As a Brambles company, CHEP contributes positively to the communities in which we operate by supporting food security and food waste initiatives, education, environmental restoration programs, and by encouraging our people to participate in local community initiatives.
By 2020 Brambles aims to make a significant contribution to our Better Communities programs. This includes charitable contributions, employee volunteering value and in-kind donations of platforms and services.
Brambles allows 3 days volunteering leave to all permanent employees each year and our aspiration is to increase volunteering participation beyond 1 day.
To see how Brambles’ is tacking against its 2020 sustainability goals please visit http://www.brambles.com/sustainability
We partner with local and global organisations by providing platforms such as pallets, Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) and containers as well as the expertise of our people.
Provision of platforms helps our charity partners achieve their aims with reduced financial overheads.
We also provide volunteer opportunities for our employees to help our charities with requirements ranging from logistics planning and network collaboration to packing food hampers for those in need.
In FY17, CHEP Australia donated approximately $1,571,443 through in-kind support.
We support local and global organisations financially through direct cash donations.
In FY17, CHEP Australia donated approx.. $43,154 through direct cash donations.
We actively encourage our employees to use their annual 3-day volunteering allocation to participate in activities that support our charities and their communities.
In FY17, CHEP Australia volunteered a total of 676.9 hours or a total of 91.88 days.
CHEP Australia is proud to join together with Rand Transport, Avanti Fresh, Barkers Fresh Produce, Sydney Markets and PMA A-NZ, in memory of Mark Blue, who was a regular mentor over a number of years for Career Pathways Scholarship Program students, to support a scholarship fund, designed to help further young people's careers in the fresh produce and floral industries. For more information click here
CHEP is a proud supporter of food rescue organisation, Foodbank providing in-kind platform donations, which helped redistribute over 30,800 tonnes of rescued food, and provided over 56 million meals for those in need.
CHEP proudly supported employees participating in the 2017 Cancer Council’s Relay for Life in Berwick, Victoria. The team raised approximately $15,000 this year and raised over $55,000 over the past 6 years.
Our colleague, Gavin Dore, a CHEP regional trainer based in Victoria, spent 10 days on Bicycle Network Victoria’s annual Great Victorian Bike Ride. Gavin along with a small group of rider volunteers gave up 4 hours of their recovery time each day to help the catering team, serving dinner to the other 4,500 riders and 400 volunteers on the event. Like Gavin, our team members are passionate about volunteering and giving back to the communities we operate within.
Learn more about our Corporate Social Responsibility Solutions or check out our 2017 Sustainability Report Card.
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