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  Ukraine CSR Bulletin
Issue # 26 March 11, 2008
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In this issue of the Ukraine CSR Bulletin, TNK-BP announces a competition for environmentally-friendly gardening in Ukraine; Dobrota hosts a "Day of Kindness" in Donetsk; the Partnership for Financial Stability learns that Ukrainian companies are becoming more open and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation opens a Newborns Aid Center in Khmelnitsky. For more information about Corporate Social Responsibility, click here.
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TNK-BP Announces Environmentally Friendly Competition
On February 20, TNK-BP Commerce and the British Council announced a joint competition to promote "Ecologically-Friendly Horticulture in a Changing Climate Environment." The online competition (www.ukraineinbloom.net) targets amateur gardeners, professional designers and horticulture centers to display new opportunities in gardening in our changing environment, reflecting gardening's personal and societal benefits and its role in preventing global warming. Contestants will present their skills on May 18 during an "Ecologically Friendly Gardening" presentation, where guests will select the finalists. Winners will go to Great Britain for the Tatton Park Flower Show in July 2008. TNK-BP supports this ecological initiative as its priority area in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Click here for more information (in Russian). |
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Dobrota Hosts "Day of Kindness" to Recognize Charitable Activities
On March 5, Dobrota Charitable Foundation hosted a "Day of Kindness" to recognize charitable activities in Donetsk. Events for children will include recognizing the winners of a "Kindness through Children's Eyes" art competition. Other events will acknowledge individuals, businesses and NGOs who participated in charitable activities in Donetsk during 2007. Supported by the Donetsk City Department of Education, local businesses including Amigo Ltd, VV-Stroytrans Ltd, «ÀÊÑ», Atlas Hotel, Zvezdochka and Multiplex cinemas, also provided assistance. Click here for more information (in Ukrainian). |
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Ukrainian Companies Improving Disclosure; Still Lagging behind CEE Peers
Ukrainian listed companies are disclosing more information online now than a year ago, according to the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program's 14th semi-annual regional survey Investor Relations Online released March 4. The PFS Program (a public-private partnership co-financed by USAID), conducts two semi-annual regional surveys; the most recent edition of IR Online documents that despite the increase in openness, the Ukrainian companies surveyed disclose less information online on management and board members than their peers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as well as in the BRIC counties (Brazil, Russia, India and China.) Since 2004, the survey includes recommendations on the ideal corporate website and compares CEE companies with the ideal, identifying best practice and enabling CEE companies to benchmark their disclosure against peers in the region, other emerging markets and industry best practice. Click here for more information. |
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| Victor Pinchuk Foundation Launches Cradles of Hope Center in Khmelnytskyi |
| On March 5, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation opened a Newborns Aid Centre at the Khmelnitsky City Neonatal center within its Cradles of Hope program. The Foundation cooperated with the Khmelnitsky City Hall and the Regional Council to build the Newborns Aid Center. Cradles of Hope aims to reduce Ukraine's infant mortality rate and to improve the quality of life of newborns, as well as to aid the Ukrainian government's transition to international standards for registering newborns. Since the program launched in June 2006, the Foundation has built 12 Newborns Aid Centers worth a total of $2.4 million. Please click here for more information. |
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