As Toshiba Africa, we have a strong commitment to
corporate social responsibility in Africa. Our
global group philosophy emphasizes the respect for
people, the creation of new value, and the
contribution to the societies in which we operate.
Toshiba Group’s basic commitment is, “Committed to
People, Committed to the Future. TOSHIBA.”. This
expresses the essence of our corporate philosophy.
We recognize that it is our corporate responsibility
(CSR) to put our philosophy into practice in all of
our day-to-day business activities. In doing so, we
as the Toshiba Group, are able to show that we offer
the highest priority to human life, to safety, and
to compliance. As a part of Toshiba Group, Toshiba
Africa continues to be involved in local South
African communities through various activities and
support other African initiatives too.
Corporate social interest or responsibility is when
organisations engage in social and environmental
concerns in their business and interact with their
various stakeholders and communities. With our
grounded in this Basic Commitment of the Toshiba
Group and the Standards of Conduct for Toshiba
Group, Toshiba believe that the steady practice of
CSR is the way to build a sustainable society, and
the core of CSR management.
As Toshiba Africa, we stand firm under the Toshiba Group’s banner of improving the lives of people around the world through our technology and services. We’ve taken on several corporate responsibility initiatives throughout Africa, including;
LEAP runs independent schools that provide
fee-free education for some of South
Africa’s most marginalized communities. It’s
a good fit for Toshiba, a strong proponent
of science and math education, and Toshiba
Africa has worked with LEAP-3 for residents
of Alexandra since 2017.
Toshiba Africa have donated to LEAP-3 for
their school facility, books for their
library and science kits to learn renewable
energy. Toshiba Africa employees also hold
energy and environmental workshop
for students to explain about different
power generation systems and facilitate
discussion about relationship between
environment and energy.
The Carpenter’s Shop provides short-term rehabilitation services, training and accommodation to people in need so that they can re-integrate into society. It is committed to providing academically disadvantaged people with skills for entry-level jobs, so that they can gain independence in their lives. Toshiba helped set up facilities for their new adult computer training course in 2014 as part of our socially responsible activities.
Toshiba Africa created T-shirts to donate to Kuyasa’s Soup Kitchen in Tembisa, Johannesburg as part of Toshiba Group’s Simultaneous Social Contribution 2014. Kuyasa’s Soup Kitchen provides cooked food to unemployed, elderly and HIV positive people in the community. We hope the T-shirts will increase awareness about their activity in the community so that more people will get involved in their activities.
The Toshiba Group supports this early childhood development project in the Shinyanga area of Tanzania. Since 2014, the Toshiba Group has donated a total of 10 million Yen to the project which has been used to build and operate ten community childcare facilities in Tanzania. These community childcare facilities foster caring, educational environments that support the upbringing of 1000 children, and provide meals that help improve nutritional standards
Toshiba Corporation donated 12 Toshiba AT300 tablets to the Language Centre at the University of Zambia in Lusaka. This has expanded the centre’s capacity to teach foreign languages to its students, with a focus on its Japanese language course run in association with Hokkaido University in Japan. We were happy to support this programme as it fosters more positive relationships by bridging communication gaps through the learning of languages.
In 2015, Malawi was facing the worst flood disaster in the history of its existence. A combination of continuous rain and Cyclone Bansi, resulted in 15 of the 28 national districts being declared disaster zones. The areas affected were predominantly in the Shire Valley and in the south. In response to this disaster, Toshiba Africa donated to Gift of the Givers South Africa, who supplied basic goods to those affected by the flood.
Through FoodBank South Africa, Toshiba is sponsoring two organisations – The Carpenter’s Shop in Cape Town, which focuses on skills development, and Kuyasa Soup Kitchen in Johannesburg Township Tembisa, which runs a daily soup kitchen.
By helping the societies in which Toshiba Africa
operates, we benefit as well. Our philosophy is
to offer state-of-the-art products and services
that improve the lives of the people that use
them. We also believe that the social
responsibility of business is to assist and
uplift the communities that are in need in every
territory we operate in.
Toshiba, we turn on the promise of a new
day.