Engage proactively with local community and society to create mutual value

Partnerships with the academic community l S01 l EC1 l STS44 l
	2005	2006
Partnerships with universities, colleges, schools	217	236

 

STMicroelectronics donations l S01 l EC1 l				USk$
		2004	2005	2006
STS39	Total cash donated to charitable associations	291	1,645	271
STS39a	Estimated value of in-kind donations to community and society		655	772
We are still not confident in the reliability of the data relating to employee hours dedicated to non-business related activities l STS42 l. We have decided, therefore, not to publish this data.

 

Corporate Responsibility awards l 2.1 l STS43 l			%
		2005	2006
Number of recognitions or awards received for excellence in CR		85	68

 

STMicroelectronics Foundation l S01 l EC1 l			USk$
		2005	2006
Total new trainers		112	200
Total trainers from beginning of program		396	596
Total trainees		8,035	13,390
Total trainees from beginning of program		12,168	25,531

 

Partnerships with the academic community

Our stakeholder engagement in the local community invariably includes strong, strategic partnerships with academic institutions, including for joint research and hiring purposes. In 2006, the number of partnerships in this area increased, reflecting the continuing importance of this kind of activity for ST’s success.

Charitable donations

2005 was an usually high year, notably due to the Tsunami fund-raising efforts of ST and our employees. 2006 has returned to more normal levels and the slight decrease reflects the pressure to reduce costs that was felt by the company as a whole this year.

At the same time, in-kind charitable donations (e.g. personal computers) increased slightly, reflecting the continuing efforts of ST sites to contribute to the local community even in tough economic times.

Corporate Responsibility awards

As in 2005, ST received numerous awards for excellence in different aspects of Corporate Responsibility including environmental performance.

Some examples of local initiatives implemented in 2006 In Longmont, Colorado, USA

We donate old company cellphones to the local safe shelter for abused women for making SOS and other emergency calls free of charge. We donate old laptops to the shelter and the local Community College.

In Muar, Malaysia

A charity dinner was held by the site, with 900 participants. As a result of the funds raised, 12 charitable organizations and schools received school equipment, wheelchairs, braille machines, medical equipment, dialysis machines and donations made to the National Cancer Council and the Salvation Army Melaka.

In Phoenix, Arizona, USA

A science fair was held to promote education in science and math with our customer Avnet. This event educating children in science and math involved hundreds of students in the school grades 5-8. ST also runs a competition with a special environmental challenge which in addition to promoting science resulted in some amazing inventions.

In Rousset - France

Several events were organized on site to increase the awareness of all employees on the issue of disabled employees’ employability. The activity has been multiplied by five between 2005 and 2006, subcontracting specific projects such as landscaping, reprography and storage to external ‘protected’ workshops employing disabled people and contributing to their integration.

In Rabat, Morocco and Naples, Italy

The Digital Unify program has been going strong in Morocco and Italy to reduce the technology gap. ST is involved in the program by sponsoring the creation of computer classrooms. Employees and volunteers, have been trained to conduct computer training for people in their local community.

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