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July 2010
Employee Volunteer Hours More Than Doubled This Year
Almost 80 Companies participated
in Employee Volunteer Week organised by Community Business this
year. The event benefitted at least 4,924 people, an increase
of nearly 30% so far on 2009 even with many of the activity
reports yet to come in.
Reports from the 43 companies
(out of 78) that responded to the impact survey reveal that more
than 1,809 employees volunteered 6,387 hours of their collective
time on over 98 volunteer activities serving Hong Kong
charitable organisations and NGOs. This promises to result in
significant growth year on year as we are anticipating the
numbers to rise further still once all reports are in.
June 2010
Coming Home to CSR
I suppose it is odd to say that itˇ¦s good to be home, when it
could be said that I have many homes. For this Hong Kong
permanent resident however, returning to Hong Kong after over
eight years really does feel like a homecoming. So what has
changed? Is it the same old Hong Kong I have returned to? Yes
and no seems to be the initial answer to that. Many things are
the same, the sights, the sounds and of course the air (well,
maybe the air is worse!). What is new is my mission and the
very reason I have returned to Hong Kong.
There was no organisation called Community Business when I left
Hong Kong in 2001, but there was certainly a need for one.
Returning to head one of Hong Kongˇ¦s leading Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) organisations has really made me aware that
things have changed in such a short space of time. The good
news is that CSR is on many peopleˇ¦s radars but the bad news is
that there is likely to be a need for an organisation like
Community Business for a long time to come. So why is this bad
news? Shouldnˇ¦t we all want a job for life?
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