REGINA – SaskTel invested over $2.75 million in 888 organizations, community associations, venues, events and partnerships across 217 communities in the province last year, according to its corporate social responsibility report for the 2016/17 fiscal year entitled Connecting Your World.
According to the report, SaskTel also invested $323 million in capital expenditures to improve customer experience across its wireless, TV and high speed Internet services across Saskatchewan. Moving beyond the company’s financial contributions to the wider community, the report also details the ways that it is working to make Saskatchewan a better place by strengthening a corporate culture that aims to put customers, partners, and employees first.
SaskTel added that its corporate social responsibility initiatives are guided by the following five key focus areas:
– Ethical Leadership – SaskTel’s activities are guided by a set of values and principles designed to help all employees make ethical decisions in the conduct of the corporation’s business.
– Improving the Standard of Living for People in Saskatchewan – SaskTel has and will continue to support the people of Saskatchewan through a variety of ways.
– Increased Access to Products and Services – We will be a customer’s first choice by designing and delivering a positive customer experience every time.
– Employee Standards – The key to SaskTel’s success has always been our people. They are not just our strength, but also the kind of people who volunteer to lead, coach, counsel and care across our province.
– Environmental Stewardship – The SaskTel Eco(logical) strategy is innovative in its approach, laying out specific and aggressive goals for the organization to strive towards.
“CSR has been integrated into our business strategy for many years, and continues to help us deliver on revenue growth, operational efficiency, risk management and strategic alignment,” said acting president and CEO Doug Burnett, in the report’s news release. “Few companies have the historic ties to Saskatchewan that we do and we want to live up to the legacy of our unique position by taking a lead role when it comes to corporate social responsibility.”
