OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2009. The First All-Ukrainian CSR Business Case Competition, which was organized by the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility Development in partnership with Ernst&Young, VOLIA, Austrian Airlines and Asters, has announced the results.  The winner in the nomination Development of Local Community is DTEK.
 
The business case of DTEK is based on a long-term project of cooperation with seven cities and towns where the Company’s operations are located, which started in 2007 and has been going on up to now.
 
45 business cases were submitted for consideration by an international jury. The nomination Development of Local Community enjoyed the majority of CSR cases. Such companies as SCM, ISD, METRO Cash and Carry, Kyivstar, Siemens Ukraine and many others took part in the competition. The best business solutions were included into the first CSR Guidelines published by the Centre for CSR development.
 
 ‘It is a great honour for us to win this award though it was not our main reason for participation in the competition. In our company we do believe in the advantages of transparency and openness and we are ready to share our experience with our colleagues. The more applicable Ukrainian best practices will be, the more companies will compete for CSR leadership, the better it is for all stakeholders: the state, business, and society as a whole. We are striving for making our contribution into public development systematic, transparent and long-lasting’, underlined the HR and Corporate Communications Director of DTEK, Sergey Kordashenko.