AMCHAM CARES AWARD RECIPIENTS
CORP OR ATE A N D SOCI E TAL AC TION : RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SINGAPORE
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2017 AMCHAM CARES AWARD RECIPIENTS CORPORATE AND SOCIETAL ACTION: RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SINGAPORE AmCham CARES recognizes American companies in Singapore that have demonstrated a strong understanding of the linkages between business operations and society, and that conduct business in a way that creates both long-term economic and social value. AmCham CARES is not a competition. It is a platform to benchmark, share best practices, and discover ways to improve companies’ current CSR programs. AmCham CARES: • Raises awareness of CSR and corporate citizenship among AmCham members; • Recognizes firms with best practice programs; • Gathers information about best practices to share with all AmCham members; and • Demonstrates continued AmCham leadership among chambers in Singapore. Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin and U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath joined AmCham in presenting the AmCham CARES recognition to the 42 businesses featured in this booklet. The ceremony was held in conjunction AmCham’s 44th Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2017.
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ADECCO PERSONNEL PTE LTD
15,200
COLLEAGUES GLOBALLY swam, ran, and cycled for Win4Youth in 2016
The Adecco Group is committed to helping youths around the world. Colleagues demonstrate their commitment through three key programs — Way to Work, to help reduce youth unemployment, Win4Youth to support disadvantage youth, children, and their families and Athlete Career Program to support our national athletes. We work closely with our partner, Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) to help athletes transition from sports to the workplace by providing life-skills training and job placement. Colleagues volunteer their time with organizations like Boys Town, Willing Hearts, and also dedicate time to clock kilometres through running, swimming, and cycling. These are translated into donations for the youth foundation globally.
THE BOEING COMPANY Boeing Singapore’s corporate social responsibility program is part of a century of positive community change. Over the last 100 years, Boeing has created powerful change through strategic investments, employee engagement, and purposeful advocacy efforts. Boeing has invested US$190 million to help build better communities, engaged with 11,055 community partners worldwide, and carried out 183 Humanitarian Delivery Flights in partnership with more than 50 airline customers since 1992. Corporate social responsibility at Boeing comprises five segments: Education, Environment, Employee Engagement, Military & Veteran, Engagement and Humanitarian Relief. In Singapore, Boeing employees participated in the Community Chest Heartstrings Walk and SIA Engineering Company Run for Food charity event in 2016. We partnered with the Singapore Committee for UN Women on the Girls2Pioneers program encouraging girls to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields, and carried out a coastal beach clean-up activity at East Coast Park.
183 HUMANITARIAN
DELIVERY FLIGHTS since 1992
CARGILL ASIA PACIFIC
3 ,000 food packages DISTRIBUTED
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Cargill is committed to operating responsibly as we pursue our goal to be the global leader in nourishing people. We are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing our environmental impact, and improving the communities where we live and work. Every year, we work with our charity partners to distribute nearly 3,000 food packages to elderly and less-privileged families across Singapore. Our partners include APEX Club of Bukit Timah, Ayer Rajah Community Club, Eunos Community Club, Kampong Bharu Community Club, Toa Payoh Community Club, REACH Community Service Society, and Breadline. In addition, we support children’s education and well-being through our partnerships with Grace Orchard School, Pertapis children’s home, Junior Achievement Singapore, and Care Corner. Cargill has also participated in AmCham Corporate Community Day every year since its inception in 2003.
CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL
2volunteer , 255 HOURS
Responsible Business is an integral part of the Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) culture and the way we do business. Through our “Living Responsible Business” approach, we aim to empower our 18,000+ employees around the globe to make a difference through their daily work activities and the decisions they make. One of the highlights of CWT’s global Responsible Business efforts in 2016 was a carbon offsetting project. CWT supported the Carbon for Water™ initiative, which provides water filters to rural families in Kenya, eliminating the need to burn wood to boil water for treatment. In 2016, CWT offset 1,205 tons of CO2 equivalents (tCO2e) from four large events, including one in Singapore. The project provided access to clean water to 25,680 beneficiaries by distributing 2,700 filters. In 2016, our Singapore employees organized more than 30 local initiatives and clocked 2,225 hours volunteering with organizations such as the Breast Cancer Foundation, SCPA Singapore, Junior Achievement (JA) Singapore, and the Willing Hearts Soup Kitchen.
