As
a good corporate citizen, Hang
Seng supports a wide range
of community sponsorship and
donation programmes.
In 2009, Hang Seng made charitable donations and community sponsorships over HK29 million. The Bank's e-Banking
customers have made use of the Bank's e-Donation Service to make donations of over HK$16 million to about 60 charitable organisations since the launch of the Service in December 2001.
 Recent
Donations
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The Bank donated over HK$1 million to The Community Chest of Hong Kong under the Corporate & Employee Contribution Programme and other fundraising campaigns in the first half of 2009, benefiting 147 social welfare agencies in Hong Kong.
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With enthusiastic support from Bank's staff and dollar-for-dollar donation by the Bank, about over HK$1,207,000 was raised for the Chest’sDress Special Day 2009.
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Voluntary
Service
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In 2009, our volunteers gave over 17,000 hours of their time to participate in a wide spectum of voluntary activities such as visiting orphanages and the elderly living alone.
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Volunteer activities in 2009 include:
- painting murals at Queen Mary Hospital to bring joy to sick children;
- serving Mid-Autumn Festival dinner for the elderly;
- organising Table Tennis Fun Days and various outings for underprivileged children;
- helping out at various environmental activities organised by green groups;
- helping out at flag selling days and fund raising activities organised by charity organizations.
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The Bank's senior executives also served the community by taking up different roles and positions in charitable organisations and public bodies. |
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The Bank won the Gold Award under the “Financial, Insurance and Accounting Institutions” sector of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence organised by the Environmental Campaign Committee in 2009. The Bank was awarded the Silver Award under the “Environmental Care and Sustainable Development” category of the HKIM Brand Conscience Award 2009 organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing; The Bank was also awarded the “U Green Awards” under the banking and financial category by the U Magazine in 2009.
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The
Bank has been named a Caring Company
by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service
every year since 2003 in recognition
of its exemplary corporate citizenship.
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The Bank has been a constituent stock of the FTSE4Good Global Index since 2001.
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