Community Involvement
Giving back to the community is a collaborative approach and the choices we make as an organization impact the lives of our shareholders, clients, employees, and the communities in which we operate.
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Our Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility
We focus on the following areas in our Corporate Social Responsibility strategy: Inclusion, Education, Community, Environment and Health. Included in these areas of focus is Symcor’s overarching cause: Possibilities. Together, these pillars form the foundation of our interactions with the organizations we support.
Possibilities: Ending the cycle of poverty through the education of marginalized youth.
The Possibilities mission is to provide youth access to educational programs and activities that work to end the cycle of poverty in our communities. At a national level, we have partnered with two organizations whose missions align with Possibilities: Pathways to Education Canada and United Way’s All in for Youth in Calgary. At a local level, we encourage and support our employees to engage in initiatives that align with the overarching possibilities mission in communities close to home.
We encourage employee efforts to lead and engage in various causes in their community.
Symcor supports numerous charities aligned to our corporate giving strategy through fundraising activities, team building that gives back, and our volunteerism program. Our employees are also encouraged to take paid volunteer time off to give back to their local communities.
Our communities matter to us
Pathways to Education is a national, charitable organization breaking the cycle of poverty through education. Its award-winning program is creating positive social change by supporting youth living in low-income communities.
Pathways to Education
United Way’s All In for Youth is a Calgary, citywide initiative focused on school completion. The initiative aims to increase the high school completion rate, while supporting youth in the successful transition to adulthood.
United Way’s All in for Youth
Symcor is a proud member of Volunteer Canada’s Corporate Council on Volunteering (CCOV). The companies of the CCOV work collaboratively to deliver strong corporate citizenship leadership, particularly in employee community engagement.
Volunteer Canada
Symcor has been a long supporter and national partner of United Way. Employees across our sites hold numerous fundraising activities for United Way with the goal to build a stronger, healthier, and more resilient community in which we work.
United Way
Canada’s Greenest Employers: 2011 – 2018
Canada’s Greenest Employers recognizes organizations that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness. Symcor is proud to have held this honour for a total of 8 consecutive years!
Canada's Greenest Employers
Canada’s Most Environmentally Progressive Printer: Integrated
Symcor Integrated Statement Services (ISS) has won the title of Canada’s Most Environmentally Progressive Printer for the past 6 years (2010-2016, 2018)!
Canadian Printing Awards
Innovations for Learning (IFL) is a global non-profit focused on advancing early literacy in under-resourced and remote communities. IFL uses its proprietary online platform, TutorMate, to provide phonics foundations and 1:1 reading tutoring from virtual volunteers. IFL matches struggling early readers with volunteers from Symcor who use the TutorMate platform to read together virtually.
Innovations for Learning
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