CEB GLOBAL CEB Global Corporate Citizenship is committed to supporting the development of exceptional talent both within CEB and within our local communities. We ignite the power of #OneCEB, connecting our unique products, powerful insights, and exceptional talent with causes, communities, and organizations to achieve measurable good in the social sector. In 2016 we said that 100% of our offices would give a day in service to their local communities, 100 staff members would give a week of service to a nonprofit organization, 100 nonprofit organizations would receive pro bono support from CEB and during our CEB Gives Back Days we would donate a percentage for every $1,000 raised. We exceeded all of these goals, with the capstone being raising $800,000 for charity during CEB Gives Back Days. Our Singapore team has worked with various charitable and not-for-profit organization such as the “Food Bank SG,” Lion Befriender Senior Activity Senior, Institute of Mental Health Singapore, as well as a long-term Pro Bono project with Asia Women’s Welfare Association.
RAISED
$800,000 for charity
CITI SINGAPORE
146,000 volunteers ISLANDWIDE
The Citi-YMCA Youth for Causes (YFC) Program is part of the Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative to prepare young people for today’s competitive job market. In collaboration with our non-profit partner, the YMCA of Singapore, encourages participating youths to design and implement social entrepreneurship projects that benefit a local non-profit organization of their choice. Youth participants devise strategies to raise funds, mobilize volunteers, and execute public awareness campaigns to increase support and knowledge about their charity’s particular social cause. Through these activities, youth develop critical thinking, communications, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills. Implemented in 2003, this program benefits 400 youth participants in Singapore each year. To date, YFC has mobilized more than 146,000 volunteers’ island-wide, involved more than 690 Citi staff as mentors and raised nearly $8.6 million in funds for over 150 local VWOs.
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CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED COLLECTED
10,800 kg of donated items
EcoBank is an annual national campaign co-organised by CDL and Eco-Business that aligns with Singapore’s vision of becoming a zero-waste nation by 2030 under the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint. In the 2017 edition, collection points at seven CDL-owned buildings across Singapore collected about 10,800kg of donated items over the span of three weeks, equivalent to saving over 2,640 tonnes of carbon emissions. More than 230 volunteers spent close to 1,800 volunteer hours sorting and curating the items, and selling them at the Bazaar, held from 24 to 26 February at City Square Mall. The Bazaar opening was graced by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and provided a platform for youths from several beneficiary charities to showcase their talents through impressive performances. The Bazaar, along with two auctions – online and onsite – featuring premium new and pre-loved items donated by our partners, such as a book donated and autographed by Michelle Yeoh, raised over $35,000 for The Children’s Charities Association of Singapore.
CONJUNCT CONSULTING Conjunct Consulting is committed to strengthening social good organizations by engaging, mobilizing and empowering pro bono talent in Singapore. Over the past five years, we have worked with over 100 social good organizations, through 140+ consulting projects and corporate skills-based engagements with over 1000 volunteers. A core part of our mission is developing high-impact social-sector leaders and building a community of socially conscious changemakers. Through our three university chapters at NUS, SMU and NTU, we equip and deploy students to serve the priority needs of the nonprofit sector, working alongside leadership of organizations such as AWWA, Singapore Cancer Society and DaySpring. Through our work with corporates such as GE, GSK, and Macquarie Bank, we tailor skills-based volunteering projects to ensure meaningful partnerships, providing a crucial tie between good intentions and impactful outcomes.
OVER
140 consulting projects
DELOITTE SINGAPORE
6volunteer ,826 HOURS
6
At Deloitte, we are led by our purpose: to make an impact that matters; this purpose defines who we are, binds us together, and drives us to put our passion, determination, and skills to good use for the benefit of our society. Through skills-based volunteering, strategic partnership with charities and IMPACT Day initiatives, our network of 245,000 Deloitte professionals in more than 150 countries are making a positive difference in people’s lives by contributing their time and talent for the benefit of our communities. On IMPACT day, everyone in the organisation, from the Chairman to our interns, take time off work to give back to our communities. Over the years, Deloitte employees in Singapore have been engaging in activities with these beneficiaries: NorthLight School, Singapore Disability Sports Council, Tung Ling Community Services, Metta Welfare Association and more. In FY16, Deloitte Singapore’s community investments in cash contributions from the firm and staff totalled S$302,046 and our people clocked 6,826 hours in volunteer and pro bono work.
