Corporate Social Responsibility

 

Investing in the community

Supporting the community and making a difference has been a tradition held by Wilson HTM Investment Group for 100 years. It is one of the four core elements of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, together with a focus on people, governance and the environment. CSR is an integral part of conducting business, and is an increasingly important recruitment and retention strategy. Community CSR specifically enables the company to help employees engage with the wider community, and to reward and support those who give time, money, skill and expertise to others.

Haiti Emergency Appeal fundraising

Wilson HTM employees have generously donated to the Save the Children Emergency Appeal.

Employee contributions have been matched by the firm, with an additional $10,000 donation made by the Wilson HTM Foundation.

Collectively a total of $30,000 has been raised to assist the work of the Save the Children Australia in aiding 300,000 Haitian survivors.

Efforts have concentrated on setting up the following:

  • Mobile health clinics in the coastal city of Leogane treating more than 100 people each day
  • Clean water and food supply outlets distributing staples such as tinned fish, rice, bottled water and cooking oil
  • Distribution of hygiene supplies including soap, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste and nappies 
  • Child friendly spaces offering a safe place to play together with psychosocial support

Save the Children has been working in Haiti for 25 years. Personnel are working closely with local governments and other organisations with the overall aim of rapidly restoring education for children and providing them with structure and a secure environment.

Charity Trading Day - A great success in 2009

On Tuesday 24th November we held the third Wilson HTM Investment Group Charity Trading Day, our major annual fundraising event in aid of the Wilson HTM Foundation and our community engagement programs. Each Charity Trading Day we remit brokerage generated on the day to charity, so by purchasing or selling shares on the 24th our clients helped us raise money in aid of those in need across the country.

Thank you to all of our clients who supported this special Wilson HTM initiative, which generated in excess of $200,000 towards the company's commitment to helping those in need in 2010.

The Wilson HTM Foundation

With its 20 year history of independent oversight and investment returns, the Foundation is the major entity through which the firm continually supports the community. The Foundation (formerly the Wilson HTM Charitable Trust) was established in 1987 with the aim of supporting charitable causes which are actively championed by employees.

The second way of helping the community is through events which the firm supports. This is either through a number of corporate sponsorship – such as The Brisbane to the Gold Coast Cycle Challenge which benefits Diabetes Australia (QLD) and the Heart Foundation – or donations to support employees as they participate in charity events.

Workplace Giving

Wilson HTM Investment Group also provides a third way for employees to engage specifically with charities of choice. Through a Workplace Giving program the firm matches the amount that employees give to any registered Australian charity, managed as pre tax deductions via payroll. Donations are all matched on a 1:1 basis, with approximately $80,000 distributed to 45 charities in 2008/ 2009.

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