Fonterra Brands Malaysia wins HR Asia’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022 and DEI 2022 Awards

Dairy product supplier Fonterra Brands Malaysia (FBM) has announced that it has won two awards for its human resource excellence, “Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022” and inaugural “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 2022” by HR Asia, a leading human resources management publication in Asia.

The HR Asia Awards recognises companies that show world-class employee engagement and workplace excellence while displaying demonstrable empathy and care for their people.

The awards this year focused on the efforts of companies embedding diversity and inculcating inclusion in the workplace, while retaining HR Asia’s stringent evaluation criteria.

“We’re thrilled to be recognised as one of the best companies to work for in Asia and one of the best workplaces for DEI.

“The endorsement of our people makes this win particularly meaningful and inspires us to do even better,” said FBM human resources director Carolyn Lim.

FBM is also one of six in the inaugural DEI category, earning one of the highest scores. The title win further validates the company’s efforts in embedding diversity and inculcating inclusion in the workplace.

With its equal opportunity ethos, diverse workforce and strong female representation on the management team, FBM stood out from the other 54 companies.

“This tells us that our people feel safe and comfortable to bring their whole selves to work, regardless of age, gender, background or where they sit within the organisation.

“Equal opportunity is not just a nice to have, it is the right thing to do.

“We’re encouraged by the award, it’s a testament to how we are doing things right,” added Lim.

Fonterra Brands Malaysia, the local operation of New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra, is known for its leading brands Anlene, Anmum Materna, Anmum Lacta, Anmum Essential, Fernleaf, CalciYum, Chesdale and under its foodservices division Anchor Food Professionals, it is known for Anchor, Mainland, and Perfect Italiano. Today it has two manufacturing plants, Susumas and Dairymas operating in Shah Alam, Selangor.