What we do
Our Aims and Goals
The Trafigura Foundation formalizes all our charitable and
community-focused projects and activities, and co-ordinates the
local initiatives taken by our local offices. We ensure that the
objectives and benefits of these activities are maximized, captured
and reported.
We offer all Trafigura employees across the world engaging in
charitable activities the resources they need and encouragement
they deserve.
We give our chosen non-profit organizations and charities the
means to develop their programmes and make a real difference for
their beneficiaries.
We aim at having a genuine and positive impact on the societies,
communities and projects we support. Our mission is to create
lasting and long-term change.
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Fields of Action
Following a worldwide employee survey, the two issues that
generated most support are education and the environment. The
Foundation prioritises initiatives in these areas, but also
encompasses the themes of health and disability, rural development,
social inclusion and social entrepreneurship. We favour integrative
approaches, as poverty or exclusion often cannot be tackled through
one single perspective alone.
The projects we support are truly global - from helping
vulnerable groups in the developed world, to under-privileged
communities in the developing world. Whilst we favour projects in
countries where the Trafigura Group operates its business, allowing
us to develop and nurture strong relationships with our employees,
we also enjoy partnerships in other regions where needs meet our
criteria for support.
We use criteria, objectives and priorities that reflect the
Foundation's values to select the proposals we support. We closely
monitor these programmes to ensure they meet the agreed goals and
plans.
The Fundación Integración Comunitaria in Peru
In Peru, a specific foundation has been established in 2005 with
the support of Cormin, Cormin Callao, Catalina Huanca and
Condestable, all Trafigura Group entities. The Fundación
Integración Comunitaria(FIC) supports a wide range of projects in
the communities surrounding their mining assets, in the fields of
health, education, rural development and the environment. The FIC
is also dedicating significant funds to sheltering and
reconstruction programmes in the aftermath of the earthquake which
struck Peru in summer 2007. You can read more about FIC's project
in the 'Projects' section.
Our Charity Committees
One of the essential dimensions of the
Foundation is to foster the involvement of the Trafigura people
around the world in charitable and philanthropic endeavours, and to
encourage and support all the initiatives they may take for
underprivileged communities in their local or regional
environment.
In most of our main offices, the employees
willing to engage voluntarily in such initiatives have established
a Charity Committee, to develop fundraisers and to manage the local
community programmes. It is the Foundation’s policy to
systematically match the funds raised by the Charity Committee
through their own efforts, thus doubling the financial resources
made available to their selected charitable projects.
We are proud to count currently with 10
such committees: in London (UK), in Lucerne and Geneva
(Switzerland), in Stamford and Houston (USA), in Shanghai (China),
in Johannesburg (South Africa), in Lubumbashi (DRC), in Lima (Peru)
and in Singapore.
The Charity Committees can also be most
useful, for the organisations supported themselves, as a
supplementary channel to raise awareness on their work and
achievements, as well as a potential way to secure complementary
resources.
You can find more about our Charity Committees and their
undertakings here