Achieving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Goals through Sustainable Construction Practices among Malaysian Contractors

Yap, Yi Chuan (2025) Achieving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Goals through Sustainable Construction Practices among Malaysian Contractors. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

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Abstract

The construction industry has a tremendous impact on defining the urban environment and economic growth. However, the construction industry has negatively impacted the environmental. Therefore, Malaysia government has lately published sustainable initiatives in construction development industry. Thus, this research is to investigate the practices implemented by the Malaysian contractors to achieve Sustainable Development goals (SDG), as well as to explore the critical factors for the successful implementation of the practices to achieve SDGs. This study also highlights the benefits Malaysian contractors in implementing sustainable construction practices to achieve Environmental, Social, and Governance goals. The research methodology involved the distribution of questionnaires to a specific target group, yielding a total of 60 responses via an online survey conducted through Google Form. Descriptive analysis was applied to scrutinise the collected data. Through descriptive analysis, the findings revealed a high level of agreement among respondents regarding the practices contributed to achieve SDG. Nonetheless, it is important to acknowledge the limitations of this study, including time constraints, potential sampling bias, and limited response depth.