Advancing Our People & Communities

2025 highlights

Achieved 34% women representation in Senior Management across the Group, exceeding our target of 30% by 2028

Directed RM13.6 million in community investments that impacted 8.6 million lives, including RM8.2 million through Axiata Foundation

Embedded our Winning Culture and core values more deeply across the organisation through leadership role-modelling and culture building

Enhanced OpCo-level digital and AI transformation initiatives, while rolling out targeted programmes to strengthen our leadership pipeline

Our Social Impact Journey

From the launch of our flagship talent development programme to our Group-wide commitment to diversity, our approach to social issues has grown more robust and wide-ranging over the years.

2012

Building Future Leaders

The Axiata Young Talent Programme (ATYP) is launched

2016

Uplifting Our Communities

EDOTCO’s Tower to Community is established to drive the development of communities near our towers.

2019

Empowering Our Employees

Launched our knowledge management platform to empower employee development.
Established the Speak Up channel to enable anonymous whistleblowing.

2020

Supporting the Fight Against COVID-19

Axiata, Celcom, EDOTCO and Axiata Digital introduce a RM150 million cash fund to provide assistance to micro-SMEs affected by the pandemic.

2021

Stepping Up Employee Care

Introduced Women of Axiata and Male Allies (WAMA), AxiataCares and Flex@Axiata, empowering diversity, employee volunteering and flexible working respectively.
Launched the refreshed Axiata Foundation.

2022

Ensuring Our Communities Thrive

Became a member of the TM Forum Global diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) Council.
Became a signatory of the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles.
Introduced AxiataCares Volunteers (ACVs) to nurture mutual trust between employees and the Group.

2023

Crystallising Our Winning Culture

Refreshed our Winning Culture with three core values: Obsession for Customers, Courage for Change and Passion for Collaboration.
Received the Partnership For The Goals Recognition from UNGC for the Axiata Young Talent Programme (AYTP) under Axiata Foundation.

2024

Inculcating Better Values and Practices

Integrated our core values across the Group to strengthen alignment behind our Winning Culture.
Introduced our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policy to further improve workplace health and safety.

2025

Building Capabilities and Culture

Further inculcated our core values across the organisation through leadership role-modelling and culture building initiatives
Drove digital and AI-enabled transformation through enhanced OpCo-level initiatives