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Corporate Social Responsibility

Kordia has a number of initiatives in place as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.

Innovation to enhance our world

The main focus of Kordia’s CSR activities is a social investment programme which delivers on the values of Kordia’s brand, bottom line – harmonising people and technology.

Kordia is also conscious of potential environmental and community impacts from its operations, and sustainability is a core focus for the company.

Kordia social investment programme

Kordia is dedicated to investing in the communities in which it operates, and is focused on aligning these social investments with its core business and brand requirements by:

  • Building an educated workforce for New Zealand and Australia in future years through work with the Liggins Institute, the Square Kilometre Array project, IPENZ FutureInTech, and WorkChoice Day;
  • Signing on as the inaugural Foundation Partner for New Zealand’s Centre for Social Innovation

Benchmarking our progress

Kordia is a member of the Australia/New Zealand division of the London Benchmarking Group.

LBG Australia & New Zealand is a business membership organisation whose members commit to measuring and benchmarking their corporate community investment contributions using the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) methodology.

The last two benchmarks have shown that Kordia is significantly engaged in the community and CSR activity involvement which aligns with its core business.

Highlights

  • In 2008/2009 Kordia’s total community contributions were AUD$629,556 (NZD$787,800)
  • An average of 18.5% were charitable donations, 29% of our contributions were categorised as 'commercial initiatives'; and the majority of 53% were classified as ‘community investment’.

Kordia does CSR for kids

Each year, Kordia participates in the WorkChoice Day for Year 12 students as part of its ongoing work to foster an educated workforce for New Zealand in the future.

Eighty students and their teachers are hosted by experienced Kordia staff and given an inside guide to what Kordia does. The presentations take place at the Auckland head office, and in the Transmission Control Centre and Maritime Operations Centre at Avalon in Wellington.

Both students and supervisors give Kordia rave reviews , saying they go away informed and excited about pursuing a career in the technology, media and telecommunications industry.