Initiatives

People

We rely on the skills, expertise and commitment of our people to deliver outstanding services to our clients. Our HR team is defines and implements our HR strategy and action plans. Moreover, to deliver on time the projects expected by our clients, we may hire various contractors: we are therefore creating jobs opportunities both directly and directly.

Our Employee Handbook summarizes all what Alpha Power expects from its employee, and likewise, what they can rightly expect from us as well.  As a member of the Business Coalition for Gender Equality, we are committed to improve our practices related to gender equality and diversity in the workplace.

Workforce

At the end of FY23/24, 70 people were working for Alpha Power (compared to 65 for FY21/22)

At the end of FY22/23, 70 people were working for Alpha Power (compared to 65 for FY21/22)

At the end of FY21/22, 65 people were working for Alpha Power (compared to 70 for FY20/21)

At the end of FY20/21, 70 people were working for Alpha Power (compared to 65 for FY19/20). At the end of FY19/20, 65 people were working for Alpha Power (compared to 70 for FY18/19). Our headcount is stable. Today, as per current condition, our turnover reached 19% for FY23/24 and was stable compared to FY22/23 (23%), reached 23% for FY22/23 and was stable compared to FY21/22 (26%) ,we provide equal opportunities to all our employees regardless of their gender. We are proud to be such an engineering company.  Our turnover reached 12% for FY20/21 and was stable compared to FY19/20 (17%). Our turnover reached 17% for FY19/20 and was also stable compared to FY18/19 (13%). Interestingly, almost all our employees received feedback from their manager or supervisor. We believe it is critical to further develop their skills and build trust across our organization.

Talent management

Training our employees is critical for Alpha Power. To continuously update their knowledge, we are requesting from our technicians, experts and engineers to get at least sufficient hours of training per year. For FY18/19, on average, each employee received on average almost 20 hours of training, and 94% of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to management (37%), HR (19%) and engineering (17%).

-For FY19/20, on average, each employee received on average almost 10 hours of training, and 80% of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to Finance (35%) , HR (19%), engineering (17%) and HSE (%).
-During the Pandemic, For FY20/21, on average, each employee received on average almost 5 hours of training, and 65% of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to Management (40%) , IT (10%), engineering (15%).
-For FY21/22, on average, each employee received on average almost 20 hours of training, and 90 % of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to Management (30%), Finance (10%) , HR (20%), engineering (30%).
-For FY22/23, on average, each employee received on average almost 25 hours of training, and 95 % of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to Management (40%), Finance (15%) , HR (20%), engineering (20%).
-For FY23/24, on average, each employee received on average almost 12 hours of training, and 70 % of our workforce received at least on training. The priorities are clear: our people received additional training related to Management ( 20%), Safety (20%) , HR (10%), engineering (10%).

Safety

Offering safe working conditions for our employees is paramount for Alpha Power. For FY19/20, 17 people received training on safety. Fortunately, we did not record any accident for workplace-related FY23/24 and FY22/23 .At the end of FY21/22, 1 minor accident happened at workplace-related. At the end of FY20/21, 1 minor accident happened at workplace-related. Fortunately, we did not record any accident for workplace-related FY19/20 & FY18/19. As a result, our frequency and fatality rate are 0.”

Environment

We do not have a significant impact on the environment. However, we are doing our best to lower and minimize our environmental footprint.

Saving Energy, A Business Imperative

REDUCING OUR WASTE AND CARBON FOOTPRINT

Energy and GHG emission

To run our operations, we use:

• Diesel for our generators to power our headquarter in Yangon, and our branches when we cannot rely on the electricity provided by the government.
• Gasoline for our fleet of vehicles.
• Electricity from the grid, when it is available.

We consumed 192,452 kWh and 368,447 kWh respectively for FY19 and FY18/19. Our energy mix can be seen below:

Our GHG emissions reached 57,735 kg eq. CO2 and 110,534 kg eq. CO2 respectively for FY 19 and 18/19.

We consumed 124,197 kWh and 248,152 kWh respectively for FY20/21 and FY19/20. Our energy mix can be seen below:

Our GHG emissions reached 37,259 kg eq. CO2 and 74,446 kg eq. CO2 respectively for FY20/21 and 19/20.

We consumed 419,657 kWh for FY21/22. Our energy mix can be seen below:

Our GHG emissions reached 125,897 kg eq. CO2 for FY21/22.

We consumed 605,752 kWh for FY22/23. Our energy mix can be seen below:

Our GHG emissions reached 181,726 kg eq. CO2 for FY22/23.

We consumed 187,120 kWh for FY23/24. Our energy mix can be seen below:

Our GHG emissions reached 56,136 kg eq. CO2 for FY23/24.

Water

To conduct our operations, we used 789 cubic meters of water for FY18/19.

To conduct our operations, we used 820 cubic meters of water for FY19/20.

To conduct our operations, we used 137 cubic meters of water for FY20/21.

To conduct our operations, we used 452 cubic meters of water for FY21/22.

To conduct our operations, we used 1,109 cubic meters of water for FY22/23.

To conduct our operations, we used 820 cubic meters of water for FY23/24.

Society

As a responsible corporate citizen, we are pleased to pay our fair share of tax. For FY18/19, we paid more than MMK 380 million to the government.

Alpha Power is also very keen to support the Myanmar Badminton Federation, which is supported by our Managing Director.

Last, Alpha Power is keen to support various philanthropic initiatives. The Company donated MMK 7,839,500 and MMK 8,700,000 respectively for FY18/19 and FY19. All the donations were related to sport, education, disaster relief. Almost 80% of our charity efforts are allocated to the Myanmar Badminton Federation.

For FY19/20, we paid more than MMK 760 million to the government.

The Company donated MMK 10,278,340 and MMK 700,000 respectively for FY20/21 and FY19/20. Almost 100% of our charity efforts are allocated to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

For FY20/21, we paid more than 56 million to the government.

The Company donated 2,100,000 MMK for FY21/22. Almost 100% of our charity efforts are allocated to the Myanmar Badminton Federation.

For FY21/22, we paid more than 115 million to the government.

For FY22/23, we paid 30 million to the the Myanmar Badminton Federation and others.

The Company donated 10,000,000 MMK for FY23/24. Almost 100% of our charity efforts are allocated to the Flood donation in 2024