Participación de la comunidad
Rotork considers it important to contribute to and engage positively in the communities in which it operates.
In 2011, Rotork has held and participated in numerous fundraising events for its nominated charity, WaterAid. Highlights over the last year include:
- All Rotork Sweden employees donated cash in lieu of the annual Christmas gift from Rotork;
- Rotork Malaysia sold t-shirts;
- Rotork Italy held a charity lottery and a charity football match;
- A team of UK employees took part in Coast Along, a 10km trail around Cardiff Bay, Wales.
The Group donated £90,000 to WaterAid and a further £19,000 was raised from employee fundraising. The Group will continue to support WaterAid in 2012 and sponsor its Jeldu Woreda Solar Powered water project in Ethiopia, which will improve access to clean drinking water, provide education and promote good sanitation practices. In addition, in 2012, Rotork is looking to set up its own global charity initiatives.
Rotork also believes it is important to be a good neighbour by working in the community. We regard this as part of our ongoing responsibilities as a corporate entity and seek to be regarded as a good corporate citizen. One of the ways the Group does this is by having local Charity Committees at each of its sites which donate to local charities. This empowers local employees to decide how to distribute the funds in their local communities. During 2011, £70,000 was donated by the local Charity Committees. For example, Rotork Milwaukee, USA donated school supplies to fill 50 rucksacks to be distributed
to children from the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, a non-profit social service agency which supports Wisconsin's largest low-income housing development as well as surrounding communities.
Individual employees or groups of employees also engage in community activities and the Charity Committees will normally match monies raised by
employees who undertake charitable events personally. Highlights from 2011 include:
- Employees from Rochester, USA, hosted a game of Penny Wars, a popular North American method of fundraising. All proceeds went to the American Cancer Society with the Group matching the funds;
- Rotork Thailand donated cash to primary schools in Loey province in Thailand to enable them to host a lunch function, as well as purchase sports equipment in order to promote health and wellbeing;
- Employees based in Shanghai volunteered in a local school which helps disabled children;
- A Rotork Canada team took part in the CE Franklin 3 on 3 Hockey Challenge, which raised $155,000 for the Calgary Health Trust;
- The Group was a main sponsor of a charity football match in Bath, UK;
- Rotork is sponsoring Judo athlete Tom Reed's bid to be included in the Great Britain Olympic team.
Rotork has forged links with local universities, colleges and schools in a number of the locations where it operates. It also sponsors students to go into higher education in India in addition to sponsoring a school there. Rotork is the industry member of the Bath Education Trust, which has as its objectives educational advancement in local schools and the promotion of community cohesion. The Bath Education Trust has provided Rotork with an opportunity to further develop local links. Staff hold sessions for students providing experience through courses intended to develop skills such as negotiating, presenting, project management, conducting meetings and financial management.
Rotork has a representative who is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Mechanical Engineering Department of Bath University. Rotork is also a member of an initiative of the Engineering Development Trust and sponsors a science project currently being undertaken by pupils in the sixth form of a local Bath school.
