Community and charityInteracting with and supporting our local communities

Through our offices and distribution centres we have very strong links with our local communities.

Interacting with and supporting these communities is a fundamental value for us.

We positively encourage our employees to be involved with charitable activities. We support their efforts to raise funds and increase the awareness of personal worthy causes, as well as organising events for national charities.

In the UK our business has been granted patron status of the children's charity, the NSPCC.

The emphasis is on local focus as opposed to a central or corporate policy, consequently there are many smaller activities conducted locally rather than one or two large global initiatives.

Examples of these local initiatives include:

• Our UK business's call centre supporting the UK's Comic Relief charity as part of the donation network across the country
• Our Allied business in North America actively participating in a number of community initiatives, such as the United Way and the Battered Women's Foundation.
• Our Asia Pacific management team donating to charities in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan