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The fairs provided a unique opportunity
to address credit problems in one go, in
real time, to clear up misunderstandings
and bring new hope to people stuck at
the limit of their credit.
Many people who attended told us
that they arrived feeling hopeless and
left energised by a new and realistic
plan to deal with their debt problems.
Lenders will benefit too, with lower
default rates expected from attendees.
Serasa Experian employee volunteers
added to the value of the events by
providing financial education sessions
for attendees, to help them in the
longer term.
A new green engagement programme
Many of Experian’s people are housed
in modern offices, controlled by building
management systems with little individual
scope to be involved in reducing our
footprint. So this year we launched our
‘Green Challenge’ to harness the creativity
and interest of our colleagues around the
world and encourage them towards more
environmentally aware behaviour in the
office, at home and as they travel between
the two.
The idea was simple: colleagues were
invited to register in self-organised
teams and were presented with a series
of environmental challenges throughout
the competition. Points were awarded
for the best performing teams. Funds were
pledged to good causes as an incentive for
participation and to reward winning teams.
Over 3,000 colleagues around the world
visited the dedicated ‘Green Challenge’
intranet site and around 1,000 people took
part in 126 teams across 20 countries.
The results were outstanding, with
photos, stories and videos flooding in
from around the world. From Costa
Rica to California, Monaco to Madrid,
colleagues have said that being part
of a global project but in a local team
was a motivating force for them. As we
plan the legacy of the project we have
termed the phrase ‘Green for Good’
because we know we have changed the
behaviour and outlook of a large number
of Experian colleagues.
Linking to our business strategy
Corporate responsibility for Experian is an essential element of our business growth strategy and supports our drive
towards product innovation, geographic expansion and work in new customer segments. Our CR programme is developed
through a cycle of consulting, focusing, embedding and innovating. We have great stories to tell in our CR Report, which
show how we’re making progress in all our areas of responsibility. See www.experianplc.com/crreport for our case studies.
BIG ISSUE INVEST PARTNERSHIP
In our second year of partnership with the Big Issue
Invest, engagement with social landlords is becoming
a reality. For the individual we provide a means to build
a repayment profi le that will give access to mainstream
lending and help them achieve considerably cheaper
interest rates.
GREEN CHALLENGE
Our global environmental engagement programme ran
for three months and challenged our people to make a
change to their green, or not so green, behaviours. Over
3,000 colleagues regularly read and watched our updates
and over 1,000 people signed up in teams across 20
countries. Our case study tells their story and you can see
an amateur video grown out of green passion!
GROWING THE HEART
OF EXPERIAN
Our culture programme, the Heart of Experian, is helping
us foster a working environment where people are
engaged and inspired. In this second year we have made
great strides and our case study describes some of our
progress and shares a video that formed one of the fi rst
exciting messages about the initiative.
VALUES, MONEY AND ME
Developed by our UK and Ireland business, Values, Money and
Me is a free primary school online programme that explores what
money can and cannot buy. Developed in partnership with teachers
and backed by pfeg, the UK fi nancial education charity, the case
study video shows children and teachers using the resource and
having a lot of fun learning about fi nances and values.
CLEAN MY NAME
Or Limpe Nome as it’s known in Portuguese, is the title for
a series of fi ve major events held across Brazil, developed
by our Serasa Experian business to help people set their
fi nance records straight and solve their debt problems in
one day. Over 56,000 people attended – see the impact and
hear their inspiring stories in the case study.
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