CSR - Cable and Wireless International (CWI)

CWI recognises the positive role that mobile and broadband technologies play in promoting economic and social development in our local communities. Accordingly, the ways in which we do business, develop our people, treat the environment and interact with these communities are important to our continued development.

• Community investment
• Bridging the Digital Divide
• Our Communities
• Health, Safety & Environment

The individual businesses within CWI place a particular emphasis on working with the younger generation. A number of charitable foundations have been established for example in Jamaica, Panama and the Seychelles. Total charitable donations in the financial year 2005/06 amounted to £2.3 million. CWI's foundation was recently recognised in Panama where we received a Social Responsibility Award for our work with the University of Panama.

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We have also taken a number of positive steps taken to assist governments in their ICT development programmes by providing internet access for public services like schools, universities and hospitals - as well as working to provide residential access to all sections of the population.

In Macau, CTM's Student Broadband Award, i.Campus, provides free broadband services to selected primary and secondary students; in Grenada, we have partnered with the Grenada Rural Enterprise Project to give broadband access to, and improve computer literacy in, communities around the island while in Jamaica, we have rolled out a number of 'cyberClubs' equipped with computers and high-speed broadband connections to enable schools to connect to the web.

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On the back of our sponsorship of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, and as part of our ongoing commitment to Caribbean grass-roots cricket, we have donated over 20 moveable pitches to local organisations across the region to make cricket more accessible, nurture talent and help to build excitement in the months leading to the World Cup.

In the Seychelles, we provided the local charity CARE with the funding to provide educational material to schools on the dangers of taking heroin. In Jamaica, we made contributions to a number of local charities including the Jamaica Cancer Society, the Dare to Care Children's Home and St. Aloysius Primary School.

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CWI is fully committed to minimising the environmental impact of our business activities and to safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of our employees, contractors and customers.

The CEO of the International Business has overall responsibility for Health & Safety and has recently issued an updated policy that clearly sets out the responsibilities of the CEO's of each business within CWI. Within each business unit, the HSE management system sets out the responsibilities of every manager, team leader, employee and the respective employee forum or union. Overall governance of HSE is the responsibility of the CWI Chief Security Officer who also coordinates all HSE improvements and maintains a comprehensive set of HSE standards.

Further information on CWI CSR can be obtained by contacting us at the following email address CSR.enquiry@cw.com.

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