Nile Breweries wins
Jan 22, 2009
Nile Breweries has won the corporate social responsibility (CSR) accolade. <br>The firm was recognised during the annual investor-of-the-year award 2008 organised by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) last week at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
By James Odomel
Nile Breweries has won the corporate social responsibility (CSR) accolade.
The firm was recognised during the annual investor-of-the-year award 2008 organised by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) last week at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
“We have earned it. Our CSR programmes have been exceptional in empowering communities in which we operate,†Nick Jenkinson, the managing director, said.
“We are grateful that our humble efforts have been recognised,†Onapito-Ekomoloit, the corporate affairs director, said.
The Jinja-based company has a development programme, which emphasises water conservation, proper waste disposal and packaging.
Others are recycling and re-use, carbon reduction and energy-saving.
The comapny’s CSR programme also focuses on internal and external communities.
In addition, NBL champions transparency in its operations, it is recorded by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as 4th largest tax payer for four years in a row and also respect for human rights and care for the welfare of employees.
Uganda Federation of Employers voted NBL as The Employer of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
Externally, the company has implemented wide-ranging Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes, in different parts of Uganda, in health, education, and environmental protection.
“Our HIV/AIDS programme, for example, has covered the entire value chain sorghum farmers, employees, beer truck drivers, bar workers and consumers,†Onapito said.
Nile Breweries was recognized also for contributing to the socio-economic development of rural Uganda by providing guaranteed market and stable pricing to sorghum farmers.
The company uses sorghum to makes it Eagle Lager and Eagle Extra brands, which are lowly priced and popular with rural consumers.
The Eagle Project, as the company calls it, has, at the same time, provided entrepreneurship and investment skills to the farmers.
In the environmental protection, Nile Breweries has an agro-forestation programme among sorghum farmers, and in July 2008 launched the “Green Towns Project†to plant trees on streets of major Ugandan towns.
Nile Breweries has won the corporate social responsibility (CSR) accolade.
The firm was recognised during the annual investor-of-the-year award 2008 organised by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) last week at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
“We have earned it. Our CSR programmes have been exceptional in empowering communities in which we operate,†Nick Jenkinson, the managing director, said.
“We are grateful that our humble efforts have been recognised,†Onapito-Ekomoloit, the corporate affairs director, said.
The Jinja-based company has a development programme, which emphasises water conservation, proper waste disposal and packaging.
Others are recycling and re-use, carbon reduction and energy-saving.
The comapny’s CSR programme also focuses on internal and external communities.
In addition, NBL champions transparency in its operations, it is recorded by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as 4th largest tax payer for four years in a row and also respect for human rights and care for the welfare of employees.
Uganda Federation of Employers voted NBL as The Employer of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
Externally, the company has implemented wide-ranging Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes, in different parts of Uganda, in health, education, and environmental protection.
“Our HIV/AIDS programme, for example, has covered the entire value chain sorghum farmers, employees, beer truck drivers, bar workers and consumers,†Onapito said.
Nile Breweries was recognized also for contributing to the socio-economic development of rural Uganda by providing guaranteed market and stable pricing to sorghum farmers.
The company uses sorghum to makes it Eagle Lager and Eagle Extra brands, which are lowly priced and popular with rural consumers.
The Eagle Project, as the company calls it, has, at the same time, provided entrepreneurship and investment skills to the farmers.
In the environmental protection, Nile Breweries has an agro-forestation programme among sorghum farmers, and in July 2008 launched the “Green Towns Project†to plant trees on streets of major Ugandan towns.