Our People
Logicalis aims to be an employer of choice: attracting,
developing and retaining the best people. We understand that
knowledge is the key to success and we maintain good communications
with employees through our information and consultation
procedures.
Our personnel practices ensure that every employee, wherever
they work, whatever their role, is treated equally, fairly and
respectfully at all times. Adherence to international health and
safety standards ensures that our people are properly protected and
cared for, wherever they operate.
Logicalis maintains consistent and transparent diversity
policies across all our markets. We firmly believe that career
opportunity, recognition and reward should be determined by a
person’s capabilities and achievement, not their age, sex, race,
religion or nationality. Wherever we operate, Logicalis strives to
maintain a workforce that reflects the skills, ethnicity and
demographics of the local population.
Logicalis recognises that it is the ideas, skills and
capabilities of our people that drive our development and growth.
In return, Logicalis will invest in whatever training and resources
our people need to ensure that they are able to develop and grow
with us.
Logicalis is committed to rewarding its shareholders through
consistently producing above-average returns and growth.
Environment
As a responsible international provider of ICT solutions,
Logicalis seeks to measure and minimise the way in which any of our
commercial activities may impact the environment. We are also
committed to providing practical advice and support to our
customers and suppliers to help them along the path to ever cleaner
and greener ICT solutions.
As an early adopter of the Green ICT ideas and activities,
Logicalis recognises that a responsible attitude to Green ICT can
lead to significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon
emissions. As well as reducing greenhouse gases and operational
costs, the technologies we promote, such as remote working and
video and teleconferencing, enable more flexible working, greater
productivity and improved business continuity. Green ICT is good
for the planet and it’s good for business.
Community
Logicalis encourages our operating companies in every territory
to create initiatives that help improve the quality of life for
their local communities. Here are just a few highlights.
During the 2010 holiday season, Logicalis US donated $35,000 to
35 charities in communities where its employees work and live; each
charity was nominated and selected by local employees in one of 12
geographical regions who also made the cheque presentation. Their
support made a big difference for community agencies ranging from
food banks and homeless shelters to healthcare research and quality
of family.
In addition, the Logicalis US ‘Give Back to the Community’
programme allows each employee eight hours of work time each year
to support charities of their choice; total volunteer hours in 2010
amounted to 2,349, and 6,771 since April 2008.
For the fifth year in succession, Logicalis UK made donations to
the Berkshire Community Foundation which provides grants to local
voluntary groups to support grassroots projects. These include
young people with special needs, the disabled, the elderly and the
homeless.
Logicalis UK also sponsors Pump Aid, a charity that provides
access to clean drinking water and safe, adequate sanitation to
those in need in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Liberia.
Logicalis Southern Cone in South America participated for a
second year in a recycling programme to support the Foundation of
Garrahan Hospital in Argentina, which focuses on complex treatments
for children. The programme consists of office collections of
disposable paper and plastic cups, to be donated to the Foundation
for its recycling.
Logicalis Southern Cone also contributed to local community
organisations that help children, such as A.D.A.N.D and San José
Providente; and made a donation to EGB Nº98 School, which needed
technological equipment to develop a project for the improvement of
writing and reading skills.
In Brazil, PromonLogicalis continues to support Junior
Achievement, an organisation that teaches children about work
readiness and entrepreneurship. The PromonLogicalis Volunteer
Program, established in 2009, provides education, work readiness,
and social movements to children in the communities of São Paulo
and Rio de Janeiro, supported through the following charities: Ação
Comunitária, Asylo João Evangelista, CAMP Vila Isabel, CCA Santa
Teresa de Jesus, Gotas de Flor com Amor and Lar Escola Recanto
Cristão.
Another of the charities associated with the programme is Ser
Cidadão, which provides vocational education for adolescents and
young adults from poor communities. The association has a 20-year
history grounded in the activities developed by the Educação de
Trabalho (Education for Work Program).
In Australia, Logicalis made a donation of AUS$5,000 towards the
Queensland Flood Relief after the natural disaster in Brisbane.
Local staff also participated in an activity to build brand new
bicycles for eight children in foster care. Each child was
presented with a helmet and bicycle, which was assembled by
Logicalis staff (and checked over by a mechanic before the children
were allowed to ride the bike!). For many of the children, this was
the first bike that they ever owned.
Logicalis Singapore has supported the SingTel Touching Lives
Fund by participating in its Charity Golf tournament for seven
years. The Touching Lives Fund (TLF) is SingTel’s corporate
philanthropy programme that aims to provide disadvantaged children
and young persons with special needs or who are at risk, with
learning opportunities and to improve their quality of life. The
beneficiaries supported by the TLF in 2010 were APSN Chao Yang
School, APSN Tanglin School, AWWA Early Years Centre – EIPIC, MINDS
Lee Kong Chian Gardens School, Students Care Service and the
Singapore Cancer Society.