Globally, countries in the European Union, China, Japan, and Australia are taking the lead to committing to the carbon neutral pledge and the modern slavery act, indicating a permanent change of supply chain operations. In Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is developing the Climate Change and Principle-based Taxonomy, which will act as a guide for Malaysian financial institutions to take climate change risks and associated sustainability metrics within their lending decisions.

This guide aims to provide some initial thoughts to CEOs and leaders of organisations for starting the sustainability journey within their organisations. In addition to being a call to action, this guide is also aimed at providing some pointers of how to start and take action.

The guide starts with an outline of the 5 qualities for SDG Leadership from the UN Global Compact. It is followed by the gleanings from the CEO roundtable and individual interviews on what were the sustainability issues faced by these Malaysian leaders, some challenges to keep in mind, and the approaches to organizing sustainability. The guide then concludes with some relevant resource links to address these aspects.