2015 Report

INTEGREON CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
UPDATE
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I am delighted to share with you our fifth annual report on
Integreon’s CSR activities. We had four major areas of activity
over the past year, covering education, health, social awareness,
and the environment. Our Associates have once again
demonstrated their passion and commitment for making positive
changes in the communities where we operate around the globe.
In a context where sometimes conflicting and multiple demands
are placed on people’s personal and professional lives, our
Associates nevertheless find the energy, and drive to volunteer
their time to various activities.
Each of our country teams choose and implement programs
that they feel will make a measurable difference to the lives of
the people they are intended to support. The most often heard
comment when asked why they devote time and attention to
those programs is the constant answer: because I can…and
because I must. It makes me very proud to lead an organisation
where such selfless behaviour is the norm and embedded at
every level of the organisation.
We are always looking for opportunities to partner our CSR
programs with our clients in order to have an even greater impact.
Please feel free to contact any member of our leadership team to
discuss innovative ideas and how we can make that happen.
This past year, around the globe, Integreon Associates have been
busier than ever with their CSR activities. Our education program,
Edu-Lync, gained increased momentum which further benefited
the students of the Rotary Sanskardham Academy in Mumbai. A
number of healthcare events in London, Bristol and Johannesburg
raised significant funds, allowing us to financially contribute to
chosen charities within this field. Our focus on food and clothing
drives around our offices in the US and China meant we were able
to support those in the community who needed it most. And in
Manila, joining in community projects to build new homes gave the
poorest a helping hand out of poverty.
Throughout the organisation, we tend to have a habit of thinking
life works best when we can affect the welfare of others. Knowing
that our business has an impact on the neighbourhoods where
we operate, we take pride in the investment we make, working
hand in hand to support local projects to strengthen ties within our
communities. Giving our time and effort for the greater good is what
we love to do, and what we intend to keep on doing. On behalf of all
Integreon Associates, I invite you to read on, and hope you’ll love
what we do too.
I hope you enjoy reading through this update.
Throughout this update we have included QR codes on many of
our activities. If you are a Smartphone user, simply download a
QR code reader which will give you access to more information
about some of the charities we support.
Robert Gogel
Karen Brennan
Chief Executive Officer
Group Head, CSR
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Integreon is a trusted provider of award-winning legal,
document, research and business support solutions to leading
law firms, corporate legal departments, financial institutions
and professional services firms. Since 2003, Integreon and its
Associates have supported numerous educational, healthcare,
social awareness and environmental initiatives. Our philosophy is
built on three key values:
TEAMWORK
We are inspired to work together as part of a global business.
PERFORMANCE
We deliver quality services to our clients which provide value for
money.
PASSION
We are dedicated to making a positive contribution to Integreon
and the communities in which we live.
Together, these values serve as an inspiration and a reference.
They influence everything we do, from putting our clients first,
to growing a diverse workplace, to building our corporate social
responsibility program. Through our shared values, we become
ONE INTEGREON and we are better partners to our clients and
our communities.
Guided by our core values, our corporate social responsibility
efforts are divided into four categories:
OUR IMPACT IN NUMBERS
Education
Education is an important cause for Integreon, and we work
to improve opportunities in our communities by helping local
scholastic organisations obtain the resources and equipment they
need to help students achieve their academic potential.
Healthcare
Integreon is a highly people-oriented business and we care about
the welfare of people in local communities. We support efforts to
promote health and welfare, enriching lives to create a healthier
and happier world.
3,000+
Volunteer Hours
154
Events
Social Awareness
We strive to increase our understanding of problems in the
communities around us by raising awareness of social norms and
giving support to those who face hardships. We believe that with
greater awareness comes deeper understanding that leads to
better solutions.
$41,500
Funds Raised
21,000+
Donated Items
Behind each number is a story
and a life made better by Integreon
Associates, across the community,
around the world.
1,000
Volunteers
153
Beneficiaries
Environment
We are committed to doing business in ways that is good for the
planet. We endeavour to help protect the environment by raising
awareness, ensure sustainability of our programs and conduct our
business in a socially responsible and ethical manner.
