SSGC wins CSR Award at NFEH Summit

KARACHI: SSGC’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives won accolades at the 14th International CSR Summit 2022.

On behalf of the company, Corporate Communications Head Salman A Siddiqui received the award in the category of ‘Vocational Training’ from Minister of State for Information Farrukh Habib.

The Summit-cum-awards was organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) in an Islamabad hotel.

The state minister while addressing the Summit said that all award winning organisations have played a significant role in the empowerment of society in the fields of education, health, environment, human rights and socio-economic development by undertaking welfare projects for the lesser privileged and under-served masses of Pakistan. Over the years, the SSGC has been pursuing its CSR programme in the areas of education, health, environment and community development and more particularly in undertaking projects of sustainable nature.

The company carries out CSR initiatives either on its own or in partnership with the government and non-governmental organisations.

The company has worked in tandem with many not-for-profit organisations and academic institutions in setting up dozens of  ‘Computer Laboratories’ in its franchise provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, focusing the schools serving the less privileged students absolutely free of any costs.

More than 50 organisations with significant contribution for social development through different remarkable projects and activities were conferred with awards at this CSR Summit.

Due to its persistent execution of CSR programmes, the SSGC bagged CSR awards at 13 out of 14 Summits organised by NFEH.