DOW CHEMICAL PACIFIC (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD RAISE FUNDS for the
AUTISM community
At Dow, we believe in the power of our people to better the environment we live in. We place a high value on listening to our communities and strive to be a global corporate citizen. Through authentic partnerships, we are building better, stronger, more sustainable communities in the places where we do business. In Singapore, we strongly believe in engaging our employees, customers, and partners for impact. Aligning with our 2025 Sustainability Goals, our employees are applying their expertise to positively impact the community through our signature citizenship programs such as supporting and raising funds for the autism community, inspiring the young with Science while enhancing communication skills of Science undergraduates, and educating preschoolers on good hygiene habits on Global Handwashing Day. Our employees also participate in building housing in Indonesia, providing decent homes for low income families through our partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD Edwards Lifesciences’ commitment to helping patients, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, and advancing the trust of our stakeholders, partners and communities is longheld and strong. Edwards was pleased to be named one of the Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations during the 2017 World Economic Forum. In Singapore, we promote corporate and social responsibility excellence through our actions and community outreach. We helped the Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF) renovate their Heart Wellness Center in Ang Mo Kio to provide Fitness and Heart Health Improvement opportunities to the underprivileged. We actively participated in the Child Cancer Research and Care, helped renovated senior citizen homes in Singapore and assisted the “Food from Heart” Organization with funds and distributing food packages to the needy. More than 85% of our 2,000 employees in Singapore participate in charitable activities during, and our aspiration is to have every employee contribute at least once each year.
OVER
2,000
EMPLOYEES involved in CSR
EMERGENETICS INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC MORE THAN
100 VOLUTEERS
Emergenetics Asia Pacific, together with South West Community Development Council (South West CDC), made a difference to St Luke’s ElderCare through the painting of wall murals at their centre. The initiative was part of “Let’s-Paint-AVWO @ South West”, which aims to bring colour to the lives of various welfare organisations through the beauty of mural art. St Luke’s ElderCare uses art therapy to engage the elderly and this has shown positive results - helping to keep their minds active and recall fond memories. The murals were designed using the drawings that the elders had created themselves! More than 100 volunteers including staff, Associates, partners and family members turned up at St Luke’s Eldercare to paint and interact with 50 seniors, Mayor of South West district and Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Trade & Industry Ms Low Yen Ling, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Mr Kirk Wagar.
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EXXONMOBIL
1, 200 EMPLOYEE volunteers
ExxonMobil believes in making a positive impact in every country we operate in. Through the years, many students and residents have benefitted from our activities and programs, which span the areas of Environment, Education, Arts, and Civic & Community. We have also helped improve our living environment and come to know our neighbors better, particularly those in the South West District, where our offices and manufacturing facilities are located. We are also making a growing impact in our local community. From just one flagship employee volunteerism activity – the Blood Donation Drive – of 2010, the company has expanded its community footprint to other touch points through Junior Achievement, Adopt-A-Rental-Block and other employee volunteerism initiatives. Some 1200 employees with family and friends volunteered in 2016, more than six times the number of participants seen in 2009.
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL & RESORTS Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts continually strive to involve employees and guests in the common goal of preserving and protecting the planet, and contributing back to society. In Singapore, Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel, together with our sister property Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, have supported the Run for Hope, in aid of NCC Research Fund since its inception in 2008. Over the years, more than 100,000 runners have passed through symbolic Singapore icons such as the Botanic Gardens, Sentosa and East Coast Park. Through this initiative, both hotels have raised slightly over S$4 million for the cause. Within the Hotel, our green commitment relies on the pro-active Hotel-wide efforts of all our employees; with initiatives managed by our Green Committee – comprising representatives from all divisions and support from our owners. Through energy and water savings, waste reduction and the adoption of Green building practices and technologies, our property was the first hotel in Singapore to be awarded Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark Gold Plus award and Public Utilities Board (PUB) national water agency’s Watermark award. The Hotel also participates in Four Seasons Corporate’s ‘Support Sustainability’ movement which offers guests the option to be part of a good cause by choosing not to have their bed sheets and towels refreshed until after a few nights of stay. Regent Singapore also uses only environmentally-friendly detergent and cleaning chemicals. Additional efforts in energy conservation include guest room air-condition settings, which can be customized to suit each guests’ preference after checkin. In addition, water efficient devices were installed in guest room tap and showerheads, rain sensors for our irrigations system and recycled water is used in all our cooling towers and fountains.
4 MILLION RAISED OVER
dollars
GENERAL ELECTRIC
PARTICIPATED IN
14 Corporate
Community Days
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GE Volunteers is a company-wide platform through which employees can share their time, talent, and skills to build stronger communities where they live and work. GE employees are encouraged to identify local needs and mobilize resources to address challenges in education, environment, health, and community development. GE Volunteers work closely with local non-profit organizations and partners to enable positive changes within our communities. GE was one of the founding organizations that initiated the islandwide Corporate Community Day (CCD) with Amcham in 2002 and we remain committed to our employees, community, and Amcham to continue this association. GEV has been active in various projects - visiting children and the elderly in homes, building picnic benches for forest reserve visitors, saving lives through blood donations, and trekking a mountain’s summit to plant trees. In 2017, GEV also donated to the Tana River project to support kids in Kenya and 2 homes with daily essentials.
