Elan parent company, ManpowerGroup, today released its fourth Corporate Social Responsibility Update, entitled "Teaching a Man Not to Fish is Humanly Possible".
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This global review of the powerful ways the company is unleashing human potential summarises how ManpowerGroup is bridging the gap between people and jobs by helping individuals and communities around the world succeed against the odds.
Jeffrey A. Joerres, ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO, said: "Our intrinsic value as an organisation is in equipping people with the tools, opportunities and training they need to find work and doing it in the most ethical way. We create power that drives organisations forward, power that accelerates individual success and power that builds more sustainable communities."
The volatility and complexity of the
Human Age - the world era identified by ManpowerGroup last year - is creating new demands for innovation, productivity and talent. Organisations must increasingly innovate their core capabilities to solve social problems, creating solutions that are right for the world as well as right for businesses themselves.
The report highlights ManpowerGroup's efforts to:
- Connect over 600,000 people to work each day, training over 10 million people and interviewing over 12 million
- Initiate more than 700 ManpowerGroup World of Work programs worldwide, with almost 74,000 participants and nearly 23,000 placements
- Tackle the worldwide epidemic of youth unemployment, a problem which threatens to leave an entire generation on the sidelines of work
- Help the long-term unemployed regain their self-confidence and grow their skills so they can get back to work
- Fight against the horrific crime of human trafficking, the insidious manifestation of modern-day slavery
Jeffrey A. Joerres continued: "The world is anchored in the Human Age, and that means helping men and women all over the world find their voice as the world's only source of inspiration, passion and innovation with a humanistic approach to power businesses, communities and countries for the benefit of all of us."
ManpowerGroup has received a number of significant accolades for the company's commitment to socially responsible sustainability. ManpowerGroup was the only company in the industry to be named to the Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies list and has also been recognized as the industry leader by Fortune magazine, who named the company in first place on its 2011 list of the Most Admired Companies in the temporary help sector.
Also in 2011, ManpowerGroup was named one of Newsweek's Greenest Big Companies in America, named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and to the FTSE4Good Index Series. In addition, Corporate Responsibility magazine awarded Jeff Joerres, ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO, its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for significant accomplishments in corporate social responsibility.
