CSR Malaysia May 2015 | Page 19

The topics of green and sustainability are high on the list for building product manufacturers who are constantly trying to determine the best ways to get their products found, chosen and used. BY WORD SCRIPTER Sentral; newly completed Nu Tower 1 and 2, which houses MRCB’s Headquarters. This goes on for the new integrated lifestyle retail mall, NU Sentral; Malaysia’s largest and busiest transport hub, Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur; the Plaza Sentral and 1 Sentral office towers; the lifestyle centre Sooka Sentral and Menara Shell another two award-winning Green buildings, as well the company’s Plaza Alam Sentral retail property in Shah Alam retail property. As a responsible corporate citizen, MRCB is committed to the effort to help create awareness on global warming. Earth Hour is one of the ways this commitment is ex- pressed by MRCB, a property developer that has taken the extra mile by being more pro-active in incorporating sustainable elements in all its property development project. US-based Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Singapore’s BCA Green Mark and Malaysia’s Green Building Index (GBI) for all its new projects that include NU Sentral, Nu This contribution from MRCB would hopefully create a new consciousness among Malaysians as well as the property development players in the industry to work towards a more sustainable means of lifestyle, in an effort to address the climate change issues MRCB has incorporated green building requirements in projects at the Kuala Lumpur Sentral CBD development, utilizing international green building certification standards, notably, the Tower 1 and 2, Platinum Sentral and Menara Shell. MRCB also encourages its employees to take part in Earth Hour on a personal level by spreading the message to their friends, relatives and 19 families to sign up and participate in this global effort. In compliance to sustainable development, MRCB has been actively involved in river, beach and coastline rehabilitation projects. The MRCB Group environmental rehabilitation and preservation projects include the Sungai Perai in Pulau Pinang and Kuala Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kuantan in Pahang Darul Makmur. MRCB was also awarded with an iconic and first ever project in Malaysia to install high voltage overhead electricity transmission line crossing over a stretch of sea in the Straits of Melaka from Pantai Siring to Pulau Besar in Melaka.