HR Asia Announces Singapore’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 21 December 2020 – In a year marked by a
pandemic and continued global uncertainty, 32 companies across Singapore have
been named among HR Asia’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia.

HR Asia’s Best Companies to
Work for in Asia Awards recognises companies that have shown world-class
employee engagement and workplace excellence, while displaying demonstrable
empathy and care for their employees.

The awards is Asia’s
largest, covering over 300 thousand employees across 11 markets. Employees rate
their employers using the proprietary Total Engagement Assessment Model (TEAM)
survey, which covers collective consciousness, workplace sentiment, and team
dynamics — making the HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia Awards the
only awards programme that is entirely employee driven.

In Singapore, over 180
companies were shortlisted, with the final 32 named as winners. Award winners
include six-time consecutive winner Far East Organization, four-time
consecutive winners British American Tobacco, Mazars LLP, and Mundipharma
Singapore, three-time consecutive winner Borouge Pte Ltd and SAS Institute Pte
Ltd, as well as the two-time consecutive winners City Developments Limited,
Coach Singapore Pte Ltd, Evonik (SEA) Pte Ltd, NTUC First Campus Co-operative
Ltd, Sanofi and
Zuellig Pharma Singapore.

“The survey in Singapore
this year has once again highlighted the leading role played by Singaporean companies
in promoting employee welfare and engagement. Singaporean companies
consistently score higher than regional peers in such areas as group dynamics
and team cohesion; and this year is no different”, said William Ng, group
publisher and editor-in-chief of Business Media International, the publisher of
HR Asia.

“In times like these,
we ask the all-important question: what separates the absolute best of
employers from the good ones? Over the past 11 years of running Asia’s largest
HR media brand, and 7 of those years surveying thousands of companies and
millions of employees for the HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia®; we
distilled the shortlist of answers to only one: empathy,” added Ng.

This year, 6 Singaporean
companies also won the WeCare™ certification, which is given out along with the
HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020. They are Baxter Healthcare
(Asia) Pte. Ltd., Borouge Pte Ltd, Certis, Johnson
and Johnson Pte Ltd, Lazada Singapore Pte Ltd, and SAS Institute Pte Ltd.

WORDS
OF WISDOM

The award
recipients had these to say:

“We are
honoured to receive this double recognition, a testament to the dedication of
our employees, united by a sense of purpose. As a leading healthcare company,
we feel fortunate to have built a resilient, high performing and future-ready
organization well-positioned to overcome the challenges posed by COVID-19.” — Joanna Yao,
Vice President, Southeast Asia Cluster, Baxter Healthcare (Asia) Pte. Ltd.

“Receiving
this esteemed Best Employer award for the third consecutive year is commendable
and reinforces Borouge’s standing as a people centric organisation committed to
developing our people to reach their full potential. Winning the Most Caring
Company award is also a reaffirmation of our efforts and dedication to the
safety and wellbeing of our employees throughout the pandemic period.” — Asmaa Naser Ahmed Saleh
Alkindi, VP Human Resource & Admin, Asia Pacific, Borouge Pte Ltd.

“This award belongs to everyone
in the Certis family. At Certis, we are passionate about making a difference
and I would like to thank all our dedicated women and men for bringing their
best to work every single day.” — Tan Toi Chia, Senior Vice President,
Head, Group HR, Corporate Planning, Communications and Marketing of Certis.

“Our passion for improving the health,
well-being and peace of mind of those we serve applies just as much to our employees.
Here at Cigna, we firmly believe in Whole Person Health, a healthy work-life
balance, and personal growth.” — April Chang, Country Manager & CEO of
Cigna Singapore.

“Winning this award for the second
consecutive year is testament to management’s continual efforts in improving
human resource initiatives.  By engaging
and distilling feedback from our employees, we put in place progressive
policies and practices that resonate with them and are imperative to the
organisation’s success.” — Steven Tan, Chief Human Resource Officer, City
Developments Limited.

“At Tapestry, we are committed to
create an equitable and engaging workplace where our Talents thrive. We embrace
the exploration of individuality and invest in helping our employees grow both
personally and professionally.” — Campbell O’Shea, General Manager, SEA &
ANZ, Coach Singapore Pte Ltd.

“At Evonik,
we continuously strive to create an enjoyable working atmosphere, where our
employees are offered personal and professional development guided by a strong
emphasis on diversity, entrepreneurship, and team spirit. Winning the HR Asia
Award is a great honor in recognition of those efforts.” — Eunice Kong, Vice
President of HR, Asia Pacific South, Evonik (SEA) Pte Ltd.

“We are
honoured and take pride to receive this award which will enhance further our KM
brand presence, my great appreciation to our employees’ effort to make our
company a great place to work. This is a great encouragement and motivation for
our team.” —
Osafumi Kawamura, MD of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia Pte Ltd.

“We are
thankful that the hard work Lazada has placed to care for our employees who
struggled during Covid-19 as well as the progress we have made thus far have
been recognized. We will continue to accelerate the future talents of digital
commerce in Singapore and Southeast Asia by being the heart of enablement and
inspiration.” —
Lazada Singapore Pte Ltd.

“I’m very
proud to announce that Mazars in Singapore has been awarded the HR Asia Best
Companies to Work for Award, for the 4th consecutive year (2017-2020)! This
award is a testament to our practices as an international audit, tax and
advisory firm — we encourage our Mazarians to celebrate their individuality and
cultivate a pioneering spirit in all that they do as one team.” — Rick Chan,
Managing Partner, Mazars LLP.

“MindChamps
is truly honoured to be recognised as one Singapore’s best companies to work
for. This is a clear testament of the power of our Founder’s vision and our
team’s collective alignment for a workplace culture that is driven to bring our
unique 3 Minds education movement to discover the champion in every child for a
better tomorrow.” —
Ms Michelle Peh, Chief Brand Officer & Global Group General Manager,
MindChamps PreSchool Limited.

“Nu Skin
Singapore is honoured to be recognized as one of the best companies to work for
in Singapore. This award affirms our efforts in creating a workplace culture
where employees feel connected and engaged.” — Neo Chiou Yee, General Manager,
Nu Skin Enterprises Singapore Pte Ltd.

“I am
delighted to see our wonderful PRPL team recognized for the commitment and
passion they bring to the workplace, whether at the plant or the home office,
so that we can be ‘at our best everyday’.” — Maeve
Lynch, Plant General Manager — Singapore, Pacific Refreshments Pte Ltd.

“Sanofi is
there beside people in need. We aim to protect, enable and support people
facing health challenges, so they can live life to its full potential. We build
a strong organizational culture that comprises our people’s shared values,
beliefs and behaviors to make Sanofi an employer of choice and a great place to
work.” — Priscilla
Lim, Asia HR Head, Sanofi.

“We are
thrilled to accept this award recognising Stratacache Asia-Pacific
as an employer of choice. Having only established our headquarters here in
April 2019, this award is testament to the progress we have made towards our
vision to build an exemplary organisation.” — Manish Kumar, Managing Director —
APAC, Stratacache Asia Pacific.

“The
cornerstone of Zuellig Pharma is our 12,000 employees working across the
region.  Their health, wellbeing and
expertise are vital for the success of our business. Central to this success is
recognising and rewarding the hard work our employees are doing to make
healthcare more accessible.” —
John Graham, CEO, Zuellig Pharma Singapore.

List
of Winners of HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020 (Singapore
Edition)