IBM (SINGAPORE)
2,000
IMPACT GRANTS in 70 countries
IBM’s approach to corporate responsibility reflects our business — applied technology, continuous transformation and sustainable change. We focus our community engagement and corporate service programs on specific societal issues, including the environment, community economic development, education, health, literacy, language and culture. An example of such initiatives is the Impact Grant program where we provide consulting expertise and technologies such as cognitive, mobile and social to support educational and non-profit organizations. We have delivered nearly 2,000 Impact Grants in 70 countries worth a total of US$53 million since this initiative began in 2010, sharing our expertise and advanced capabilities in cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security. Through one of the Impact Grants delivered via the Ministry of Health in Singapore, our IBM Subject Matter Experts brought stakeholders in the public and private sectors together to co-create solutions to make Singapore an elderly friendly nation, where our senior citizens can age actively and age in place.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Giving back to the community is woven into the fabric of Johnson & Johnson. Inspired by our Credo, we are committed to helping people and groups in our community in many ways. In Singapore, our community and volunteering efforts are focused on improving the lives of two vulnerable groups in the society – the underserved elderly living alone and children from underprivileged backgrounds. We have partnered with two organisations – HOPE Worldwide Singapore and Life Community Services Society (LCSS) – for a number of years and work with them to identify meaningful volunteering missions for Johnson & Johnson employees. Our employees have participated in refreshing the homes of senior citizens, raising funds for donation to Singapore charities through our WE CARE Charity Bazaar, organising a Children’s Day out at the beach and contributing 550 Christmas wishes for children through the LCSS centres in Singapore. In 2016, we contributed more than 10,000 hours to community service as a company with 1000 employees participating in volunteering activities, touching the lives of 1000 underserved elderlies, children and their families.
10volunteer ,000 HOURS
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES
5,000 STUDENT beneficiaries
Keysight Technologies, the world’s leading electronic measurement company, is committed to be an economic and social asset in every community where we operate, participating in local and global volunteer efforts to support numerous charitable and educational organizations. Keysight’s signature program, Keysight After School, is a hands-on science program for children between the ages of 9 and 13 years. It aims to nurture children’s interest in science and reinforces the company’s focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Children are mentored by Keysight employees on how to construct their own science-based models and structures. Through this interactive process, the children are taught basic principles of science from physics, to chemistry and engineering, and it allows them to explore science in a fun way. In Singapore, more than 5000 students have benefited from this program since it was launched.
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KIMBERLY-CLARK ASIA PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS PTE LTD PLANTED OVER
50MILLION trees
At Kimberly-Clark (K-C), our vision is to “Lead the World in Essentials for a Better Life” not just with our products but also via our social programs across APAC, including our partnership with World Toilet Organization’s The Urgent Run in Singapore to raise awareness of the global sanitation issue, Toilets Change Lives for providing sanitation in India, Touch of White Angels for improved healthcare in China, Love your Forests in partnership with WWF Australia to protect endangered forests, and Keep Korea Green that has planted over 50 million trees. Our products are procured from Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC) certified forests and we educate our consumers and customers on sustainable sourcing. These efforts and impact have led to recognition like SBF Sustainability Award (Singapore), FSC Excellence Award (ANZ), Most Admired Company (China & Korea), Common Wealth Magazine’s Top Corporate Citizens (Taiwan) and Gold Standard Corporate Citizenship by Public Affairs Asia.
KKR ASIA In honor of the firm’s forty year anniversary, KKR announced an employee volunteer program called “KKR 40 for 40.” The program enables KKR employees to receive 40 hours of paid time to volunteer and give back to the organizations in their communities from May 2016 to May 2017. The global program is designed to allow employees to engage in meaningful ways for them and the nonprofits they care about. One of the key projects for KKR in Asia Pacific was their work with East Bali Cashews, a social enterprise that uses sustainable, eco-friendly business practices to process cashews, package and sell them to the domestic and international markets. In February, more than 20 KKR employees from across the region spent two days at East Bali Cashews’ newly launched non-profit East Bali Immersion, which supports a range of social programs with revenue from service-learning adventures. As KKR employees were among the first visitors to East Bali Immersion, they assisted in planting crops, building sidewalks and completing projects on the property. Additionally, employees donated 100 storybooks to the children of East Bali Cashews’ Anakardia Kids Early Learning Center.
