The ITP Group has active, staff-led community participation programs that aim to support a wide range of causes across the region with a mixture of staff involvement projects, direct charitable donations and initiatives that aim to have a positive environmental impact.

ITP aims to participate in community initiatives where the company's involvement makes a difference and where programmes can be created that are ultimately self-sustaining. Wherever possible, it believes that this involvement should be led by staff and supported by the company.

ITP's Community Involvement Committee is a staff-led body intended to advise the company and its personnel on appropriate practices and initiatives that will provide positive benefit to the communities that ITP serves and works within.

The CIC has adopted a number of guidelines in determining which projects it will seek to support

• Projects that touch areas of community involvement around the company's business: the Middle East's media and knowledge industries and markets.
• Projects that are of direct benefit to the communities and markets in which the company operates.
• Projects that promote learning, both at the formal education and life long learning levels.
• Projects that map to the activism of the company's employees.
• Projects that are wholly inclusive and not based on ethnicity or other exclusive criteria.
• Projects that are sustainable and which, through the company's involvement, can be made self-sustaining.
• Projects that ensure 100% of the funds reaching the supported charity, without any internal or hidden costs being covered by the monies raised.

ITP is committed to supporting community involvement initiatives and projects in a number of ways:

• SERVICES
  Providing free-of-charge marketing support and awareness building using the company's media.
  
• CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
  Contributing straight-forward direct financial support and backing for initiatives from ITP's corporate marketing budget.
  
• EVENTS
  Using ITP's events to raise cash for donations, through activities such as table sales and creating and developing initiatives that create revenues to directly contribute to a chosen charity.
  
• SPONSORSHIPS
  Supporting staff in direct action and participation initiatives through financial sponsorships.

As part of this commitment for 2008 onwards, ITP has adopted a policy of 100% financial transparency, with independent audits of all financial donations available on this web page once a project has been finalised.

Detailed project reports will be posted shortly.

Can we support you?

If you're a charity looking for support, or just simply looking for further information, you can contact the committee by either email on cic@itp.com or call +971 4 2108000



ITP's Environmental Group is a staff-led body that aims to lead the company's involvement in building awareness of environmental issues and to take part in community and industry-wide initiatives that have a positive impact on the environment. The Group is also charged with overseeing the development and ongoing operation of sound environmental policies for the company in its operations.

The Group aims to:

• Raise awareness of the environmental impact of business activities.
• Champion environmental campaigns within the company's facilities.
• Raise awareness and contribute to the reduction of staff carbon footprints at work and home
• Offer volunteer programmes to staff.
• Drive collaboration between the company, its staff, national and regional environmental organisations.
• Ensure that the company's facilities are operating to minimise environmental impact wherever possible.
• Maintaining and ensuring adherence to the latest standards of practice.

The implementation of the various initiatives will be managed in four phases, with each phase having very specific and tangible targets.

For further information or to contact the group, please email eg@itp.com or call +971 4 2108000