SOCIAL → Corporate Community Contributions Enriching Lives Through Education Education opens horizons and is key to society’s progress. We work with partners and collaborators to create diverse learning pathways across industries and demographics. Shipbuilding Apprenticeship Programme in Mississippi Since 2020, we have accepted 50 apprentices into our annual apprenticeship programme held in partnership with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. We develop and train them into quality shipbuilders for the marine industry within four years. Photo: Gulf Coast Community College Skills Progression Programme in Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida We continue to grow and diversify our talent pool of qualified aircraft maintenance technicians to support the industry through our latest training programme with UPS. Participants can look forward to employment opportunities with UPS as potential early as three years upon graduation. The Pensacola Mayor’s Scholarship in Pensacola, Florida We give out the scholarship annually to grow local aircraft talent to support the growth of the Northwest Florida aviation workforce. Starting in 2022, we expanded the programme from four to eight recipients. Proud Partner of Assumption Pathway School As a proud education and vocation partner of Assumption Pathway School, we have provided consistent support since 2013. In 2021, we gave out two Achievement awards and two Best Progress awards, placed 16 students on a two-week industry experiential programme, while supporting student enrichment and innovation projects. We also helped set up the first Assumption Pathway School student-run, on-the-job training café open to the public at our Jurong East office in Singapore. The initiative creates authentic learning opportunities and experiences beyond the familiarity of the school compound to strengthen students’ competencies and employability. Supporting Education through the Pandemic We raised $108,000 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund by donating $2 from every AIR+ Reusable Mask sold#, providing children and youths from low-income families in Singapore with pocket money to help them through school. We contributed $50,000 to the Singapore Institute of Technology’s (SIT) Student Relief Fund @ SIT (COVID-19) to support 29 undergraduates facing financial hardship due to COVID-19. 1,224 Internships for STEM Talent We believe that STEM education can help to create a brighter, better world and provided 1,224 technology and engineering internships in 2021 to nurture STEM talent. # Over a 12-month period between March 2021 to February 2022. 50 ST ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021 OVERVIEW OUR SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE AWARDS INDEX
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