Our communities and charities
Our purpose is to enable modern, sustainable, and safe living and working environments in the communities in which we operate. In doing so, we aim to create a sustainable future for us all. Developing links with our local communities, and the people in them, is key, so we understand the part we can play to support them.
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- Our communities and charities
We are extremely proud of the part our colleagues play in both community and charity work. No one knows a community better than those who live there, and we actively encourage, support, and provide resources for our people to take part in both community and local and national charity initiatives.
Our approach
Our Group Community and Charity policy outline the key principles of our approach:
- support charities and community projects that support our engagement in the communities in which we work
- support other charities that have links to our industry or that our employees particularly wish to support
- use SIG Group funds to provide matched donations for monies raised by our employees for charitable causes from time to time
- encourage our businesses and countries to work with charities or local community organisations by providing them with practical support
- encourage our colleagues to volunteer for charitable or community support activities for a minimum of one day per calendar year
- encourage each of our businesses within the SIG Group to have representation on the Group Community Network and to have its own community and/or charity committee to share ideas and discuss initiatives.
Our Group policy helps to ensure that all donations, sponsorships, volunteer activities, and in-kind services are fair, appropriate, and aligned with our values and commitments. We have recently set up a group-wide social network forum with representatives from across our group of businesses to discuss and share both group-wide and local ideas, initiatives, and programmes.
Our charity and community work
- Charity support - Many of our businesses have charity committees and nominated charities that are regularly supported. Our employee committees organise events and fund-raising activities to support worthwhile causes and raise money for charity. We also make charitable donations, as an organisation, to causes such as the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in addition to through operating a matched funding scheme to match any donation our employees wish to make.
- Our community work - In addition to charity and fund-raising events, our teams are involved in numerous activities supporting the communities in which they work and live in. We sponsor community projects, provide jobs, training and apprenticeships and work with local schools and agencies.
Read more about Apprenticeships, Community and Charity in our Annual Report