CSR and ‘more’ at Teradata: an interview with Mr. Ahmed Sarwar - Operations Manager at Teradata Global Consulting Center
Social Bridges recently conducted an interview of Mr. Ahmad Sarwar, currently working as operations manager at Teradata Pakistan Global Consulting Center. The CSR strategies of the company, along with some general trends, were discussed thoroughly. You can read excerpts from the interview in the following lines.
Social Bridges: How would you define corporate social responsibility?
Ahmed Sarwar: CSR, in my opinion, is the way of giving back to the society from where you make your earnings. Both the public and private sector need to give back to the society, whatever way they deem suitable. Corporations, being private sector, need to be very active part of this giving back. So that’s my definition.
Social Bridges: So what your organization is doing in this regard - fulfilling its CSR?
Ahmed Sarwar: We do a lot many things. We have just launched the Teradata Care initiative. This is a global company initiative and we are starting with blood donation. We have already done the planning and will launch it in very near future. Next week, hopefully.
Additionally, we played an active part during the 2005 earthquake. Whether it was the packaging of food or transportation or other volunteer efforts, we chipped in our resources. However, the volunteer work was later channelized through Edhi Foundation to ensure a smoother flow.
On a related note, we continue doing charity work through the word of mouth. Like we collect donations to help those in need. Also helping the contractual employees like guards, peons etc if they need any financial assistance.
Social Bridges: But that’s just plain charity work. What your company is doing within the industry. Like promoting education and stuff? Read more…







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