With our extensive international interests, Inchcape firmly believes in supporting the many different communities and cultures within which we operate, often through sponsorship and support of local charities for local people.
We support a number of charities and organisations around the world - below are just a few from across our business:
Singapore
Inchcape plants trees in Singapore
Borneo Motors is collaborating with the South West Community Development Council to plant more than one million trees in the Pandan Gardens in Jurong East in Singapore by 2020. The previous target of 100,000 trees was surpassed in November 2009. It is hoped that the new greenery will be able to absorb some 22,000kg worth of CO2 annually.
Ethiopia
Inchcape supports local Ethiopian community project (pictured)
Inchcape supports the Mother and Child Rehabilitation Centre (MCRC) in Ethiopia. Taking in extremely disadvantaged children from Addis Ababa and beyond, the centre provides shelter, food, education, medical care and therapy for children and their parents. MCRC aims to help them recover from past traumas and equip them through employment and professional training with the means to be independent and successful in the future. Over 2009, our staff donated money, clothes and toys to this fantastic cause, while Inchcape plc sponsored a fundraising video about the school. These ongoing contributions help ensure the programme continues to provide support and hope to these children and their mothers.
Bulgaria
Toyota Balkans is awarded ‘best partner of the WWF Earth Hour’
On 28th March 4,000 towns in 88 countries switched off the lights as part of the global Earth Hour campaign organised by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Toyota Bulgaria and its dealer network helped promote the campaign to staff and customers and took part by switching off electricity to their showrooms during Earth Hour. Our business was given a special recognition award for being the WWF’s best business partner for this project.
United Kingdom
Inchcape Fleet Solutions (IFS) wins Green Apple Award
Our UK vehicle leasing and management company was the only one in its sector to win this in 2009. The award recognised a newly launched ISO 14001 accredited environmental management system that supports environmental management for clients. This includes a number of innovative online tools to help customers reduce their carbon footprint including: a CO2 tracking tool that helps select lower impact and lower cost vehicles, enhanced vehicle comparison tools with vehicle-specific environmental impact tagging integrated within online quote system ‘E-Quotes’ and enhancements to its Grey Fleet driver management system providing guidance on how to cut fuel emissions and fuel use.
Link to Inchcape Fleet Solutions
Australia
Inchcape Australia’s employee volunteering programme
In 2009, Inchcape Australia launched “Inchcape in the Community”, an employee volunteering programme where staff receive and extra day of paid leave per year to dedicate to a community project. ‘Inchcape in the Community’ is an opportunity for employees to get involved and ‘give back’ to the community through engaging in an activity for any of the following charities: The Smith Family Hospice, The Salvation Army, Conservation Volunteers or Cancer Council Australia.
Greece
Toyota Hellas in Greece takes part in Green Month Campaign
For the fifth year, Inchcape took part in events in support of
Toyota’s Green Month. The first activity was an Eco-Driving seminar
for staff to help reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
The second activity involved 50 Inchcape volunteers successfully
cleaning a beach in Aspropyrgos in cooperation with the
Mediterranean SOS Network and Aspropyrgos Municipality.
