CHINA - April 17, 2019 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK), a subsidiary of Royal FrieslandCampina, is committed to nourishing the lives of Hong Kong people with its full range of high quality and nutritious dairy products for all ages. FCHK is honoured to be awarded the 'HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark' by Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency ("HKQAA") for 3 consecutive years, recognising its immense efforts and outstanding contributions in corporate social responsibility.
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong received the 'HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark' for 3 consecutive years in recognition of its full commitment and dedication in CSR practices.
The HKQAA CSR Advocate Index is a credible independent audit scheme for FCHK to conduct voluntary benchmarking to measure the maturity level of its practices. Among the professional audit designed with reference to the ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility, FCHK is proud to receive the recognition from HKQAA of its outstanding CSR performance across seven core subjects -- 'organisational governance', 'human rights', 'labour practices', 'environment', 'fair operating practices', 'consumer issues', and 'community involvement and development' through the Index. This year, FCHK has hit full score in three aspects, "human rights", "labour practices" as well as "community involvement and development", and has yielded an overall average score of 4.64 out of 5.
Ms. Helena He, Managing Director of FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, commented on the award, 'We are honoured to be awarded "HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark" again this year, which recognises our commitment and dedication in CSR practices. In FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, we embrace our responsibilities to create a favourable business environment for sustainable development by implementing CSR practices internally with respect to corporate governance as well as people and business strategies, and extending influence to our business partners and the community'.
In the past years, FCHK has established cross-industry partnerships with local NGOs, academian, industry experts, business partners and customers leveraging our industry expertise to extend the coverage of our community involvement through our annual Hong Kong World Milk Day campaign to advocate healthy lifestyle to local families, Milk Tea Day and New Generation Milk Tea Master Training Programme to promote and sustain the Hong Kong-style milk tea making craftsmanship to the next generation, as well as supporting local food banks and charity groups by providing food assistance to people in need to get better nutrition.
