Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR
Shafi Gluco Chem, along with its group companies, is committed to the realization of its corporate social responsibility through community philanthropy. Within the organization, Shafi Gluco Chem aims to foster a culture of care, trust and continuous learning while meeting the expectations of its employees and improving the quality of life of our workforce. For the community at large, Shafi Gluco Chem contributes towards an educated, healthy and safe Pakistan. Shafi Gluco Chem generously contributes to improving the standard of literacy, basic health facilities and a cleaner environment.
Shafi Gluco Chem very actively participates in the education of the less privileged in our society. The Group has taken this task upon it as a personal mission and has set up Colleges and Schools to provide education free or at an affordable cost to the underprivileged. Details of our contributions towards CSR are as below:
Our Current Initiatives
Muhammad Shafi Trust has constructed and also operates under its supervision the Muhammad Shafi Educational Complex in Karachi which offers primary, secondary and technical education to almost a thousand children.
The Muhammad Shafi Trust announces scholarships to talented and deserving students of different colleges and universities in Punjab and Sindh. Moreover, it also provides financial assistance to a number of government schools working in remote areas in the district of Lasbella. It has a stitching training center for women, and it helps them earn for their families.
Keeping with its tradition of excellence, efficiency, and compassion for all, the Shafi Group partnered with the Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (LrBt) to launch the Saeeda Naseem Shafi “LRBT” Eye Hospital in Chiniot, Punjab.
>Committed to creating a better Pakistan by preventing the suffering caused by blindness and other eye ailments, the newly inaugurated hospital provides state of the art comprehensive free eye-care for the poor and deserving people of the Chiniot and adjoining areas including Faisalabad, Sargodha, and Jhang.
Shafi Gluco Chem extends its medical facility beyond First-Aid and Social Security and goes for the reimbursement of medical treatment and maternity expenses incurred to families of workers. Besides this, Shafi Gluco Chem each year donates funds to numerous charitable institution and hospitals like Shoukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (Lahore), Agha Khan Hospital (Karachi), Gulab Devi Chest Hospital (Lahore), etc. for the cure of patients of cancer, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
To raise the standard of living of community members, SGC extends interest-free loans on a need-basis to workers. It also provides discounts on financing the traveling facilities to the workers. Furthermore, SGC also gives monthly stipends to deserving persons like widows, ill, and poor students to help them in their needs and raise the standard of their living.
