EUROCHAM Malaysia had a meeting together with the Managing Director of Fresenius Medical Care Sdn Bhd, Mr. Pradeep Rajan, and Mr. Azhan Mokhtar, Senior Manager of Public Affairs last week. It was a fruitful and insightful meeting as several matters of mutual interest were discussed pertaining to the recovering economy and the healthcare sector in Malaysia. Fresenius Medical Care shared their insights and will continuously work together with EUROCHAM Malaysia to incorporate the input into a white paper as well as a position paper to put forth to relevant stakeholders and entities.

We appreciate and look forward to continuous support and collaboration with our fellow member Fresenius Medical Care Sdn Bhd as well as exploring opportunities to expand and create awareness on strategic advocacy-related topics.

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EUROCHAM Malaysia will be collaborating with our corporate partner Futurise on the upcoming RegTalk on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): The Foundation of a Circular Economy.

As nations become wealthier, they tend to consume increasing amounts of materials. In the absence of any further policy interventions, projections by the OECD suggest that global materials use could almost double by 2060, thereby also generating increasing amounts of waste, which need to be disposed of responsibly (OECD 2018).

The EU has undergone significant institutional and legislative changes but EPR has remained at the center of its waste management policies. European countries have achieved tremendous success from the EPR scheme over the years and its positive impact on the environmental front has trickled unto Asian countries to pursue this similar policy. Malaysia has recognised the need to create an EPR scheme to demand greater responsibility from producers to improve packaging designs with less material and higher recyclability and to support waste collection and separation.

We are back with another fun and engaging advocacy networking event, coming your way this month! We listened, and we’re here to serve.

EUROCHAM Malaysia is delighted on starting the third quarter of the year with another highly anticipated networking session – we want to take this time to connect and further build our relationship with our fellow members and colleagues from our EU bilateral chambers.

With a whole lot planned, we look forward to connecting and networking with our esteemed members. With the invited guest, Mr. Shahril Sufian Hamdan, Economic Director, Prime Minister’s Officer, we will be having our famous fireside chat session.

We would like to welcome TOP Beraten as a new Advocacy Member of EUROCHAM Malaysia! We look forward to working together with your esteemed organisation on advocacy-related matters to enhance and bolster alliances for a prosperous EU-MY business community.

TOP Beraten is a premier management consulting firm serving multiple European clients. They are an extraordinary place to build a career and a leader in innovation. Through TOP Beraten, their clients will achieve true excellence, and results measures their success.

TOP Beraten is based in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, is a multilingual professional boutique firm with a creative streak and an entrepreneurial mindset.

In case you missed out on our Advocacy Talks webinar together with ACASIA Communications Sdn Bhd on the topic of Data Sovereignty.

The webinar was regarding data sovereignty which is the idea that data are subject to the laws and governance structures within the nation it is collected. Here are some key takeaways from the Advocacy Talks webinar:

- The discussion on data sovereignty with regards to both collection and processing, as well as taking into account local laws and governance framework within the country;

- Within the 7 principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), sensitive personal data includes medical records and information on public authorities as well as companies; and

- With cloud computing services and technology, it would be vital for countries to consider the extensive implications, if and where there is a lack of control, especially in terms of safety.

EUROCHAM Malaysia had a great meeting together with CMA CGM this week. We thank Mr. Fernando de la Rosa, Shipping Director at CMA CGM, and his team consisting of Ms. Amelia Tan, Business Development Manager, Networking Intermediation Services & Value Added Services, Singapore, and  Ms. Jess Choong, Assistant Manager, Value Added Services for welcoming and accommodating the EUROCHAM Malaysia team, led by Mr. Sven Schneider, CEO of EUROCHAM Malaysia and the team to your esteemed office for an in-depth discussion on opportunities to collaborate and work together in respect of a successful and impactful marketing campaign.

During the meeting, we gained a higher understanding of the operations and role of CMA CGM as a world-renowned shipping agent, as well as their focus on logistics.

EUROCHAM looks forward to more collaborative efforts, exploring opportunities as well as developing strategic plans and future engagement with CMA CGM by creating awareness of their commitment to providing end-to-end e-Commerce services through an array of promotions, advocacy programmes, and campaigns.