40 HOURS of paid volunteer time PER EMPLOYEE
LATHAM & WATKINS
2, 200
MORE THAN employee VOLUNTEERS
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Latham & Watkins has a long-standing commitment to providing pro bono legal services, financial support, and volunteer time to those most in need within our communities. Our offices and personnel generously donate thousands of hours, money, and talents to causes that matter. Since 2000, Latham has donated approximately US$1.3 billion in free legal services to the underserved and the nonprofit sector, totaling approximately 3 million pro bono hours. In the past year, we have advised the International Child Redress Project in Southeast Asia and Nusantara Development Initiatives in Indonesia, amongst others. Latham also looks internally to help externally through a variety of events and initiatives including the firm’s global “Spring Challenge” program. More than 2,200 lawyers and staff across Latham offices globally competed to accumulate the most steps to raise money by pledging steps to nominated local and global charities.
MANDARIN ORCHARD SINGAPORE
DELIVERED
Christmas presents to CHILDREN’S homes and hospitals
Started in 2010, Stars of Christmas is a community program jointly championed by Mandarin Orchard Singapore. The program is aimed at engaging the community to share in the joy of giving every Christmas by contributing presents to children with special needs and illnesses. Stars of Christmas has since become an annual tradition that has gained the generous support of a growing list of corporate partners, donors and volunteers, including Chrysler Jeep Automotive of Singapore Pte Ltd, Komoco Motorcycles Pte Ltd (Harley-Davidson of Singapore — Sole Authorised Dealer), and Community Chest - the fund-raising and engagement arm of the National Council of Social Service. Stars of Christmas culminates in a Toy Run activity that is open to members of the public just before Christmas Day. The event sees a fleet of volunteers riding their Jeeps and Harley-Davidson motorcycles along the Orchard Road frontage of Mandarin Gallery. They set off just before 9.00am, making for a festive spectacle on Orchard Road as the riders make their way to deliver Christmas presents to various children’s homes and hospitals, including Children’s Cancer Foundation, Club Rainbow, VIVA Foundation, and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
MARINA BAY SANDS The goal of Sands for Singapore, Marina Bay Sands’ CSR program, is to identify portions of the local community that are currently underserved, leverage its unique offerings and mobilize its over 9,700 workforce to make a positive impact. Sands for Singapore supports its designated charities, such as Art Outreach Singapore, Association for People with Special Needs, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore, Dyslexia Association of Singapore, Singapore Association for the Deaf and Singapore International Film Festival, through fund raising and Team Member volunteerism on a quarterly basis. Its annual charity event – Sands for Singapore Charity Festival – has helped raised over S$16 million for local charities since 2013.
RAISED OVER
S$16 MILLION dollars for local charities SINCE 2013
MASTERCARD ASIA PACIFIC AIM TO IMPACT over
400,000
women by 2020
Mastercard is committed to doing well as a company by doing good for society. Our CSR programs in Singapore are focused on the empowerment of women and girls through educational, financial, and business literacy programs. As well as creating our own philanthropic programs, we partner with both global and local charitable organizations to deliver impactful projects in our own back yard with an aim to impact more than 400,000 women by 2020 across the region. Our delivery channels range from scholarships, financial assistance, educational programs, and various other sustainability programs. We encourage all in our community to contribute. From our transactional philanthropy programs created so that our cardholders can make a difference, to our extensive network of employee volunteering programs, our initiatives have helped women and girls create a better future for themselves, their families, and communities. Our partners in Singapore include the Singapore Committee for UN Women, Aidha, Willing Hearts, Food Bank, ASKI, Junior Achievement, COMO Hotels and Resorts, Singapore Management University, and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
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MEDTRONIC At Medtronic, our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life also speaks to maintaining good citizenship as a company. Our charitable giving aims to build healthy communities by expanding access to healthcare to underserved communities around the world. Every June, our employees participate in Project 6, a month-long kickoff to a new year of volunteering. In 2016, Medtronic employees donated 64,800 hours across 44 countries to charitable activities globally. In Singapore, we actively contribute to the community through partnerships with local organizations. For example, on World Stroke Day, over 100 Medtronic employees supported the Singapore National Stroke Association at the ‘Stepping Out For Stroke’ walkathon to raise over S$5,000 for stroke survivors and their caregivers. The Medtronic Caring Together committee has also organized various fundraising and volunteering activities for World Vision and the AWWA Seniors Activity Center. We believe these partnerships will enable us to go Further, Together.
64,800
voluteer HOURS acrosss 44 countries
MERCER Every day, Mercer colleagues deliver exceptional service to our clients. They also make a difference in their communities by mentoring youth, feeding the hungry, improving community health and the environment, helping the elderly and veterans, and more. Mercer Cares, a colleaguedriven Business Resource Group (BRG), supports engagement through community-oriented volunteering opportunities locally and globally. In 2016, Mercer Cares Singapore team, in collaboration with colleagues across MMC operating companies, raised S$53,000 for Rainbow Centre, a school that works tirelessly to help meet the needs of Children with special needs. In addition, Mercer colleagues continue to partner with Willing Hearts to participate in soup kitchens; Red Cross for blood donation camps; overseas charity organizations to extend the support beyond local causes; as well as skills based volunteering with Cherie Blair Foundation and more. The Soup Kitchen, Walkathon, Overseas CSR, Flea Market and Charity Auction events organized for fund-raising engaged 300 colleagues and recorded over 750 volunteer hours.
