We want to improve quality of life in communities around the world, particularly in the countries where we operate. We focus our contributions on areas directly related to the impacts of our business on society.
Our Social Investment Policy identifies the following priorities:
- Reaching the excluded with the benefits of mobile technology
- Promoting sustainable business practices and environmental protection
- Supporting the personal involvement of our employees in their local communities.
We channel our charitable donations through The Vodafone Group Foundation and its network of 23 local foundations and social investment programmes. See a list of local foundations.
Governance of the Vodafone Group Foundation and the local foundations is outlined by our Charitable Donations Policy, which is included in our Group Governance Manual.
Here, we provide an overview of our foundations' performance in 2007/08. For further information on the foundations' activities, see The Vodafone Group Foundation website.
Vodafone also provides support through corporate donations of products and funds, technical assistance and employee volunteering.
