ESB International - Corporate Social Responsibility
ESB International is committed to being a successful, responsible and progressive company contributing to economic and social life in all countries where we operate.
Since our establishment over 35 years ago, ESBI has completed projects in 115 countries worldwide and is currently operating in over 20 countries. We are dedicated to applying good business behaviour, over and above legal requirements, to areas such as safety, environmental impact, customer service, working conditions and community involvement.
The examples below, reflect our commitment to being a successful, responsible and progressive company contributing to the economic and social life of Ireland and the countries we work in.
- ElectricAid and ElectricAid Ireland
- Teshie School Project, Ghana
- Orphanage Support, Malaysia
- Rousch Eye Camp, Pakistan
- Christina Noble Children Foundation, Vietnam
ElectricAid and ElectricAid Ireland
ElectricAid is ESB's staff social justice fund, which has been supporting development projects in Ireland and across the world since 1987.
Over 3,000 ESB staff and ex-staff are contributing members to ElectricAid, whose primary focus is on long-term and sustainable development projects in the developing world. Over the last 4 years ElectricAid has funded projects in over 60 countries.
ElectricAid Ireland was launched in July 2005, continuing ESB's proactive and caring tradition of assisting those in need. In Ireland, it currently supports two areas which affect Irish society - Suicide and Homelessness. The initiative has funded hundreds of worthy projects, providing funding of almost €1 million per year to a range of groups including:
- National organisations;
- Research bodies;
- Regional charities;
- Local community and parish-based initiatives.
Teshie School Project, Ghana
ESB's Teshie School Project enhances the lives of thousands of African children with the complete refurbishment of Teshie Primary School in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
Since the launch the project by the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Mr Eamon Ryan in September 2007, over 80 volunteers from across ESB have travelled to Ghana with truly amazing results.
The school has been transformed from run down partially covered classrooms with no electricity, running water or toilet facilities to a modern school complex, completely refurbished with full electrical installation in all classrooms, a state-of-the-art computer room complete with air conditioning, broadband and work stations and a full suite of educational and business software. Fifty teachers have been IT trained, ensuring enhanced possibilities for thousands of children.
This project directly benefits over 3,000 students each year but will have an incalculable long-term positive impact on the entire community of Teshie. ESB International is proud to be associated with the venture.
Orphanage Support, Malaysia
Since the start of the operations and maintenance contract in Manjung, Malaysia in 2005, ESBI O&M Solutions has provided support to two local orphanages in Sitiawan. In early 2010 members of the ESBI O&M Solutions team in Malaysia, Andrew Whittingham, Suresh Kumar, Leonard Traynor, Rob Fothergill and Rusilawani Abdul Razak presented a donation and met with the children. They received an enthusiastic welcome from Principal Mr Aramban and the 52 young residents. ESBI are delighted to be able to assist the orphanage, who is under constant pressure for funds.
Rousch Eye Camp, Pakistan
In Pakistan, ESBI has been contributing to the local community through various activities and welfare projects. In November 2008, ESBI Rousch arranged a three-day free Eye Camp at the rural health centre in Abdul Hakim.
ESBI arranged for experienced and trained ophthalmologists from district headquarter hospitals to examine patients and to carry out surgery. Free consultation and medication was provided to 1,100 patients, the majority of whom were elderly and poor.
A large number of students from schools also availed of the on-the-spot eye testing facility, as this is an area of Pakistan where some students have eyesight difficulties due to malnutrition.
In addition to this, up to 130 patients were selected for cataract surgery to be carried out at the district headquarter hospital in Khanewal. ESBI is providing the medication, lenses and surgical items required for the cataract surgery at Khanewal and is also providing transport and food to patients. The local community and District Health Officer have been very receptive to the initiative.
Christina Noble Children Foundation, Vietnam
Over the past 10 years, both ElectricAid and ESBI have sponsored a number of projects to help the Christina Noble Children Foundation (CNCF) run various outreach initiatives, including street shelters, as well as a very active sports programme.
During a business trip to Vietnam in late 2007, an ESBI Management delegation took time out to visit the Christina Noble Children Foundation (CNCF) centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The centre, which caters for newborn babies and children up to their early teens, is comprised of classrooms, day care facilities and a medical clinic that provides support for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, some of whom are without any family support.