Social responsibility
Corporate Volunteering from JTI Kazakhstan
Globally 1,777 JTI employees donated 14,000 working hours within corporate volunteering in 2016 .
A corporate volunteering ( CV ) culture is an integral part of CSR , a concept that promotes responsible attitude towards communities . The introduction of corporate volunteering allows businesses to give more than financial support and that is an employees ’ time . The significance of the corporate volunteering is important and benefits both volunteers and beneficiaries . CV helps us to develop social competences , meet new people , receive satisfaction from doing good work ; share and acquire new skills . In 2016 , more than 250 JTI Kazakhstan employees took part in campaigns with outstanding 500 working and 70 hours of personal time donated .
Over the past year , we launched four regular projects . A ‘ Kindness Factory ’ committee from JTI employees are in charge of organizing all CV activities .
‘ Donor ’ s Day at JTI ’. Conducted three times a year . Partner : Republic Blood Center Employees ( donors ): 201 Working hours : 391 Blood donated : 125 liters
Eco-picnic ( a project designed to popularize the idea of being green and the revival of green areas in KZ ) In spring 2016 JTI employees with families planted more than 60 cherry and peach trees donating more than 60 working hours .
Support to elderly Partner : Yernaz Kamkor Fund Since the establishment of our partnership with Yernaz Kamkor in 2010 , we have conducted several joint projects to support older people and low-income families . In 2014 , we initiated the creation of a project aimed at the improvement of living conditions and the provision of financial support ( food baskets delivery ) to Great Patriotic War Veterans of Ile district . Thus , since 2016 JTI employees also are taking part in this project . They visit veterans and deliver food baskets .
Currently there are 25 veterans living in Ile district , and we believe that besides financial support provided by the company , they also need care and attention that our employees can give . Beneficiaries : 25 Employees ( volunteers ): 82 Working hours : 44 Own time hours : 72
Donations to charity stores JTI employees collect essential items on a regular basis for low-income , large families , unemployed people and persons who have lost their home and these items available through charity stores . Experience has shown that despite the fact that such volunteering projects are common for companies , they always remain in high demand .
With 257 employees in the year 2016 , we managed to make a great positive change . Only during this year , we spent almost 500 working hours volunteering and covered more than 150 beneficiaries , dozens of families and several NGOs . Engagement with voluntary sector allowed us to better understand needs of people we bring help to , improve our relations and build a solid position of responsible corporate citizenship . As a result , corporate volunteering became a practice that allowed us to bring positive changes not only to the community , also to our employees as well .
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