SKYCITY wins Good Business Egg Award
(13 April 2018): SKYCITY’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme has been recognised in this year’s BACS Good Business Egg Awards, winning the Community Empowerment award.
SKYCITY GM Human Resources Claire Walker says: “We have a clear mission, that as a cornerstone enterprise at the heart of our communities, the communities in which SKYCITY operates are better off with our involvement.
“We’ve developed some really collaborative partnerships over the past year and it’s encouraging to have this recognised by our community,” Ms Walker says.
Commenting on SKYCITY’s entry and win, the judges wrote: “This is a well-developed company who has quietly advanced into leadership in NZ social responsibility through their strategic planning.
Said another judge: “I have just thrown my arms up in glee to see the strategy here must be community-led to get a collective impact.”
In 2017, SKYCITY published its third CSR Report outlining the company’s five Pillars of Excellence: responsible gambling, community involvement and development, labour practices and human rights, environment and fair operating practices. These five pillars of excellence reinforce commitment to the SKYCITY community, which includes employees, customers, shareholders and the community and environment in which the company operates.
BACS, Business and Community Shares New Zealand, is an organisation that facilitates the sharing of skills, knowledge, resources and wisdom between community organisations and businesses to tackle issues in New Zealand society to better enable communities to thrive.
The Awards scrutinise a range of New Zealand companies with good corporate social responsibility to see who really ‘walks the talk’ rather than just doing a range of branding exercises.
