Social and economic impact
As the world’s largest provider of security solutions, G4S has an important and unique role to play in creating a prosperous and stable environment in which people can live and work
In addition to providing direct employment and training to more than 620,000 people across 125 countries, our business has a range of significant and far-reaching economic impacts. As well as directly benefiting our many employees and suppliers through the salaries, benefits and payments we make for goods and services, we indirectly support even more companies and their local communities as our suppliers and employees make purchases and generate further economic activity through their spending.
Many of our business activities deliver immense benefits to communities across the globe, such as supporting humanitarian aid efforts in Africa, clearing landmines from former warzones and enabling the rehabilitation of offenders in UK, USA, Australia and South Africa.
As one of the world’s largest private employers, G4S already makes an important contribution to communities through our payment of tax revenue and the employment of over 620,000 people in over 125 countries. G4S believes it and its employees have a duty within the communities it serves to assist the not so fortunate. This is embodied in our corporate responsibility philosophy of “giving back to the community”.
Alongside charitable concerns, G4S brings a range of significant and far-reaching economic impacts to the communities in which we work. We directly benefit our many employees and suppliers through the salaries, benefits and payments we make for goods and services, and indirectly support even more companies and local communities as locally procured suppliers and employees make purchases and generate further economic activity through their spending.
G4S has a long history of supporting good causes, and in 2007 we unveiled a programme to provide corporate funding to projects around the world for a five-year period. As well as providing funding for these special projects, identified and nominated by G4S operating companies, the scheme also required the management teams and workforce in each country to give practical, active support.
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G4S 4teen
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Award-winning sports programme supporting 14 young athletes from a range of less developed countries.
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Jifu Action
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Children’s home in Shanghai, China.
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Acacia Project
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Sustainable farming community in a remote area of northern Malawi.
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Ark of the World
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Care and support for underprivileged children and their mothers in Athens, Greece.
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Shiksha School
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School and school supplies for underprivileged children in Delhi, India.
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Our priorities for 2013
In partnership with Nottingham Business School and Warwick Economic & Development, we will be participating in an academic study of the direct and indirect social and economic impacts of G4S within a number of key markets. Through this partnership we seek to build a greater understanding of these social and economic impacts and better demonstrate to our stakeholders and other interested parties the beneficial effect of a G4S presence in the wider community.