On invitation of its member, SME Bank Malaysia, ADFIAP visited the Bank’s Kuala Lumpur head office on December 5, 2012 and briefed its business department heads and officers on sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework and its guidelines.

Mr. Enrique Florencio, ADFIAP Head of Knowledge Management Unit & Sustainability Officer, and Ms. Sandra Honrado , ADFIAP Programs Sr. Executive, who were in the Malaysian capital to organize an SME training program for ADFIAP’s Institute of Development Finance (IDF), presented an overview on the recent trends in international business reporting which provide the context for sustainability reporting as well as elaborated on the processes in preparing such a report.

SME Bank https://www.smebank.com.my/web/guest/home/ as part of its internal management system, plans to come up with its fist sustainability report in the first quarter of 2013 to communicate its performance comprehensively to its different audiences as well as improve its reporting processes.

For members interested to be guided in the preparations of their own sustainability reports, please email your Secretariat at [email protected].