All Discussions Tagged 'CSR' - CSR Middle East2024-03-29T07:46:16Zhttp://csrmiddleeast.org/group/csrinegypt/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=CSR&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCSR related links from Egypttag:csrmiddleeast.org,2011-03-26:6384023:Topic:16322011-03-26T09:28:33.229ZCSR Middle Easthttp://csrmiddleeast.org/profile/CSRMiddleEast
<p>Do you know any CSR related organizations in Egypt?</p>
<p>Which companies have CSR department in Egypt?</p>
<p>Do you know any CSR related organizations in Egypt?</p>
<p>Which companies have CSR department in Egypt?</p> Areas of CSR in Egypttag:csrmiddleeast.org,2011-03-26:6384023:Topic:12762011-03-26T08:43:44.359ZCSR Middle Easthttp://csrmiddleeast.org/profile/CSRMiddleEast
<h2>Poverty</h2>
<div class="box"><h3>BASIC INFORMATION</h3>
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<li>Life expectancy: Total population: 71.85 years; males: 69.3 years; females: 74.52 years (2008 est.)</li>
<li>Infant mortality rate: Total: 28.36 deaths/1,000 births; males: 30.06 deaths/1,000 births; females: 26.57 deaths/1,000 births (2008 est.)</li>
<li>Malnutrition: 4% (2002/2004)</li>
<li>Access to clean water: 98% (2004)</li>
<li>Access to sanitary facilities: 70% (2004)</li>
<li>Human Poverty Index: Ranks 48th of 108…</li>
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<h2>Poverty</h2>
<div class="box"><h3>BASIC INFORMATION</h3>
<ul>
<li>Life expectancy: Total population: 71.85 years; males: 69.3 years; females: 74.52 years (2008 est.)</li>
<li>Infant mortality rate: Total: 28.36 deaths/1,000 births; males: 30.06 deaths/1,000 births; females: 26.57 deaths/1,000 births (2008 est.)</li>
<li>Malnutrition: 4% (2002/2004)</li>
<li>Access to clean water: 98% (2004)</li>
<li>Access to sanitary facilities: 70% (2004)</li>
<li>Human Poverty Index: Ranks 48th of 108 (2007/2008)</li>
<li>Gini index: 34.4 (2001)</li>
<li>Population below the poverty line: 20% (2005 est.)</li>
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<p class="bodytext">Poverty is a major challenge, particularly in rural areas, where very few major Egyptian or German companies are located. Food shortages are increasingly a problem in the cities as well – a result of rising prices for basic foods, Egypt’s dramatic population growth and alternative uses for farmland.</p>
<div class="box"><h3>PARTICIPANTS</h3>
<p class="bodytext">Possible participants include organizations for development cooperation (GTZ etc.), chambers of commerce, trade associations, trade unions, ministries (Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) and political foundations (such as the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation).</p>
<p class="bodytext"><b>GTZ in Egypt</b><br/><a href="http://www.gtz.de/en/weltweit/maghreb-naher-osten/671.htm" title="Link to GTZ in Egypt" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">http://www.gtz.de/en/weltweit/maghreb-naher-osten/671.htm</a></p>
<p class="bodytext"><b>CIM Egypt</b><br/><a href="http://www.cimonline.de/en/worldwide/375.asp" title="Link to CIM Egypt" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">http://www.cimonline.de/en/worldwide/375.asp</a></p>
<p class="bodytext"><b>German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Cairo</b><br/><a href="http://aegypten.ahk.de/index.php?id=82&no_cache=1&L=15" title="Link to German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Cairo" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">http://aegypten.ahk.de/index.php?id=82&no_cache=1&L=15</a></p>
<p class="bodytext"><b>Friedrich Naumann Foundation</b><br/><a href="http://www.fnst-freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php/_c-1558/_nr-7/_p-1/i.html" title="Link to Friedrich Naumann Foundation" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">http://www.fnst-freiheit.org/webcom/show_article.php/_c-1558/_nr-7/_p-1/i.html</a> (deutsch)</p>
<p class="bodytext"><b>Nahdet Al Mahrousa Association</b> <br/>NGO focusing on youth work<br/><a href="http://www.nahdetmasr.org/" title="Link to Nahdet Al Mahrousa Association" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">http://www.nahdetmasr.org</a></p>
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<div class="box"><h3>COMPANY EXAMPLES</h3>
