L’Oréal holds its 5th Citizen Day
L’Oréal employees worldwide engage with
local associations during this dedicated Volunteer Day
Over 20 000 L’Oréal employees from 61
countries will participate in the Citizen Day held in their country, dedicating
one day to help communities and partner organizations. During the Citizen Day in all the countries
involved, L’Oréal employees will offer their time in over 400 community
projects to fulfil the needs expressed by partner charities in five areas:
environment, employment, helping people with disabilities, fight against
exclusion and intergenerational outreach. In every country, L’Oréal employees
from all the group’s entities (headquarters, research, plants, etc.) will
participate in wellness workshops, landscaping activities, renovating community
and housing centres, collecting clothes and food.
These collective actions represent globally
some 130,000 hours of charity work, a support welcomed by local charities and
non-profit organizations. "For the fifth year in a row, L’Oréal
employees will be given an opportunity to become part of the group's citizen
engagement programme. By joining forces, we will have a positive impact on the
world around us," said Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO of L’Oréal. "Companies
have a mission to create social and societal value."
Citizen Day is deployed on an international
scale across 61 countries in June and July during one day or one week. This
year Citizen Day will gather more than 20,000 employees: the kick-off was given
by Russia on May 28, followed by China, Lebanon on May 30 and US on June 16,
then in most European countries on July 1, as well as the Philippines.
In celebration of L’Oreal’s global “Citizen
Day”, L'Oréal Philippines employees volunteered their time and talent to help
beautify Tugop Primary School in Tanauan, Leyte, which was badly damaged by
Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. In its
aftermath, the supertyphoon left the school with only two working classrooms
for 201 students. Tugop Primary School
will be the proud recipient of four new disaster-resilient classrooms before
the year ends which will be donated by the L’Oreal organization in the
Philippines.
Some 100 employee
volunteers took part in preparing items which the school badly needs by
painting benches and bookshelves and putting together supplies for the
students. Volunteers dedicated an
afternoon to silk-screen T-shirts, put together learning materials, and pack
school bags with notebooks and school supplies.
To close the day, all volunteers were asked
to write their messages for the Tugop community on white tiles which will be
sent along with other school materials when the school buildings are completed.
That afternoon, the Company volunteers did not only pull together to provide
material things the students need for learning, but to bring hope for a better
future back to the Tugop community which Typhoon Haiyan took away.
Citizen Day was first launched in 2010 with
the aim of embodying L'Oréal's commitment to social responsibility during one
day of collective voluntary action by its employees. The project was inspired
by L'Oréal's Centenary celebration in 2009, when 100 community projects were
launched worldwide. Since then, L'Oréal has committed to engaging its employees
across the world once a year, every year.
To know more about L’Oreal Philippines,
please visit http://www.loreal.com/ and
via Twitter @LOrealPressPH.
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