RAISED
S$53 ,000 for Rainbow Centre
MICHELMAN ASIAPACIFIC PTE LTD
31
PROVIDED UNDERPRIVELEGED
CHILDREN
free text books and a trip to Universal Studios
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Michelman offers water-based solutions for the coatings, printing and packaging, and composites as a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly materials. One of Michelman’s core values is giving and in 2016, our CSR program extended beyond Michelman Day on Oct 14, where we shut down our global operations to give back to our communities. We partnered with Lion’s Befriender to clean and paint 5 senior citizen flats. We also started monthly participation in “Meals on Wheels” with Touch Community Services and partnered with South West CDC (SW CDC) to provide 31 unprivileged children free text books and a trip to Universal Studios. Giving will always be one of the main core values at Michelman and we are committed by giving our time, talents and treasures to communities in Singapore.
MICROSOFT ASIA PACIFIC DONATE
$146 MILLION in products and services ANNUALLY
Microsoft Philanthropies was set up to realize the promise and potential of technology for everyone, fulfilling the company’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We are committed to ensuring an equitable and accessible world for nonprofits, people with disabilities, youth, and displaced persons. We donate nearly $146M annually in products and services to more than 16,000 nonprofits in Asia to help them address the world’s most difficult challenges and transform the way they deliver impact. Through programs like YouthSpark, we’re working to provide educational opportunities to underserved young people so that they can be included and participate in the digital economy of today. In 2016 we provided $6 million through 47 cash grants to organizations in 18 countries in Asia, increasing access to digital skills and computer science education for 400,000 youth.
MOLEX SINGAPORE PTE LTD Molex Singapore (MXS)’s CSR program is focused on Singapore’s bottom 10% income group, aiding them with a sustainable approach. In line with this, MXS adopted two rental blocks in Boon Lay Drive under the Adopt-a-Rental-Block Scheme by Southwest Community Development Council (SWCDC). MXS works with several external community service agencies such as Boon Lay Zone D Resident’s Council (RC), and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). We have partnered with them to run several programs for the residents in the adopted rental blocks such as distributing food and giving homes a clean make-over. MXS team members are constantly focused on tackling the “Poverty Cycle” affecting the residents which are focused on: Environment, Parenting, Transport and Literacy. MXS kicked off 2017 by partnering with SWCDC and Boon Lay Zone D RC to distribute 1,324 packs of groceries to the rental block residents.
DISTRIBUTED
1 , 324 packs of groceries
MOODY’S SINGAPORE PTE LTD
4 ,009 EMPLOYEES contributed volunteer HOURS
Built on the recognition that a company grows stronger by helping others, The Moody’s Foundation works to enhance its communities and the lives of its employees by providing grants and engaging in community service in local neighborhoods. The Moody’s Foundation, established in 2002 by Moody’s Corporation, partners with nonprofit organizations to support initiatives such as education in the fields of mathematics, finance, and economics, as well as workforce development, civic affairs, and arts and culture. Moody’s TeamUp® —This signature employee engagement program invites global business units to participate in a team-based service activity during the workday that benefits the local community. By combining community service with internal team building, our employees strengthen colleague relationships while positively impacting our nonprofit partners. In 2016, 4,009 employees gave 13,569 hours in 21 countries, partnering with 105 nonprofit partners. In Singapore, six volunteer projects were completed, including educational workshops, waterways cleaning, and food distribution.
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MUNDIPHARMA PTE LTD
DONATED Betadine for
2HAND-WASHES MILLION
Mundipharma’s core value of putting people and patients at the heart of everything it does ensures that CSR underpins all business activity – from improving access to medicines in the emerging world to helping consumers prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Mundipharma’s specific CSR program has four key pillars: education for doctors, patients and consumers; donating medication in disaster situations; fundraising and outreach activities; and promoting diversity and well-being in its workforce. In an initiative driven out of its Emerging Markets hub in Singapore, Mundipharma donated enough BETADINE® for two million hand-washes to help prevent the spread of Ebola during the outbreak in Africa. In Singapore, Mundipharma regularly conducts educational workshops, and donated to UNICEF, and Singapore Cancer Society. Reflecting the importance placed on its people, Munidpharma was named a Best Place to Work Singapore 2016 by Aon Hewitt.