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<h3>KRAFT FOODS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH</h3>
<p class="bodytext">CSR WeltWeit-Fallstudie: <a href="http://www.csr-weltweit.de/fallstudien/studie/kraft-foods-deutschland-gmbh-nachhaltiger-kaffeeanbau-in-kooperation-mit-der-rainforest-alliance/index.nc.html" title="Link to the CSR WeltWeit case study (English): Nachhaltiger Kaffeeanbau in Kooperation mit der Rainforest Alliance" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window">Nachhaltiger Kaffeeanbau in Kooperation mit der Rainforest Alliance</a></p>
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<h3>MARRIOTT HOTEL, CAIRO</h3>
<p class="bodytext">The Marriott Hotel provides food for the poor in Cairo, an initiative launched at the personal instigation of the company’s German general manager.</p>
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<h3>MERCEDES-BENZ EGYPT</h3>
<p class="bodytext">Mercedes-Benz Egypt is currently establishing a service modeled after an organization in Hamburg called “Hamburger Tafel,” which takes food donated by hotels and distributes it to the poor.</p>
</div> The role of CSR in Egypttag:csrmiddleeast.org,2011-03-26:6384023:Topic:15212011-03-26T08:42:54.899ZCSR Middle Easthttp://csrmiddleeast.org/profile/CSRMiddleEast
<h2><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">So far Egypt has attached relatively little importance to corporate social responsibility, but this is changing, particularly because of the growing international prominence of CSR; indeed, it is now becoming fashionable in Egypt. Yet not every Egyptian company is showing the necessary consistency and seriousness of purpose in its social responsibilities. </span></h2>
<p class="bodytext">German companies in Egypt are engaged in society…</p>
<h2><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">So far Egypt has attached relatively little importance to corporate social responsibility, but this is changing, particularly because of the growing international prominence of CSR; indeed, it is now becoming fashionable in Egypt. Yet not every Egyptian company is showing the necessary consistency and seriousness of purpose in its social responsibilities. </span></h2>
<p class="bodytext">German companies in Egypt are engaged in society because they are familiar with CSR from the initiatives of their headquarters in Germany. NGOs are demanding that companies in Egypt increase their CSR efforts in accordance with international practice. There is very little mention of CSR in the Egyptian media.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Under the PPP program, Germany’s federally-owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) works with these companies and associations in developing and transformation countries to achieve development synergies. Their projects are jointly planned, financed and implemented. Companies benefit from GTZ’s contacts, experience and network of experts, while they, in turn, contribute to achieving development-policy goals: They create jobs, introduce technological innovations to countries in the southern and eastern parts of the world, and upgrade production processes. They invest in human beings and the environment, and in so doing also ensure the success of their own businesses.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Public Private Partnerships in Egypt:<br/>• Introducing internationally recognized standards for training welders<br/>• Developing and implementing an ecologically and economically sustainable system of hotel management<br/>• Business intelligence (IT concept) for cotton products, fruits and vegetables <br/>• Support for teaching and learning materials used in vocational education (CBT/WBT systems)<br/>• Enhancing value chains in the textile sector (export-oriented small and medium-sized businesses)<br/>• E-learning for upgrading middle management in carpet production, sales and marketing</p>
<p class="bodytext">A CSR committee of the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GACIC) in Cairo provides a platform for companies from both countries to exchange information and ideas for CSR initiatives/projects. This allows interested companies that lack the capacity to undertake a project on their own to play an active role in CSR efforts by working together with like-minded parties.</p>