Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility
Edita’s people are its most valuable asset, and the company strives to acknowledge this by offering a safe and rewarding employee experience. Edita supports its employees’ professional growth by regularly providing a variety of trainings and learning opportunities.
Sales workshops are consistently delivered to the team, each to improve a different set of skills. . In 2019, Edita collaborated with Beacon Training UK in delivering a two-day Train the Trainer (TOT) workshop. Eight middle management were certified as internal trainers and went on to train 103 sales supervisors in people-management skills. Four employees were certified to deliver “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” training.
In total, during 2019 Edita delivered training to 1,140 Edita workers, across 2,280 training days. The training boosted employee efficiency at the workplace, and encouraged bcritical thinking, task-orientation and proactivity.
In October 2022, the Foundation partnered with Baserty and the Arab Academy for Science and Technology to sponsor a two-year Higher National Diploma Scholarship to advance technical education and vocational training, where selected students received EGP 33,000 per year for two years, in addition to a three-month employment training at one of Edita’s plants each summer.UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT
Joining the UN Global Compact (UNGC) has provided Edita with an excellent opportunity to assess its current sustainability practices, identify strengths, and select areas on which to focus developmental efforts. The UNGC encourages corporations and relevant stakeholders to adopt improved more sustainable business and environmental practices and in turn, benefit their communities while maintaining desired operational levels. Edita finalized a sustainability framework aligned with the UNGC’s principles and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically choosing six goals that align with its mission as a major industrial snack foods company and a socially responsible entity.
EDITA FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Establishment
In March 2020, Edita Foundation for Social Development was established to consolidate all Edita’s longstanding corporate social responsibility initiatives in Egypt under one umbrella and be a vehicle to advance its mission and vision.
Strategy
The foundation will focus its efforts towards social development and sustainability in Egypt, with a particular focus on education and healthcare. The foundation strives to be a pioneer in better serving our communities and giving back to our people.
Recent Activities
In October 2022, the Foundation partnered with Baserty and the Arab Academy for Science and Technology to sponsor a two-year Higher National Diploma Scholarship to advance technical education and vocational training, where selected students received EGP 33,000 per year for two years, in addition to a three-month employment training at one of Edita’s plants each summer.
