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Community Investment
As a responsible corporate citizen, VTech uses
its expertise and resources to support the
communities in which it operates in various
ways, focusing on helping people in need, collaborating with
local charities to support the local charitable events, providing
training opportunities for young people, nourishing an
innovative environment and developing a healthy and green
community.
Since the establishment of VTech’s voluntary teams in different
manufacturing sites and global offices, we have participated in
various voluntary events, and created a strong social network to
assist and support the people in need. We also encourage our
employees and their families to participate in our volunteering
activities, bringing positive impact to the families and society.
Our China and Hong Kong voluntary teams frequently
participate in various types of voluntary services. In FY2016,
the number of volunteers has increased to 2,600 and we have
contributed over 18,291 hours in volunteering activities. VTech
has been awarded the “Caring Company” by The Hong Kong
Council of Social Service for the eighth consecutive year in
recognition of our continuous contribution to the Hong Kong
community. Our voluntary team in Liaobu, Dongguan, China
was also presented with the breakthrough award by the local
Community Healthcare Centre in 2015.
Sustainable Operating Practices
VTech has three core policies and systems to
ensure that we have a sustainable operating
practice throughout the Company. We have
“Business Continuity Management” programme to identify
and mitigate our potential operational risks, and increase our
resilience capability to resume our operations in an effective
and timely manner. For the supply chain management which is
crucial for our sustainable operations, we have a well established
“Supply Chain Management System” to monitor the quality
of our suppliers as well as their environmental and ethical
performance in accordance with VTech’s CSR requirements.
As an environmentally conscious and sustainable company,
VTech also recognises that climate change could create
uncertainties in our business development. We have
developed our “Climate Change Strategy” to assess how
climate change could affect our business operations, and
minimise the potential impacts on our sustainable growth.
As part of our climate change strategy, we are dedicated
to reducing our GHG emissions by minimising the energy
consumption from our daily operation through our various
energy and resources saving programmes. We have also been
working closely with our suppliers and customers to reduce
the carbon emissions through enhancing our environmentally
friendly product designs, green logistic practices and carbon
reduction programmes.
Toys donation for China remote area
28 VTech Holdings Limited Annual Report 2016
Sustainability