Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility

At HSL, we understand that hope means different things to different people. By filling our stakeholders’ lives with hope, we’re helping to build a stronger and sustainable future. The hope for creating a sustainable environment hinges on the embracement of three fronts: Social, Environmental and Economical – A philosophy that has been upheld since our starting days. With the establishment of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee in Year 2010, we aim to further deliberate on initiatives that will shape our stakeholders’ growth in the most rewarding of manner and make a difference beyond boundaries. 

Whether it’s performing a construction project or establishing our policies and strategies, consistent efforts have been made to enhance sustainability, accountability and transparency. Further to that, initiatives to support the community are constantly being developed to encourage volunteering, and to promote good morals and the universal virtues of compassion and kindness, without discrimination as to race, color, creed or religion. Taken altogether, HSL’s CSR efforts are focused in the three fronts and they are detailed in our CSR Policy (attach CSR Policy).

Year 2009

In Year 2009, HSL made a monetary contribution to The Society for the Aged Sick and distributed food products to the residents. On top of that, a show was staged for the residents which brought an hour of entertainment and laughter to them. Performances included a duet by Chinese musicians, a change mask segment by a local entertainer, and a Burmese cultural dance by HSL’s employees!
As with the culture of Singapore which embraces diversity of the population, the initiative exhibited the diversity and inclusive culture of HSL as the various ethnic groups of employees intermingle with the residents.

Year 2010

In Year 2010, the establishment of the CSR Committee saw a much concerted movement towards delivering hope for our stakeholders. Annual CSR objectives and targets were clearly defined, and the committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss and deliberate on the activities. Some of the highlights include our first major donation of $100,000 to Singapore-born humanitarian NGO Mercy Relief, and signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with them to better address the disadvantaged coastal communities in the region. This collaboration will allow HSL to map out a new pattern of philanthropic activities to increase HSL’s engagement with the communities where it is serving commercially and expose HSL’s employees to regional volunteer work.

On top of that, HSL managed to raise more than $40,000 for the Pakistani Flood Relief efforts in our first ever Flag Day and also send four of our HSL volunteers to perform HSL’s first overseas community works in Cambodia.

Internally, high emphasis on employees’ health and well-being are continually upheld with the organization of events such as futsal tournament, bowling competition, and Family Day at the zoo. For the efforts to engage our employees to lead healthy and vibrant lives, HSL was awarded with the Singapore HEALTH Award (Bronze Award) in 2010 by the Health Promotion Board, Singapore.