Sustainability, Innovation and Leadership

From left to right, front row: IMLD Director, Prof Dr Cheng Ming Yu, SKF Malaysia Finance Manager, Eric Chua, Dr Dario, SKF Malaysia Demand Chain Manager, Chooi Boey Ong, and CSDCSR Chairperson Dr Mohammad Falahat Nejadmahani

Industrial talk on Sustainability, Innovation and Leadership was held at UTAR Sungai Long campus on 30 November 2015. This talk aims to share how cleantech, renewable energy, product system design and supply chain strategies able meet our economic development aspirations while addressing our social and ecological challenges.

SKF Malaysia Managing Director, Dr Dario Cardone said the industrial revolution marked an era of tremendous growth, innovation, and prosperity in many parts of the world, but those achievements also have had unintended consequences that are increasingly obvious.

“Our approach to sustaining growth while meeting environmental and social challenges is SKF Care. SKF Care incorporates four fundamental principles – business, the environment, employees and the community”, he continued.

SKF’s successful business is contributed by aligning their operations and strategies with not only their values and principles, as well as the environmental obligations.

Dr Dario said SKF has continuously taken steps to address environmental impacts at different stages of their products’ lifecycle, and value chain. The measures that have taken and planned to take and informed by solid knowledge in environmental lifecycle, he said.

“Our Employee Care programme is built upon values of, empowerment, ethics, openness, and teamwork. Our programme also focuses on developing schemes to realize employees’ full potential, and create a motivating and safe work environment for them”, he added.

SKF also believes the community they operate in, presents the company’s future market, workforce, and talent. Our presence (sales offices, factories, warehouses), contributes to local society by creating opportunities and development for people.

“Everything we do has an impact on our environment, from raw materials to the disposal of products at the end of its life cycle. Every stages in the supply chain presents the possibility to reduce environmental impact”, he advised.

Founded on 1907 in Gothenburg, Sweden, SKF is a leading global supplier of products and solutions within rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems.

This talk is organized by Centre for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility in Business (CSDCSR), Department of Consultancy and Commercialisation (DCC), and Institute of Management and Leadership Development (IMLD).