Accra, Dec. 6, GNA — Advans Ghana Savings
and Loans has been adjudged the Overall Best Company in Charitable Giving at
the 2019 Sustainability and Social Investment Awards (SSIA).
The Savings and Loans Company was nominated
in two categories at the awards event, which took place in Accra, under the
theme: “Celebrating Impactful Brands and their Sustainable Legacies”.
The SSIA is an initiative to create
awareness, encourage companies, Corporate Social Initiatives (CSI) or CSR
foundations, NGO’s and other implementing agencies in delivering high impact
CSI/CSR projects that align with government’s focus on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).
Mr Olivier Bailly-Béchet, the CEO of Advans
Ghana, with Mr Alhassan Salley, the Head of Partnerships Development, represented
the Institution and picked up the award.
In a release to the Ghana News Agency, on
Thursday, it said the CEO of Advans Ghana, commended the staff for continuously
availing themselves for social commitments.
It was through their collective efforts, he
said, that Advans Ghana stood out of the crowd of many organisations to win the
award.
He stated: “The award is a demonstration of
the strong importance Advans Ghana attaches to being accountable and building
awareness of social and environmental issues amongst the employees, clients,
partners and the communities in which the institution operates.
“Advans will continue to invest in impactful
activities as a result of having Social Responsibility completely integrated in
the Company’s values, corporate governance, budget, reporting and actions”.
Advans Ghana is a subsidiary of the Advans
Group, headquartered in Paris, with a presence in nine countries in Africa and
Asia. It serves more than one million
clients.
In Ghana, Advans operates in 20 branches across
eight regions, with the head office located in Accra-Newtown.
Its mission is to provide client-centric
financial services to small businesses and under-served populations in a
sustainable and responsible manner.
Between 2018 and 2019, the Savings and Loans
Company implemented many Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities
throughout its network branches across Ghana.
It provided assistance to the leprosarium,
hospitals and educational institutions. It also sponsored health screening
services, market cleaning actions and tree planting exercises to compensate for
the company’s yearly paper consumption. It also has a partnership with the
Royal Seed Home orphanage and donated garbage containers, among others items,
to institutions.
The SSI Awards is conceptualised to publicly
recognise the impact made by companies, enterprises, institutions and
individuals through exemplary success in voluntarily improving the quality of
life of people and communities with various categories, such as Sustainable Development
Projects, Educational Sponsorship Projects, Community Development &
Infrastructure Project, Sanitation Facilities, Environmental Sustainability
Projects, Sustainable and Social Investment Projects.
GNA
