{"id":6540,"date":"2012-06-12T20:31:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2013-02-19T11:34:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T11:34:55","slug":"corporate-social-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2012\/corporate-social-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Social Responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You do not have to be as big as <a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/about\/corporatecitizenship\/en-us\/reporting\/\">Microsoft<\/a> and <a title=\"Virgin Atlantic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virgin-atlantic.com\/en\/gb\/allaboutus\/charity\/index.jsp?affId=1790409\">Virgin Atlantic<\/a> to get your company involved in Corporate Social Responsibility and initiatives such as <a title=\"Philanthropic Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/philanthropic-travel\/\">Philanthropic Travel<\/a> and <a title=\"Volunteering\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/volunteering\/\">Volunteering<\/a>. &#8216;<em><a title=\"Corporate Social Responsibility\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businesslink.gov.uk\/bdotg\/action\/layer?topicId=1075408468\">Corporate social responsibility<\/a>\u00a0is about understanding your business&#8217; impact on the wider world and considering how you can use this impact in a positive way. Corporate Social Responsibility can also be good for your bottom line&#8217;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>For the past six years we have been involved with a number of corporates who have supported The Butterfly Tree. <a title=\"Cunninghams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cunninghams.co.uk\/default.aspx\">Cunninghams<\/a> fund a feeding programme for 350 orphaned and vulnerable children, while <a title=\"Gardiff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardiff.com\/\">Gardiff <\/a>donated funds to build a pre-school at <a title=\"Mukuni\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/where-we-work\/mukuni\/\">Mukuni<\/a> in addition to supporting three teaching staff. One such initiative, which is hugely successful is that of <a title=\"Saga\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saga.co.uk\/\">Saga<\/a>, who support a community based project in every one of their travel destinations, they also challenge their employees to participate in annual fundraising events as well as engaging their travellers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6546\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6546\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6546 \" title=\"Borders' shelter donated by Saga employees\" alt=\"Borders' shelter donated by Saga employees\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/7171664322_701789a327-475x306.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"306\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Borders&#8217; shelter donated by Saga employees<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last year we were selected out of hundreds of charities working in Africa,\u00a0by <a title=\"ENRC Marketing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.enrc.com\/en-GB\/Our-Divisions\/Sales-and-Marketing\/\">ENRC Marketing<\/a>,\u00a0as the one with the best proven record of transparency. They have a huge CSR program with beneficiaries all over the world. After a business incentive trip to <a title=\"Mukuni Village\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/where-we-work\/mukuni-village\/\">Mukuni Village<\/a> both <a title=\"Brady Italia\" href=\"http:\/\/bradyitalia.com\/\">Brady Italia<\/a> and <a title=\"Canon Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canon.com.au\/\">Canon Australia<\/a> have provided continued support to the charity. Other corporates have sponsored some of our fundraising events such as our team participating in <a title=\"CyclothonUK\" href=\"http:\/\/cyclothonuk.com\/\">CyclothonUK<\/a>. You can enter your own cycling team in this challenge for 2012, which takes part at Brands Hatch on 13th September, while raising funds for The Butterfly Tree.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6565\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6565\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6565 \" title=\"Feeding program at Mukuni Village \" alt=\"Feeding program at Mukuni Village \" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/7181083945_f682904e57-475x356.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feeding program at Mukuni Village sponsored by Cunninghams<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are several ways to have a Social Corporate Responsibility programme and partner with <a title=\"The Butterfly Tree\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/\">The Butterfly Tree<\/a>, it could be with a single donation or an on going project. We involve our donors in decision making so that they can select a project they like and then receive regular feedback. A donation does not necessarily have to come directly from the corporate&#8217;s profits, it can be done through engaging their clients, customers and employees. Forming a lasting partnership can be beneficial for all parties concerned. Mukuni Village Incorporated (Australia),\u00a0<a title=\"Black and White Accocunting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackandwhiteaccounting.co.uk\/\">Black and White Accounting<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Dative Studios\" href=\"http:\/\/dativestudios.com\/\">Dative Studios<\/a>\u00a0each generously sponsor orphans. This lifts their company profile and provides much needed support to vulnerable children such as those in <a title=\"Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/where-we-work\/why-zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are seeking corporate sponsorship to build more classrooms, teacher&#8217;s houses, bore holes, community houses and for the <a title=\"orphan sponsorship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/orphan-sponsorship\/\">orphan sponsorship<\/a>\u00a0program. Your support could make a huge difference to a local community who need only the essentials in life &#8211; WATER FOOD HEALTH and EDUCATION. For more information contact jane@thebutterflytree.org.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You do not have to be as big as Microsoft and Virgin Atlantic to get your company involved in Corporate Social Responsibility and initiatives such as Philanthropic Travel and Volunteering. &#8216;Corporate social responsibility\u00a0is about understanding your business&#8217; impact on the<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2012\/corporate-social-responsibility\/\"> More details ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[85,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6540"}],"version-history":[{"count":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8530,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions\/8530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}