KUALA LUMPUR: Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia and Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) have reaffirmed their long-standing partnership in advancing Malaysia’s halal ecosystem.<\/p>\n
This underscores the role of public-private collaboration in strengthening the country’s position as a global halal leader.<\/p>\n
The collaboration was highlighted through the Synergy (Strengthening Your Network and Ecosystem for Resilient Growth) Halal Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia dengan Kerjasama JAKIM initiative.<\/p>\n
The programme additionally reflected Jakim’s recognition of Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia’s end-to-end halal ecosystem, spanning manufacturing, supply chain management, education, community engagement and industry development.<\/p>\n
Jakim director of the halal management division Muhyidin Aziz@Saarim said sustained cooperation between regulators, industry and the wider community was critical to building a credible halal ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia chief executive officer Juan Aranols said its halal commitment extended far beyond certification, describing it as a long-term operational responsibility embedded across its business, from factory floors to supplier networks and consumer trust.<\/p>\n
He said Nestl\u00e9’s collaboration with Jakim and other stakeholders had helped build a broader halal ecosystem that now supports youth development, entrepreneurship and stronger local supply chains, while reinforcing Malaysia’s reputation for halal excellence.<\/p>\n
As the Nestl\u00e9 Group’s Global Centre of Halal Excellence, Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia said its local halal standards and operating practices now serve a wider role across the multinational’s global network, helping shape halal assurance beyond Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia remains optimistic despite moderating growth after a strong expansion last year, noting that its operations continue to play an increasingly strategic role in Nestl\u00e9’s global manufacturing network.<\/p>\n
Recent volatility, including tensions in the Middle East, had not made halal compliance more difficult for Nestl\u00e9, according to Arnolds.<\/p>\n
The company had spent years building alternative sourcing channels and reducing dependence on more exposed supply routes, he added.<\/p>\n
“Over the decades, we have built a close and longstanding collaboration with Jakim, and that partnership has become deeply embedded in the way we operate. Today, halal is not treated as a separate function, but as a core part of how we do business in Malaysia and across many other markets,” he added.<\/p>\n
Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia also highlighted its broader halal development efforts beyond manufacturing, including education, youth engagement and industry capacity-building. <\/p>\n
Initiatives such as Halal@School, Halal@STEM, as well as the company’s SME mentoring programme with Halal Development Corpn Bhd, continues to reflect its wider push to strengthen halal knowledge, talent and capabilities across the ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR: Nestl\u00e9 Malaysia and Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) have reaffirmed their long-standing partnership in advancing Malaysia’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[3830,15010,15009,15008,15007,15011,15013,15012,199,338,15015,2378,15014,10578,2381],"class_list":{"0":"post-60170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nestle","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-bursa","10":"tag-bursa-malaysia","11":"tag-bursa-screener","12":"tag-bursascreener","13":"tag-klse","14":"tag-kuala-lumpur","15":"tag-kuala-lumpur-stock-exchange","16":"tag-nestle","17":"tag-research","18":"tag-screener","19":"tag-stock-exchange","20":"tag-stock-screener","21":"tag-technical","22":"tag-technical-analysis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116520887543949415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}