PROCTOR & GAMBLE Beyond Borders is P&G Singapore’s Regional HQ CSR program that aims to make a positive & lasting impact in our community and to improve lives in areas of health, hygiene, education and safe drinking water. As part of this program, P&G partners with several non-government organizations (NGOs) including Habitat for Humanity, World Vision, Special Olympics and UN Women with activities throughout the year. The P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) is a not-for-profit initiative which addresses the critical need for clean drinking water around the world using innovative P&G Purifier of Water packets. With the global manufacturing site located in Singapore, the program has delivered more than 11 billion liters of clean drinking water to communities in need working with more than 150 partners in 85 countries. Importantly, P&G employees are actively empowered and engaged to make a meaningful impact in society. P&G volunteers are immersed in communities to help build and refurbish shelters and to help teach children in partnership with World Vision. P&G employees are also empowered to use their unique skills and knowledge to help NGOs – with a unique initiative called Fingerprints. The first of its kind in P&G, Fingerprints is skills-based volunteering designed to help NGOs and social enterprises with their unique challenges.
DELIVERED more than
11 BILLION
LITERS of clean DRINKING WATER
PwC SINGAPORE
13,983 volunteer HOURS
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At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with over 223,000 people committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. We aim to create positive change and use our expertise to help build up the capacity and effectiveness of enable non-profit organisations and individuals by sharing our expertise. Our initiatives match our people’s skills to the needs of local community organisations and encourage our people to develop their life experience through volunteering at the same time. Since 2008, we have been actively working with the Kreta Ayer Residents’ Committee to help over 500 elderly residents living in Banda Street. We also regularly partner with the Centre for Non-Profit Leadership, YMCA of Singapore, Parkinson Society Singapore, Sundac, the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped and Community Chest. In FY16, 61% of PwC Singapore’s people were volunteers, spending over 13,983 hours on skills-based and general volunteering.
SEALED AIR PTE LTD OVER
1,400 TONS of soap recycled
Soap for Hope™ is a CSR initiative by Sealed Air which recycles used soap from hotels into reconstituted bars of soap. These are then distributed to underprivileged communities that do not have access to basic sanitation and healthcare. The program’s objectives are three-fold - to save lives by giving free soap to communities that have no or limited access to soap; to enhance livelihoods to the local community through soap-reycling; and to help hotels reduce waste and protect the environment through recycling soap. The recycling process is based on a simple cold-press method designed by Sealed Air, which is easy to operate without running water and electricity. To-date, Soap for Hope is in 31 countries, 94 cities, with 380 partner hotels onboard. Over 1,400 tons of soap have been recycled into 11.6 million soap bars, reaching out to 590,000 beneficiaries annually.
SINGAPORE MARRIOTT TANG PLAZA HOTEL Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel is committed to investing in the communities where we do business, focusing on: Shelter and Food, Environment, Readiness for Careers, Vitality of Children and Empowering Diversity. In particular, Marriott has a “Spirit to Serve our Communities” program in which our associates are committed to making our communities better places to live and work. Through contributions and collaborating with non-profit organisations, we strive to bring positive and lasting change to communities. In 2016, we partnered with the Pertapis Senior Citizens Home to fill the hearts of senior citizens with warmth and happiness via a fun-filled afternoon. In addition to a delectable high tea treat, daily necessities were donated by associates and games were organized to keep the senior citizens entertained. Over the years, we have partnered with various beneficiaries such as Operation Smile, Causes for Animals, Thye Hua Kwan Home for the Disabled and the FoodBank Singapore.
PARTNERED with LOCAL BENEFICIARIES to help Children, the Disabled, Elderly, and those in need
SURVIVAL CHIC
SUPPORTED
1,300
ENTREPRENEURS around the world
For every SC membership bought, SC allocates S$1 to a business project in a developing country, via Kiva, an innovative microfinance organization that supports motivated small business owners, promoting opportunity, hope, generosity, dignity, and accountability. This empowers budding entrepreneurs like a single mother of 3 to use the loan to purchase additional products for her general store in Misom in the Philippines. The SC Team has also participated regularly in UN Women events, in student mentoring via Junior Achievement, and in building the brand for Action Cambodge Handicap (ACP). CSR has been a part of SC’s philosophy – and action – since Day 1.
