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Community Involvement - 2008
“Global SpirIT”
This case study is about ‘Global SpirIT’, an employee driven joint initiative that demonstrates the firm’s investment in the communities in which it operates as well as valuing inclusion and diversity within the workforce.
Created in 2005 to better understand cultural similarities/ differences between UK and India - the firm has partnerships with three Indian IT companies. It evolved in 2006 as a vehicle for responsible investment in communities and has invested in schools in the local area, helping to benefit children.
There are plans to roll out the Global SpirIT initiative to the US & UK in the foreseeable future.
Impact:
- Educational support to 950 children at MMET School Bangalore through provision of an educational ‘infrastructure’.
- Sponsored education of 60 girls at Muskaan School, Pune for their complete 10 year school education.
- Greater cohesion and collaboration of employees across departments and strengthened relationships with strategic supplier base.
