CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

>> Launching of medically equipped caravan donated to Link to Life

CIM CSR’S FRAMEWORK

Cim’s CSR strategy is underpinned by the desire to make a positive impact on the lives of less privileged members of society. We aim to achieve this not only by contributing money to worthwhile causes but also by encouraging our staff to participate in the CSR efforts of the Group.

The Group’s subsidiaries channel their individual CSR contributions to the Cim CSR Fund Ltd, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee which was created to administer the Group’s CSR spend. This entity allows for a more efficient management of Cim CSR’s activities and ensures that a proper governance process is followed by having the Board of Directors of the company approving the projects. The day-to-day management of CSR

activities of the Group is handled by a full-time employee, whilst accounting and company secretarial support are provided by the shared services arm of the Group.

FOCUS AREAS

With a view to creating a real impact while helping as many beneficiaries as possible, Cim concentrates its CSR initiatives in the following three areas:

1. Engagement

2. Environment

3. Education

For the financial year under review, Cim CSR spent MUR 13m (excluding administrative expenses), on projects submitted by NGOs across its focus areas.

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>> Empowering women in NGO “Ti Rayons Soleil”

ENGAGEMENT

Our Engagement initiatives are geared towards helping the most vulnerable in our society. The NGOs we partnered with ranged from an organisation working to empower women from vulnerable backgrounds to launch their own small scale businesses to an association supporting children in need of special therapy.

One of the key initiatives we sponsored this year was the launch of the cancer screening caravan for the NGO Link to Life. The caravan will allow people from underprivileged regions to be screened at an early stage for breast and cervical cancer.

A total of MUR 9m was spent on our Engagement initiatives.

List of projects

NGOS/ ASSOCIATION INITIATIVES OUTCOME

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Sponsorship of the Charity Walk and supporting the physiotherapy services

Raising awareness from the public with over

100 PARTICIPANTS

Spiral Injury Rehabilitation Centre (SiRec)

The acquisition of medical equipment for the therapy programme

10 CHILDREN suffering from cerebral palsy

benefited from the programme

Gender Links Supporting the NGO in providing life skills courses for women in Cité Cim Rivière du Rempart and the organisation of a Fun Day in the region

25 WOMEN benefited from the programme

80 PEOPLE attended the Fun Day

Ti Rayons Soleil Training programme for vulnerable women at Cité Cim in Rivière Du Rempart to empower them to develop a small business

12 WOMEN attended the courses from

Riviere Du Rempart to Vacoas

Community based projects Renovation of Houses in Cité Cim at Rivière du Rempart in terms of fixing leaking roofs and ensuring the safety of the electrical supply

20 FAMILIES will ultimately benefit and

live more comfortably

Link to Life Launching of the medically equipped caravan for cancer screening on5 October 2017

2430 WOMENwere screened for breast and participated

in awareness campaign

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ENVIRONMENT

As a responsible corporate citizen, we believe that it is our collective responsibility to preserve our environment. Cim contributed to the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation’s awareness and conservation programme. A total amount of MUR 1m was disbursed for this initiative.

>> Launching of biography of late Serge Constantin

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

NGOS INITIATIVES OUTCOME

Noyau Cité la Cure (Teen Hope)

To sponsor various projects to mark the 25th Anniversary of Cim Global Business, including free eye screening and provision of spectacles to vulnerable children.Other initiatives included a free journey to Crocodile Park, the donation of uniforms and shoes and the painting of all the classrooms.A bakery project has been funded to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship among the adolescents

84 CHILDREN benefited from the sponsorship.

20 adolescents have received training.

Soroptimist To support early childhood and pre-schooling care to children aged 2 to 5 years old in the socially deprived area of Cite Richelieu.

25 CHILDREN are enrolled for the pre-schooling

Serge Constantin To mark the 100th anniversary of the late Serge Constantin, a great painter and artists, with the creation of a website to build awareness of the history of the painter, providing a biography and displaying an exhibition of his works.

10,080 PERSONS benefited from the exhibitionChildren of all ages undertook

courses to learn about painting.

Action Familiale To support a documentary film to mark the 50th anniversary of the independence of Mauritius.

The film will target students at large to build awareness of the history of

Mauritius.

Care – Co (Rodrigues) To sponsor the centre for the empowerment of handicapped adolescents in small businesses like handicrafts and beekeeping

12–15 HANDICAPPED adolescents will benefit from the

training.

EDUCATION

An amount of MUR 3m was allocated to the projects, reaching over 400 beneficiaries. These projects ranged from programmes to support schools operating in socially deprived regions to the sponsorship of a ‘retrospective’ of the works of the late Serge Constantin, a respected Mauritian artist, to help protect and disseminate the cultural heritage of Mauritius.

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