TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Celebrating its 12th annual Citi Global Community Day (GCD), Citibank Taiwan partnered with the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation to hold a charity car wash on June 10 in Dazhi, Taipei. More than 400 Citi volunteers participated in the charitable event, raising funds for the Taipei-based foundation in a bid to help them set up a "learning cafe" for young people with mental and intellectual disabilities to acquire skills. Cheng Cheng-mount, Vice Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), Taipei Department of Labor Commissioner Lai Hsiang-lin and Deputy Commissioner Chen Hui-chi also attended today's Global Community Day volunteer event. In addition, in an effort to demonstrate its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Citibank Taiwan today released the first Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR Report) in Taiwan, which embodies the leading bank's CSR performance in 2016.
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"To 'Be The Best' is the vision of Citi's employees around the globe. Recently, Citi has been recognized as the Best Foreign Bank in Taiwan for 21 consecutive years by FinanceAsia. In addition to pursue excellence, Citi Taiwan has been actively contributed to society." said Paulus Mok, Citi Country Officer (CCO) for Taiwan. "The annual Global Community Day is the best embodiment of our commitment to our local communities." This year's GCD in Taiwan have kicked off in Northern, Central and Southern Taiwan since May, focusing on three major topics including ecological sustainability, animal protection and support for disadvantaged groups. The bank called on more than 1,600 Citi employees, family and friends to work together and become the enhancing power of this island. Today's event centers on support for disadvantaged groups and youth employment issues that Citigroup has followed in recent years. "Through today's charity car wash and fundraising event, we help the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation to set up the 'learning cafe' – a space for young adults with mental and intellectual disabilities to develop professional skills and become self-reliant," Mok said.
"Citi has taken root in Taiwan for more than five decades," Mok further pointed out. "We have long fulfilled our corporate social responsibility with real action. In some cases, we actively promote environmental protection, community care and support, financial education, and hope education." In a move to further achieve corporate social responsibility, Citi has spontaneously compiled its CSR Report this year to embody the four major achievements of Connection, Inspiration, Trust, and Innovation in 2016. "Today, we launch our first CSR Report, which symbolizes the results and continuous progress of environmental, social and corporate governance that all Citi employees pursued last year," he noted.
"We really appreciate that this year's Citi Global Community Day focuses on the employment issues for young adults with mental and intellectual disabilities," said Lai Guang-lan, CEO of the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation. "Citi held the large-scale car wash fundraiser helping to set up the learning cafe that trains more young people with autism to acquire skills." Citibank Taiwan has long been committed to care for disadvantaged groups. Last year, the bank donated stuff and held a charity auction on Women's Day for the Yu-Cheng Social Welfare Foundation.
More than 400 Citi volunteers gathered together and enthusiastically participated in the charity car wash during this year's Citi Global Community Day. Citi employees fully applied the rigorous attitude of the financial sector to the car wash. Even though this was the first time for most of them to wash a car, they showed no careless attitude towards taking a bucket of water, applying car-war soap to the car, wiping down the car body, and leading the vehicle to arrive at wash entrance. Such movements fully demonstrate Citi employees' strong work ethic and the spirit of teamwork. The funds raised by today's car wash will be used to help the foundation set up the learning cafe next year at its institution for people with disabilities in the Nangang District, Taipei.
Citi today also announced the launch of its first CSR Report in Taiwan to show the determination of taking root on the island and achieving corporate sustainability. Citi's corporate social responsibility is divided into four core areas: Connection, Inspiration, Trust, and Innovation. Meanwhile, the leading bank will comply with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, lay down strategies, and put them into practice gradually.
The 2016 Citi CSR Report can be found at
https://www.citibank.com.tw/global_docs/chi/csr/2016_csr_report.pdf
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