Sembcorp’s Waste Management Subsidiary Clinches The Country’s Top Total Defence Award
July 29, 2010
– Award recognises SembWaste’s effort to serve the nation as a leader and advocate of national defence
– The only waste management company in Singapore to win this award
Sembcorp Environment’s subsidiary, SembWaste, Singapore’s leading waste management company, has been awarded the Minister for Defence Award 2010 (MDA), the highest honour under the Total Defence Awards. The award was announced during the Total Defence Awards Presentation Ceremony cum Gala Evening on July 28. SembWaste is the only waste management company in Singapore to win this award.
SembWaste was selected by MINDEF for the award for its outstanding contributions to national service and total defence especially for its effort for medical waste collection during the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Singapore in 2009. As a recipient of the MDA, SembWaste will be inducted into the MiDAs (Minister for Defence Awards) League for a 5-year tenure where it will be profiled as a role model for other companies to emulate.
Mr Goh Swee Ooi, Chief Operating Officer of Sembcorp Environment said, “We are very proud of the team at SembWaste for their good work and their clinching of this prestigious award. As a Singapore company, Sembcorp is committed to play our part in Total Defence and we continuously strive to enhance our skill sets and solutions to keep our nation and economy running in times of crisis.”
The Total Defence Awards was introduced in 1986 as an avenue for MINDEF to honour supportive employers for their effort in total defence and to inspire other companies to play an active part in Total Defence.
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