Hello Taiwan!” Fundraising Bicycle Tour Contributes Social Responsibility

Hong Kong’s popular travel ticketing wholesaler, Lotus Tours Limited, contributes to corporate social responsibility wholeheartedly by sending care and warmth to neighbouring countries. In response to the Japanese 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, staff members of Lotus Tours hand-knitted scarves and delivered them to Japan. The scarves were distributed to victims of the tsunami via Salvation Army’s Japan Headquarters. Entire staff also visited Taiwan in December to actively engage in a fundraising bicycle tour in Taichung City to support the needy of Taiwan.   Read more

Tetra Pak CEO pledges step-change in sustainability for 2011

Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, recently published its biennial sustainability update, Mission Possible. Introducing the company’s past achievements and future goals, CEO Dennis Jönsson said “we will step up our efforts to reduce our environmental footprint along the value chain and to meet rising demand for safe and nutritious food.” Read more

United & Continental customers donate in excess of USD2.5 mill to Japan

United Continental Holdings, Inc. announced that customers and employees donated more than USD2.5 million to the American Red Cross efforts to aid those affected by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March 2011. In addition, Mileage Plus and OnePass members donated more than 63 million of their frequent flyer miles to charities through the airlines’ programmes. Read more

Coca-Cola Raises Total Pledge to 2.5 bill yen for Japan Relief Efforts

The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it is establishing the Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund and raised its pledge to a total of 2.5 billion Yen (US$31 million) donations towards relief and rebuilding efforts for the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami over the next three years. This includes the 600 million Yen (US$7.3 million) in cash and product announced previously. Read more

2011 Gold Quill Awards – special categories for corporate social responsibility

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is now accepting entries for the 2011 Gold Quill Awards. Recipients of the Gold Quill Awards are recognised for their excellence in business communication in multiple categories ranging from employee communication, public relations, social responsibility, marketing communication and social media. The early-bird deadline for entries is 28 January 2011 and the final deadline is 4 February 2011. Read more

New Facility in Singapore to Increase Global Supply of Clean Drinking Water

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced that it will build a new manufacturing facility for its PUR™ Purifier of Water packets in Singapore that is expected to be able to produce more than 200 million packets a year to help provide clean drinking water across the world. Read more

Air Asia & UNICEF Collaborate To Raise Funds For Haiti

AirAsia and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) plans to raise RM438 million (USD128 million) for children and families in Haiti. AirAsia’s group chief executive officer, Tony Fernandes, was reported to have said that the company has a dedicated link on its website to allow guests to contribute to the Haiti Earthquake Children’s Appeal 2010 fund. Read more

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