Tag Archives: csr

March 5, 2013

Amadeus employees support local food donation program in Madrid

by Director, Madrid Human Resources, Amadeus IT Group caritas

Nine months ago, Amadeus HR in Madrid partnered with a local charity to create a food donation program in the community, with the objective of helping families in need. On the first week of every month, employees bring non-perishable food to donate, which is then collected by our partner charity, Cáritas, and distributed through its [...]

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January 31, 2013

Three-year milestone marked by hope: Amadeus orphanage opens in Haiti

by Director, Public Relations, North America, Amadeus IT Group Amadeus orphanage opens in Haiti

January marks the three-year anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that severely damaged and permanently changed millions of lives on the island. Countless Haitians lost their homes, loved ones and valuables while the effects of the disaster also touched their relatives, friends and so many others around the world. The impact of [...]

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November 20, 2012

Amadeus employees ‘Run to Give’ in the Bangkok Marathon

by Head of Airline IT Marketing (APAC), Amadeus IT Group

Amadeus’ team spirit and dedication to the local community was evident last weekend when almost 150 employees from our Amadeus Asia Pacific regional office in Bangkok had a very early start on Sunday 18th November to take part in the Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon. Employees chose a full marathon, half marathon, 10km or a 4.5km [...]

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November 5, 2012

Amadeus Asia gives back to children in Thailand

by President, Amadeus Asia Pacific

Last week was an exciting one for us as we celebrated our 25th anniversary. But it was also a time to uphold our commitment to the local communities in which we operate. As part of this commitment, employees from Amadeus Asia based in Bangkok came together to donate books and time with children at Pattaya’s [...]

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September 27, 2012

Happy World Tourism Day 2012!

by Online Marketing Manager, Amadeus IT Group

We’d like to wish everyone a happy World Tourism Day (WTD) 2012 – which is being held under the theme Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. World Tourism Day is held annually on 27 September and it was conceived to foster awareness about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic [...]

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August 17, 2012

What are we doing to be socially responsible?

by CSR Global Coordinator, Amadeus IT Group

Since we operate in 195 countries, we believe it is very important to share best practices and take advantage of synergies and economies of scale for specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. In 2011 we carried out 165 projects in 45 countries. The graph below illustrates the number of projects per category. Through our social [...]

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August 6, 2012

Ramping up community involvement at Amadeus Sophia, France

by Communication Manager, Amadeus IT Group

Over the past few years in Sophia, we’ve worked on incorporating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the way we run our day-to-day business activities, by taking into account our social, environmental and charitable values as much as possible in the way we work. To start off the year, we celebrated a Corporate Social Responsibility Week [...]

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July 6, 2012

How we saved 150 pulp trees with a new printing system

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Posted by Stuart Brocklehurst (Group Communications Director, Amadeus IT Group) It’s the small things that add up when it comes to reducing your carbon footprint. In June 2011 we implemented FollowMe – Uniflow, a badge-based printing system, throughout the Amadeus Sophia campus. Have we really reduced our environmental impact with FollowMe – Uniflow? The answer [...]

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May 22, 2012

Our commitment to sustainability and reporting transparency

by Group Environmental Officer, Amadeus IT Grou

We’re pleased to announce that the Amadeus Corporate Responsibility Report 2011, which was prepared in accordance to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3.1 Guidelines, has received GRI’s Application Level A+ Statement, which is the highest possible grade. The Global Reporting Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes economic, environmental, and social sustainability, and it has become [...]

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