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HSBC employees in the community
They make HSBC's success possible. They are also members of the communities in which they live and work. We encourage our staff to share their skills and realise their full potential as citizens by engaging in local community projects.
The world over, our staff share their skills by acting as mentors, school governors or business advisers.
Around the world, our staff at all levels are supporting projects in their local communities and raise funds for causes close to their hearts.
On this page you can explore just a few of the activities our employees take part in all over the world.
Livia Li with HSBC in China
Livia, a secretary to one of HSBC’s regional managers in Beijing, gives a computer literacy lesson to children at Mantang Village Elementary School.
Livia was one of a team of 15 Beijing branch staff that visited the remote rural school to teach students general knowledge, computer skills and basic English. HSBC also donated nearly 200 sets of new tables and chairs to the school, to improve the students’ studying conditions.
Paul Lawrence and his senior management team with HSBC in Singapore
HSBC Singapore's Senior Management Team scaled new heights by climbing Southeast Asia's highest peak Mount Kinabalu to raise a total of over SGD 450,000 for needy schoolchildren in Singapore.
HSBC's Chief Executive in Singapore, Paul Lawrence was joined in the leadership challenge by members of his executive team and other senior managers: Michael Young, Bob Martin, Tom Tobin, Simon Cooper, Audrey Wong and Cynthia Ng.
Alan Greenberg and colleagues with HSBC in the UK
Alan and colleagues from HSBC in London, UK, helped independent charity Lea Rivers Trust plant 450 saplings at Bow Creek Ecological Park in East London. The team planted a number of hedgerows between the park and a nearby train track, in a bid to preserve the peace and quiet of the surrounding area and attract wildlife to the park.
HSBC employees with HSBC in the United States
More than 1,000 HSBC employees at seven sites across the United States volunteered to man the ‘phones during a telethon for people affected by the hurricanes in 2005.
Volunteers took over 26,000 calls and collected $2.33 million for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
The hurricanes and tropical storms that swept across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico this year have made 2005 the stormiest year in history.
Robert Bowering, Kat Boyle, Susan Addison, Angela Willams and Anita Elliot with HSBC in the United Kingdom
Robert Bowering, Centre Manager, and colleagues from Edinburgh Customer Contact Centre in Scotland help out in the grounds of the Almond Valley Heritage Trust. The Trust's museum has become a popular attraction for local schools and families since it opened in 1990.
Robert and his colleagues have done voluntary work for the charity since early 2005, and have just helped it to secure an HSBC in the Community donation for its new "Bones & Stones" archaeological dig site.
Ryan Lehere from Buffalo with HSBC in the US
Ryan, second left, and a team of HSBC volunteers joined forces during Buffalo's 'Boater Awareness Day'. Forty five HSBC employees, together with family members and US coast guards, spent half a day cleaning up the local waterfront - including Gallagher Beach. The team also educated boaters on safety and environmental matters.
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2007 Sustainability Report
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