Ethical Angel & CAF Community Investment Award

GOLD (Enterprise)

Euromonitor

The Euromonitor CSR Programme is strongly focused on community impact and it is employee led. We stand by our commitment to spend 1% of our annual turnover to charitable causes. We have long-term partnerships with 10 Headline Charities and we run regional charity partner nominations twice a year to encourage our global staff to nominate regional charities and make a positive impact on their local communities.

We offer our employees 2 volunteering days a year and we match their personal charitable donations as well as office fundraisers. This year, we launched a Social Action Challenge which will reward one of our employees with an immersive experience with one of our Headline Charity Partners.

Enterprise Runners Up

Co-op Group & UBS

In 2020, Co-op invested £44.6m in supporting UK communities. Cash donations included £15m shared between 4500 Local Community Fund causes; £2.9m in free school meal vouchers for Co-op Academy students and £1.5m to N.E.T. to support coronavirus response.  Over £5m in In-kind donations were made, including £1.5m worth of stock and millions of pounds of advertising airtime to support Fareshare fundraising. Colleagues, members and customers raised over £3m for our partnership with Mind, SAMH & Inspire, and 900k for Fareshare. Co-op invested over 323k hours of paid colleague time in community activity, through our Member Pioneers network and colleague volunteering.

We have two key drivers for UBS Community Affairs. The first is to address issues in our local communities. While Community Affairs is a global program, it is delivered through a local focus on addressing inequality and creating opportunity. The second driver is building our corporate culture. We connect our employees to our local communities through volunteering activities that promote development of a positive business culture. Through Community Affairs, supporting the community and our business go hand-in-hand.

GOLD (SME)

EQ Investors – The EQ Foundation

At EQ Investors (EQ) we recognise our broader obligations to people who have been less fortunate than us and take an active interest in our community. In these challenging times, our charitable arm, The EQ Foundation has continued to be supportive of causes that we have previously identified and in some cases allocated additional funds to increased need resulting from the pandemic.

All EQ staff are encouraged to donate up to 2 days per year of their time to volunteering and to encourage our clients to also get involved, we designed EQ Matched Giving to support their favourite causes. Clients might decide to take part in a local run or bike ride, and we match their contributions up to £1,000.

SME Runners Up

Jago & Business Design Centre

A percentage of the company’s profits each year are donated to the Morris Charitable Trust, where members of the family and BDC team meet regularly to find causes close to our hearts that will most benefit from funding in the local area. These tend to be community based projects that support local residents and grassroots charities which have a wide impact in the London Borough of Islington.

During the last financial year, Jago has given to a range of individuals and organisations. We provided a day-long video shoot to an organisation helping refugees and victims of FGM. We also donated money for printing and branded merchandise for this endeavour. Cash was also donated to a young entrepreneur, allowing him to purchase a motorbike to be used as a taxi in Nairobi. Our director has been involved with Guiding Lights Leeds, providing strategic advice and development as well as branding and design. As well as this, during the national Lockdown Jago offered a series of free online poetry workshops, and free online workshops focusing on mindset and how to create online content. We also have provided free spaces on our Independent Content Creators 2-day workshops, teaching people how to create video content with their mobile phones.

GOLD (3rd Sector)

This Life Cambodia

This Life entered for the Award as we wanted to acknowledge and recognise our staff, volunteers, board members and committee members, who not only generously give their time and talent to make a difference for the communities we support, but also their generosity in supporting us financially. The donations vary considerably, but every little bit helps and we are proud that they feel motivated and want to stretch their support further. The award is for these people.

3rd Sector Runners Up

Children Hope Forever & Toybank

This Life entered for the Award as we wanted to acknowledge and recognise our staff, volunteers, board members and committee members, who not only generously give their time and talent to make a difference for the communities we support, but also their generosity in supporting us financially. The donations vary considerably, but every little bit helps and we are proud that they feel motivated and want to stretch their support further. The award is for these people.

During COVID, 17 corporate employees participated in our Virtual Volunteering Program to directly and indirectly support our beneficiaries. As of 31 August, they have supported us with translating 847 Play2Learn Sheets into five regional languages to reach children in seven regions of India. They create and edit learning materials such as videos to help children engage effectively. Toybank Buddy Program and Virtual Play2Learn Sessions had volunteers engage children in Play and art, craft, music activities or interactions to build socio-emotional skills. The Payroll Giving Program funds the Toybank Play2Learn Program across different geographies in Maharashtra.