Securing our communities
We seek to make a positive social and economic impact on the communities in which our employees, customers and suppliers live and work around the world
The social and economic impact of G4S reaches well beyond its working environment and touches the lives of millions of people around the world.
Key achievements in 2012
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Priorities for 2013
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- Invested over £2 million in charitable community programmes and welfare of employees facing health difficulties or financial hardships Comprised of:
- Provision of goods, services and financial investment in community programmes across 60 countries with a combined value of almost £1.4 million
- Increased investment of £641,400 into projects to support the long-term welfare and development of employees in developing countries
- Facilitated over 30,000 hours of employee volunteering with charitable concerns and local community good causes
- Through the G4S 4teen programme, G4S successfully helped five young athletes to achieve their ambition of competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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- Evaluate a new community-based programme for 2013 to be launched in the second half of the year
- Build on our wider community investment to demonstrate the impact on the people we strive to support
- Work to increase the level of investment in communities through donations of goods and services
- Participate in an academic study of the direct and indirect social and economic impacts of G4S within a number of key markets, starting with the UK
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Case Studies