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Corporate
ELPs
VTech’s Sustainability Report 2015 received the “Sustainability Excellence Award” from the Chamber
of Hong Kong Listed Companies and the “Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Award 2015” in the
category of Sustainability and Social Responsibility Reporting presented by the Hong Kong Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, for the second consecutive year.
VTech’s contribution to the Hong
Kong community was recognised
by the Hong Kong Council of Social
Service and VTech was named
a “Caring Company” for the eighth
consecutive year.
Sustainability Efforts
“Caring Company” Recognition
The Group encourages its employees to participate in different sports activities such as the Standard Chartered Hong Kong
Marathon, Oxfam Trailwalker, Golf Tournament, Sowers Action Challenging 12 Hours and Dragon Boat Race. In the Sowers
Action’s event, the VTech Sowers Action team won the second runner-up in the 42 km Corporation Team category and the
Group was presented the Golden Corporate Participation award. VTech was also the third most committed organisation in
the RunOurCity Streetathon 2015. The VTech Dragon Boat Race Team was second runner-up in the mixed team event at the
Chow Tai Fook Invitational Race and third runner-up in the women’s open race at the Shatin Dragon Boat Race 2015.
In the financial year 2016, the number of VTech volunteers
increased to 2,600 and the Group contributed over 18,291
person hours to volunteer community activities. VTech’s
volunteer team from Liaobu, Dongguan was presented with
a “Breakthrough Award” in 2015 by the local Community
Healthcare Centre.
Community Involvement
The VTech Annual Report 2015 received
the “Gold Award” in the category of Annual
Reports – Print: Electronic Manufacturing in
the Galaxy Awards 2015, as well as the “Honors Award” in
the category of Traditional Annual Report – Electronics in
the 2015 International ARC Awards.
Award-winning Annual Report
In the calendar year 2015, VTech strengthened its position
as the number one infant and toddler toy manufacturer in
France, the UK and Germany8. In the US, VTech maintained
its position as the largest manufacturer of electronic
learning toys from infancy through toddler and preschool9.
In the financial year 2016, VTech won four “2015 Grand
Prix du Jouet” awards, presented by La Revue du Jouet
magazine in France. This was the highest number
of awards granted to any manufacturer,
with Toot-Toot Drivers Super RC
Raceway gaining the top “Toy of
the Year 2015” award.
No. 1 in Infant Toys Category “2015 Grand Prix du Jouet” Awards
8 Source: NPD Group, Retail Tracking Service
9 Source: NPD Group, Retail Tracking Service. Ranking based on total retail sales in the combined toy categories of Toddler Electronic Learning, Toddler Figures, Playsets and
Accessories, Preschool Electronic Learning, Electronic Entertainment excluding Tablets and Walkers for the 12 months ending December 2015
In the financial year 2016, VTech Holdings Limited became a constituent
member of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index and
the FTSE4Good Index. VTech is also among the top 100 most sustainable
companies in Asia and ranked fifth in Hong Kong according to Channel
NewsAsia, CSR Asia and Sustainalytics.
20 VTech Holdings Limited Annual Report 2016
Year in Review