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ARLINGTON
School Supplies Drive
BRISTOL
Edu-Lync
FARGO
School Supplies Drive
JOHANNESBURG
Career Guidance At St. Vincent School
Associates collected scholastic items such as bookbags,
composition books, binders, folders, pencils and pens, crayons
and calculators for the Arlington County Public School in a
collection drive aimed at children who are not able to afford
school supplies and stationery to start the new school year. Lack
of essential materials can have a profound impact on students
and their learning experience, but making school a better place by
the simple act of providing them with provisions such as pens and
notebooks, ensures that both they and their teachers begin the
new academic year with the tools they need to succeed.
Integreon’s two Bristol offices held a ‘Back to School’ themed
dress down day to promote Edu-Lync, Integreon’s education
program that uses Microsoft Skype technology to remotely teach
students at the Rotary Sanskardham Academy in Mumbai.
Associate Mark West delivered two separate modules in the
subject of economics, focussing on demand and supply, finishing
with a knowledge check and discussion of examples at the end of
each session. Fellow Associate Megan Gorry taught in the subject
of business law.
Associates participated in a school supplies drive to benefit
students in their local community. Items such as pens, pencils,
notebooks, binders, paper, rulers and scissors were collected
and given in support of the United Way, a non-profit organisation
whose aim is to improve the lives of students in need by
mobilising the caring power of the community. The school items
were collated by volunteers and packaged into hundreds of
backpacks. This effort helps those who are not able to otherwise
purchase educational supplies engage in the school activities
required. Children of all ages are excited to be given a full
backpack of materials so that they are ready for the first day of
the new school year.
In the Johannesburg office Associates continued their
collaboration throughout the year with St. Vincent School for
the Deaf, and in particular, the career guidance intervention
program. Career paths of each student are aligned to the Psycad
assessment results conducted at the well renowned University of
Johannesburg, following which our Associates worked with the
school facilitating the process of matching up each young adult
with a respective deaf individual. Each student was assigned to
a working professional to work-shadow and give them a sense of
what it is like to be in a working environment. Logistics managers
and psychologists were a few of the careers chosen.
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LONDON
Aspire Learning And Development Program
MUMBAI
Edu-Lync
NEW YORK
Pajama Program
NOIDA
School Stationery Drive
Across a six week period a number of Associates in London,
Bristol and Fargo were asked by law firm TLT to join their ‘Aspire
for Associates’ learning and development program to work with
trainee solicitors to share their knowledge in the subjects of cross
office working, homogenised work product and corporate DNA.
Integreon’s Edu-Lync program was founded to provide further
education and new opportunities for vocational training and
learning to students at the Rotary Sanskardham Academy in
Mumbai, an educatory system for children and young adults with
hearing impairments and other special needs.
Aspire is a bespoke learning and development program
combining education needs with innovative interventions, utilising
valuable external sources to deliver a range of learning tools to
selected individuals with workshops, project work, one-to-one
mentoring and practical business-related games.
Using Microsoft Skype technology, Integreon Associates from
anywhere in the world remotely dial in from their own work
stations to teach lessons to students sitting in class at their
school. We follow the Academy’s school year syllabus in the
subjects of Economics, IT, Accounting, Secretarial Practice,
Organisation of Commerce and Legal.
Volunteers from the New York office took part in the Pajama
Program, a charitable initiative aimed at giving children fun
and valuable reading practice in their local library and reading
centres. Associates paired up to give literacy support and
individual practice in one-to-one shared reading, picking out
books as well as taking part in engaging group activities. The
Pajama Program also provides new pajamas and new books to
children with the aim of giving them a comforting and nurturing
bedtime experience.
The Noida office ran a week long collection drive, putting together
school kits containing school stationery items such as pencils,
pens, pencil boxes, drawing and painting kits, notebooks and
books. The bags were donated to the 30 students at Goonj,
Noida’s NGO partner, who had highlighted that rural students lack
basic supplies that students in urban areas enjoy in abundance,
so this initiative goes a long way to helping improve a student’s
involvement in class and increase their self-confidence. This
contribution of varied stationery items greatly benefited the underprivileged students who are keenly interested in continuing school
but are ill equipped to otherwise start the school year.
