Masan honoured with Asia sustainability award

Masan Group Corporation has obtained the Community Initiative Award at the 2021 Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards.

Friday, November 26, 2021 09:49

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Masan Group Corporation wins the Community Initiative Award at the 2021Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards (Photo courtesy of Masan)

Hanoi (VNA) – Masan Group Corporation has obtained the Community InitiativeAward at the 2021 Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards.

The awards honour companies and individuals in Asia across avariety of leadership and corporate social responsibility categories, with theCommunity Initiative Award given to organisations that make great contributionsto creating development opportunities for communities through their initiativesand approaches.

The winners are chosen based on growth, human resources,creativity, and brand influence in Asia and their commitment to sustainabledevelopment goals.

In its eighth year now, the award saw 154 finalists selectedfrom 420 nominations from 15 countries.

Masan is knownas the leading consumer goods and retail corporation in Vietnam with a marketcapitalisation of 8 billion USD. The company said it considers sustainable development as astrategy to make a meaningful contribution to the development of communities.

In 2020, the company spent over 30 billion VND (1.32 million USD) to community activities. It donated more than 270 billion VND to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021./.

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