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TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
620,000
VOLUNTEER HOURS Worldwide
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) believes it is our privilege and responsibility to make a difference to the well-being of the communities we operate in. Globally, we leverage on our strengths, namely size and scale, technology competency and transformation programs to serve the community in the areas of Education, Environment and Health. To date, we have impacted close to 1.2 million people and achieved over 620,000 hours of voluntary service by our employees worldwide. In Singapore, TCS partners with schools to host impactful GoIT Programs to drive and inspire students’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industry. We also work closely with organisations such as People’s Association for reaching out to various beneficiaries groups. As part our continual effort to combat climate change, we support green initiatives such as Singapore Environment Council’s Recycling Drive, International Coastal Clean Up and Nature Society Singapore’s Horseshoe Crab Rescue & Research Program. To promote health and awareness in the community, TCS organises various activities such as blood donation drives, visits to hospitals and children’s homes as well as sponsorship of marathons for employees.
UPS ASIA PACIFIC In Singapore, UPS employees contributed over 11,000 hours of volunteer hours to community services in 2016. UPS volunteers give back to the local communities through a broad range of activities, such as food delivery for low-income families, home-cleaning for the old, arts education for disadvantaged children and tree planting. In 2016, UPS also teamed up with the Pathlight school to enhance its online retail capabilities and improve its back-end processes. Pathlight, a school for children with autism, maintains a retail platform “The Art Faculty” to promote the talent of its students and graduates. During the State visit of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife to Washington DC, Mrs. Lee’s Pathlight-designed purse triggered a surge of online sales, leaving the organization with urgent fulfilment needs. UPS volunteers assisted with pick and pack activities to process the back-orders. Since then, UPS worked to establish ongoing support for Pathlight through the UPS Foundation.
OVER
11,000
VOLUNTEER HOURS dedicated to community services
VISA WORLDWIDE PTE LTD CONTRIBUTED
S$210,000 to various non profit organisations in Asia Pacific based on EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE GRANTS since 2014
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For 20 years, Visa has been a private sector leader in developing innovative, free financial literacy programs that help people effectively learn the fundamentals of personal finance, including budgeting, saving, responsible spending and using credit wisely. Visa also encourages employees to donate to their charities of choice since 2008 by providing a program to match their philanthropic generosity. In Singapore, Visa launched an Employee-Directed Charitable Grant in 2014, where employees could submit proposals to nominate their charities of choice to receive US$10,000 charitable grants as well as support from Visa’s employee volunteers. This program was designed to allow and encourage employees to be more involved in Visa’s corporate giving by supporting their charities of choice with both the grant and volunteer resources. Visa also launched an initiative called Project 8 - a pledge system for employees to pledge at least 8 hours of independent volunteering a year.
WILLIAMS-SONOMA CONTRIBUTED OVER
12 ,000 volunteer hours
Our responsibility as a company extends to every part of our business, from the making of our products to how we value our associates, contribute to the community, and interact with our customers. We are committed to addressing the impact of our operations by reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We provide customers with high-quality, beautifully designed, responsibly-made products that last for generations and are safe for families, and we have commitments to responsibly sourced materials, like wood and cotton. We champion causes that promote a sense of home in people’s lives and create a positive presence in the communities where we work, like our Fair Trade and HERProject programs that directly invest in the wellbeing of the workers who make our products and our community investment and volunteer activities. Since 2013, we have donated more than 12,000 hours to serving local communities around the world. Our dedicated team of 120 associates in Singapore has contributed to many community programs, including Willing Hearts Soup Kitchen, Red Cross blood donation, Beach clean-up and Singapore Cancer Society Run.
XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD Xylem Watermark, our corporate citizenship and social investment program, has a twofold mission: provide and protect safe water resources for communities in need, and educate people about water issues. In a world where more than 650 million people lack access to clean water and over 2.4 billion lack proper sanitation, we’re using our expertise and technologies to make a difference. We amplify the impact of Watermark through our employee engagement program. Their volunteer work and financial contributions further our sustainable efforts. In Asia, our employees are actively involved in building aqua towers that provide clean water to communities and schools in need, while in Singapore, we focus on partnering with local schools and associations such as the Children’s Cancer Foundation to create awareness about water issues. Committed to our cause, our employees also regularly participate in water source clean-up activities. Since its launch in 2008, Watermark has invested about US$17 million and completed 924 clean water projects to help improve the lives of more than 2.9 million people in 27 countries. We have also raised about US$2.6 million for our nonprofit partners though matching employee contributions.
COMPLETED
924 clean water projects
YUM! ASIA FRANCHISE
RAISED OVER
S$100,000 for the World Food Program
YUM’s Race Against Hunger — This year, Yum! Asia organized our very first charity run themed “Race Against Hunger”. The run took place on Saturday morning, 19 November 2016, at the beautiful Gardens by the Bay. The event attracted over 1,300 participants and raised more than S$100,000 for the World Food Program. The overarching objective for YUM is to become the defining company that feeds the world and will continue to do so for as long as the company exists! This is all the more important because the world especially children is suffering untold hardships and hunger and we will do all we can to save them!
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