BINTULU: Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad (BPHB) has been recognised for reporting excellence for the second year in a row, receiving the prestigious Gold Award at the 2022 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA).
BPHB received the award during a ceremony in Sydney, Australia last month, for its 2020 Integrated Annual Report with the motto ‘Keeping Our Global Trade Networks Open’.
This second consecutive ARA Gold Award demonstrates the group’s dedication to providing high-quality annual reports that are balanced, informative, and material to their stakeholders.
Group chief executive officer Datuk Mohammad Medan Abdullah said the group had stepped up its approach to corporate reporting over the last three years, which is in accordance with its developing integrated reporting journey.
“We remain fully committed to telling our stakeholders how we are advancing our business and how we are addressing challenges as well as sustainability-related risks, all narrated in the correct context.
“We are cognisant that there remains much more to be done to not only maintain the standards we have achieved, but to build on it further.
“We will continue benchmarking our disclosures against global best practices and international guidelines while upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and risk management in line with our vision of being a World-Class Port Operator.”
This latest win marked the fifth international award that Bintulu Port has garnered since commencing its integrated journey three years ago.
The Group won back-to-back Silver Awards at the International Annual Report Competition in 2020 and 2021, Bronze for Asia’s Best Integrated Report (First Time) at Asia’s Sustainability Reporting Awards 2020 in addition to the Gold award at the 2021 ARA.
