Maybank and FRIM sign 5-year MoU to reforest ex-mining plot in Perak

FRIM Director General Dr Ismail Parlan (left) and Maybank Group chief sustainability officer Shahril Azuar Jimin (right).

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) to reforest a five-hectare ex-mining plot at FRIM’s Bidor Research Station in Perak, with an option to extend the MoU for another five years.

In a statement, the bank said the project, which will commence by year-end, involves planting approximately 3,750 trees of various species.