Integreon also funds a full time language interpreter, which has
given students additional access to the Edu-Lync program.
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ARLINGTON
CPR Training
BRISTOL
Mind
FARGO
Pink Day
In early January 2015 Arlington Associates witnessed a colleague
suffer cardiac arrest in the office. The Associate thankfully
recovered, however fellow colleagues realised they were less
than prepared to deal with such an incident so undertook
essential first aid training in order to better assist in the event
something like this happened again. Eleven Arlington volunteers
took time out to train in CPR, and are now certified in using lifesaving techniques along with a defibrillator machine. This training
now means these Associates can identify themselves when they
assist with blood drives for the American Red Cross.
Melissa Imber volunteered a week of her annual leave to support
mental health charity Bristol Mind who exhibited at Glastonbury,
a five day festival of contemporary performing arts and music.
Manning their 24 hour first aid and counselling tent, Melissa
distributed leaflets and spent time listening to those in need.
Bristol Mind is part of national charity Mind which aims to promote
a positive view of mental health and emotional well-being and
provide services that are accessible, relevant and empowering to
the people using them.
In support of Pink Day and Breast Cancer Awareness, Fargo
Associates challenged each other to participate in wearing pink
for the day. Client teams held contests to gauge participation
within their work group and to compete against other internal
groups for the most people in pink, or the most pink by any team.
Donations collected were given to the Fargo Moorhead Area Bras
on Broadway, where local hearts and local art came together to
raise money for those in the area fighting breast cancer.
JOHANNESBURG
The Maharishi Institute, The Cancer Association
of South Africa (CANSA)
Johannesburg Associates organised a presentation in
association with CANSA (The Cancer Association of South
Africa) at the Maharishi Institute to commemorate National
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and increase awareness
among the institute’s students.
During the event a CANSA nurse and CANSA representative
conducted an insightful presentation, educating the students
and encouraging them to familiarise themselves with facts about
breast cancer.
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LONDON
London2Cambridge Challenge
MUMBAI
Fundraising For Oxfam
NEW YORK
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
NOIDA
BloodConnect Blood Drive
Integreon’s Chief of Staff, Andrew Sims, took part in a sponsored
60 mile walk from London to Cambridge to raise funds for
Integreon’s two UK charities of the year - Rainbow Trust who are
dedicated to supporting seriously ill children and their families,
and Bristol Mind, the mental health charity whose services include
supported housing, crisis helplines, drop-in centres, employment
and training, counselling and befriending.
A number of fundraising events took place at the office with
all donations going to the Chennai flood relief effort. Activities
included auctioning old IT equipment and involving volunteer
members of Oxfam in fundraising efforts during an office visit.
Oxfam India is a NGO with over 64 years of presence in India and
drives initiatives like providing sanitation facilities, public health
services, emergency flood security and temporary shelters to
flood victims.
New York Associates donated $5 each to wear jeans for the day
in order to fundraise for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
the leading facility for pioneering research and treatments for
children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Noida Associates know that blood donation is an easy and
powerful way to make an impact, which is why 58 of them joined
with BloodConnect, and gave the equivalent of 20 litres of blood.
Andrew’s challenge was to complete the walk in under 24 hours.
He came over the finish line in 22 hours and 10 minutes.
Donations went toward the provision of treatment, travel, housing
and food for seriously ill patients and their families.
BloodConnect is a youth-run organisation providing free help and
services to the poor and needy of India. With a shortage of three
million blood units a year, the charity operates boot camps and
weekly donations to ensure there is a continuous, sufficient blood
supply to blood banks. Connecting donors, helping those in need
and improving awareness, the charity has established a network
of youth across the country to lead the movement.
