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  Ukraine CSR Bulletin
October 23, 2007
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In this issue of the Ukraine CSR Bulletin, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine sets up a CSR Committee, Nasha Ryaba donates hospital equipment and Liga Zakon helps students. For more information about Corporate Social Responsibility, click here. |
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The Chamber Kicks Off CSR Activities
On Wednesday, October 17th, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine kicked off its new Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. This new committee will provide a forum for Member companies, both locally-based and international, to benefit and promote CSR practices among the Ukrainian business community, government authorities and public sectors. This event follows on the heels of the Chamber's "YP-Net Knowledge Meeting" on "Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Perspective" with guest speaker Mr. Arnold F. Wellman, Corporate Vice President of Public Affairs, Domestic/International for the UPS Company, which took place October 9. "YP-Net" is the Chamber's network for young professionals. For more information, visit the Chamber's website at http://www.chamber.ua/.
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Nasha Ryaba Donates Neonatal Equipment to Hospitals
On October 15, the poultry company Nasha Ryaba announced its new social program, "Lets Save Children Together," to purchase and install 10 new incubators in pediatric hospitals all over Ukraine. The incubators will help increase the survival chances of premature and underweight newborns. The program is designed to combat Ukraine's high infant mortality rate, which reached 38% last year, and to help Ukrainian hospitals ease the transition to adopt international standards for registering new births. For more information on this and other CSR programs at Nasha Ryaba, click here.
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Liga Zakon Supports Access to Information for Business and Law Students
Liga Zakon, Ltd., an information agency, initiated a nationwide project to improve university-level economic and legal education on October 8, "Lawyers' Day." The company will provide state universities with free access legal information technology. When they graduate, students participating in these programs will be professionals who are able to work with contemporary legal and business information resources, according to Liga Zakon director, Dmitriy Glazunov. For more information on this and other programs, click here (in Russian).
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