Community
Community
We care deeply about the communities we serve. Through various initiatives, we aim to promote community development and encourage employee volunteering. We are striving to build a harmonious society by sharing our successes with the community.
Total charitable donations
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billion
As of end of 2022
Corporate volunteers
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Data for 2022
Giving back to society
BOCHK focuses on local community needs through our charitable donation strategies and policies. Collaborating with community partners, we deliver initiatives with a special focus on poverty alleviation and youth development. We also support projects covering sports, innovative technology and arts and culture, among others.
We strictly manage our donations through a comprehensive system that identifies and approves suitable projects, evaluates effectiveness, ensures sound financial auditing and prevents anti-money laundering and corruption. We constantly review and enhance this system in accordance with relevant laws and guidelines.
For details of our Caring Community activities, please refer to our latest sustainability report.
Poverty Alleviation
We fulfil our social responsibility by caring for the underprivileged and disadvantaged through various charitable projects that help those in need.
BOCHK has always paid attention to alleviating poverty in Hong Kong. Working with charity partners, we help those in need through direct donations and by encouraging employees to take part in various fundraising projects.
Hong Kong faces the challenge of an aging population. At BOCHK, we care deeply for elderly wellbeing and support a range of services to improve quality of life for elderly people and their carers. These include gerontechnology, aging in place and carer support.
We care for grassroots communities’ physical and mental health by subsidising medical services from social welfare institutions and universities. We also focus on disease prevention and post-disease rehabilitation and aftercare. This helps the sick and injured while relieving pressure on the local public healthcare system.
We are committed to promoting social inclusion and fostering respect and appreciation for diverse cultures, so that everyone can enjoy equality in different areas of life.
The quality of living conditions has become a key issue facing Hong Kong. We are collaborating with community partners to support grassroot families to enhance their homes and install barrier-free facilities.
We strive to promote gender equality and empower women to take part in grassroots community development. Through various training courses, we enhance women's capabilities and help them better understand their own interests and abilities.
Youth Development
We have always cared about children and youth development. BOCHK is committed to creating the social conditions and platforms for young people to realise their potential and achieve their dreams. We hope to cultivate future leaders with well-rounded strengths.
BOCHK strongly supports moral education that instils patriotic belonging, correct values, responsible citizenship and a deep understanding of our profound Chinese culture and long-standing Chinese history among young people. We also aim to enhance young people’s crime prevention abilities and awareness of the law, as well as their critical thinking skills.
We support young people in their studies and careers by sponsoring a wide range of training, exchange, mentorship and scholarship programmes, and providing platforms for young people to gain diverse experiences, broaden their horizons, develop skills and lay the foundations for their future development.
We recognise the significant role that sportsmanship plays in strengthening social cohesion and helping young people form positive character traits such as perseverance and diligence. By supporting various sports programmes, we help young people develop a healthy and positive outlook on life, both physically and mentally.
Environmental Protection and Carbon Reduction
To achieve sustainability, everyone must work together and play their part. We collaborate with a range of partners to support and sponsor green projects that put our environmental and carbon reduction philosophy into action.
Climate change is one of the world’s most pressing sustainability concerns. We are committed to addressing its challenges through practical steps and promoting climate awareness and action through public education.
To protect the environment, we encourage and assist enterprises to improve energy and resource efficiency, reduce their carbon footprints, lessen the environmental impact of their operations and consume fewer natural resources.
BOCHK places great emphasis on conserving nature and maintaining biodiversity. We carry out diverse ecological protection projects, advocate harmonious co-existence between human and nature, and seek to instil a deep love for nature and its protection in people’s hearts.
Arts and Culture
We actively support a wide range of artistic and cultural collaborations. By working with partner institutions to subsidise concerts, exhibitions and art appreciation activities, we aim to enrich local people’s leisure choices and promote the growth of Hong Kong’s arts and cultural development.
Innovative Technology
Technology innovation is vital to Hong Kong’s future, driving development and improving people’s quality of lives. We actively embrace new technologies and ideas to promote digital transformation and better serve businesses and the public.
Charitable Donations in Southeast Asia
Love has no boundaries. As we grow our business in Southeast Asia, we are actively fulfilling our local social responsibilities by giving back to the communities in which we operate and promoting cultural exchange with ASEAN countries.
Popularising the Chinese language is an important step for enhancing cultural exchange between China and other countries. By supporting international Chinese education, BOCHK promotes Southeast Asian countries’ cultural understanding of China and deepens connections.
We have always cared for those affected by disasters in the places where we operate, and provide assistance to local governments and organisations working in disaster areas.
We support medical services to assist those in need.
Community Engagement
We always encourage our employees to give their time and expertise to serve the community. By promoting an “Everyone Can Volunteer” spirit, we have successfully engaged all of our people, from senior management to frontline employees, to take part in volunteering activities. We have a comprehensive volunteer management mechanism with senior management of departments as chief conveners. In additional to departmental volunteer teams, we also have specialised teams, namely “Caring”, “Community”, “Education”, “Youth” and “Environmental Protection”. In 2022, we have over 8,200 employee volunteers engaged in over 100 volunteer activities, recording more than 20,000 volunteer hours.
Our volunteer work is well recognised by the community. In 2022, we were awarded the “Hong Kong Volunteer Award 2022 - Outstanding Corporate Award”, the “Top Ten Highest Volunteer Hours Award” jointly organised by the HKSAR Government and the Agency for Volunteer Service. We also received the Hong Kong Volunteers Federation’s “Outstanding Volunteer Team - Gold Award”.
Apply for Funding
Since 1994, BOCHK and the BOCHK Charitable Foundation have supported and engaged in a wide range of charitable activities. These include initiatives that benefit the underprivileged and disadvantaged, promote youth development, support environmental protection and carbon reduction, encourage arts and sports activities, and more.
To apply for funding, please submit a detailed proposal to: Secretariat of BOCHK Charitable Foundation 11/F, Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong