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ARLINGTON
Clothing And Food Drive
AUSTIN
Empty Bowl Project
BEIJING
Clothing Drive
MANILA
Habitat For Humanity Project
Throughout the year the Arlington office worked closely with VA
Winterhaven donating clothing and food to homeless and at-risk
veterans. Winterhaven is an integral part of the VA Medical Center’s
comprehensive effort to end veteran homelessness, offering vital
services such as health screenings, housing and employment
counselling and clothing to help lead veterans to independence and
improved health.
Austin Associates volunteered being greeters, serving soup
and cleaning bowls during the Empty Bowl Project, an annual
fundraiser for the Kids Café program. The Kids Café is a national
program of Feeding America that provides afterschool and
summer meals to children aged 5-18. The Empty Bowl Project
brings together Austin area potters, musicians and restaurant
owners, who donate their time and talents to the fundraiser.
Our Beijing office sought to make a positive impact and provide
happiness to their local community through continuing their
tradition of holding clothing drives.
The Manila office supported Habitat for Humanity by taking part
in project work in Quezon City. Integreon volunteers hauled nearly
one thousand concrete blocks, mixed cement, gravel and sand, and
created slab floorings to help build houses for one of the beneficiary
communities. Habitat for Humanity helps the poorest and most
vulnerable people lift themselves out of poverty by partnering with
them to build their homes and communities.
Many items of clothing, including coats which were sought after
ahead of winter, were provided to homeless and unemployed
people in the region’s remote areas in Qinghai Province.
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AUSTIN
Food Drive For Capital Area Food Bank
LONDON
Food Drive For Trussell Trust
MANILA
Project Pearls
MUMBAI
Oldie But Goldie And The Young Show
Austin Associates donated healthy, non-perishable food supplies
to Capital Area Food Bank, a hunger relief charity operating in
Central Texas.
London Associates raised nearly $800 to buy non-perishable and
tinned groceries as well as household goods for their local food
bank in Hackney in East London. The amount raised equated to
265 meals for local people in difficulty.
Led by the Manila Document Services team, Integreon sponsored
a soup kitchen day for more than 300 children living in the slums
of Tondo.
Mumbai volunteers visited a local retirement home, spending
quality time with the elderly residents, putting on performances,
engaging them in games and activities and joining them for
dinner.
The food bank works alongside financial supporters, volunteers
and food donors across the country to fill unmet needs in Central
Texas. Each year this commitment from private, government and
charitable partners allows them to bring 26 million meals to the
community and into the hands of families and local non-profits.
Trussell Trust partners with local communities to provide a minimum
of three days’ emergency food to people experiencing financial
crisis. Recognising that stopping hunger is about more than just
giving food, the Trust also offers services such as money advice
and fuel banks, helping people to break the cycle of poverty.
Associates from different business units volunteered helping in
the soup kitchen, serving food and distributing clothing and toys
to children and parents. Project Pearls is a charity which focuses
on improving education, nutrition, economic and community
development.
The team also gave donations to go towards paying for kitchen
supplies and arranged a collection drive at the Mumbai office of
toiletries and food.
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MANILA
Tree Planting At Manila Marikina Watershed
FARGO
PCs For People
Manila Associates volunteered their time in a one day activity,
planting over 600 wildlings covering 1 hectare of forest land to
contribute toward The Forest Enrichment Program, which aims
to rehabilitate the disappearing forest cover of the Marikina
Watershed area, a location affected most from past flooding,
extreme weather and typhoons.
As part of our commitment to recycling, the Fargo office donated
working computers and monitors to PCs For People, a charity
that provides IT equipment to low income individuals and families.
Other beneficiaries include non-profit and non-governmental
organisations with recognised charitable status, educational
institutions, and museums who have volunteer staff, and because
of their status are unable to afford a computer, or other hardware.
The activity implements a planting system that promotes the
propagation of native indigenous trees for forest restoration
and biodiversity, incorporating also fruit trees and crops for
food security. Recording over 80% survival rate of the wildlings,
the volunteer program also utilises community participation for
alternative livelihood and inclusive growth.
MANILA
Habitat For Humanity Project
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