2021 was 61,152 hours. Out of these volunteer hours, 44,851 hours were in support of pandemic related initiatives such as glove packing, PIKAS vaccination program and delivery of PPE donations.
3	Scholarships	N/A	Scholarships worth RM0.5M	N/A	11 scholars	Top Glove awarded 11 scholarships valuing at more than RM500,000 during FY2021.
4	Edushare' program	N/A	17 reconditioned laptops/PCs	N/A	Welfare homes, community centres and tuition centres	Through the Edushare program, 17 units of reconditioned and usable laptops/PCs were donated to registered welfare homes, community centres and tuition centres for the underprivileged.
5	Bangka Belitung outreach programs	RM18.2k	N/A	N/A	Local community of Bangka Belitung	In FY2021, we also supported the local community with an investment of RM18,260 in outreach programs in Bangka Belitung, with 20% of the investment spent to provide food aid to the local community during the COVID pandemic.
6	Blind Masseurs' project	N/A	Food and basic essentials	421 hrs	110 blind masseurs	The Blind Masseurs project is an initiative that supported 110 blind masseurs with the distribution of food and basic essentials every week for approximately 100 days at Brickfields. This initiative involved 93 Top Glove employees that clocked in 421 voluntary hours.
7	CSR program with Shereen Khoo	N/A	Assistance	N/A	1 senior citizen and 1 single mother with 2 sons	Top Glove assisted a senior citizen and a single mother of two sons, both with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to earn a living by selling handicrafts to Top Glove employees. This initiative was made possible with 42 employees involved, contributing a total of 160 volunteer hours.
8	Lend A Hand' (LAH) project	N/A	Food bank	35 hrs	1,036 families	A food bank with groceries and facemasks was contributed to 1,036 families from B40 households in surrounding communities of Top Glove's factories. This initiative involved 208 employees and 35 volunteer hours contributed.
9	Rise Against Hunger' and Yayasan Food Bank project	N/A	60,000 dry rations and 1,000 grocery bags	225 hrs	2,000 people and 1,000 families	The Rise Against Hunger and Yayasan Food Bank projects was an initiative involving 35 employees that contributed 225 volunteer hours in packing hydrated dry ration to serve communities in need. The Rise Agaisnt Hunger Project benefited 2,000 people where approximately 60,000 dry ration packets were packed for one month consumption while 1,000 grocery bags were packed and distributed to 1,000 families through the Yayasan Food Bank project.
10	Medical face mask donations to schools	N/A	92,000 face masks worth RM27.6k	N/A	78 secondary schools	A donation of 92,000 pieces of medical face masks worth RM27,600 were contributed to 78 secondary schools around Malaysia for PINTAR Care Programme 2021.
11	Supporting facilities upgrading for schools	RM30k	N/A	N/A	3 beneficiary schools	Top Glove contributed close to RM30,000 to 3 beneficiary schools which includes 'Tabung Pendidikan SMJK Tsung Wah' to upgrade school facilities such as desks, chairs, whiteboards and notice boards for school students, Persatuan Ibubapa dan Guru SMK Convent Bukit Nanas to purchase study tables and to SJKC Tar Thong Penang for new building fund and maintenance fee for Montfort Youth Centre
12	Public gotong-royong with public communities	N/A	N/A	321 hrs	Local community area	Weekly gotong-royong activities were carried out by 156 Top Glove employees, contributing a total of 321 volunteer hours, together with the local communities in Meru, Klang vicinity.
13	Eco Bricks: Give The Earth A Break' project	N/A	1,000 eco bricks	N/A	2,400 residents	Under Top Glove's Eco Brick Program, approximately 1,000 of eco bricks were made from plastic bottles packed tightly to build modular structures such as tables and chairs to drive awareness in terms of reducing and reusing plastic waste. This program, involving 330 employees that contributed 1,272 volunteer hours, contributed to the outdoor setups of Perkampungan Orang Asli POS Perwor, Perak and Taman Keceriaan in Taman Desa Indah Meru, where a clock tower complete with table, chairs and planter boxes were built from these eco-bricks. In total, more than 2400 residents benefited from these modular structures.

Notes:

The total COVID-19 relief giving for Top Glove is RM191M as stated in the report. It is assumed that all related COVID-19 giving is included the stated amount.
The information above is sourced from Top Glove Corporation Berhad’s 2021 Annual Report. Email correspondence was made between between 8 July – 3 August 2022 to seek further clarification. A reply was received on 3 August and information has been reflected in the table above.