CC-Projects in Asia & Oceania

A good cause: fund-raising for sick children

Employees of Volkswagen Financial Services Australia have raised funds for Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation since 2019. The organization’s vision is to ensure that every child has access to the best healthcare when and where they need it. The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation cares for more than 150,000 children in New South Wales, a state in Southeastern Australia. TeamworX – Members of the fund-raising committee staged charity runs, for example. Project funding of € 7,000 was given in 2019.

No Second Chance (N2C) is a road safety education program that visits high schools throughout Australia.

Porsche Australia has supported this initiative since 2015. N2C has a simple, overarching message: Make smart, not foolish decisions and you will have the chance to live your dreams. The objective is to reach youngsters so as to avoid deaths or tragic consequences from road accidents. Talks by former racing drivers at schools are offered as part of that.

Porsche Cars Australia (PCA) is committed to recycling nationwide in cooperation with Tyre Stewardship Australia, and all Porsche centers have joined the tire recycling initiative TSA.

TSA is an official, government-backed initiative that aims to reduce the impact of old tires on the environment, health and safety throughout Australia.

The goal is for around 16,000 tires to be recycled properly at the end of their life.

All 13 Australian dealers have joined the initiative and are audited and accredited by the Tyre Stewardship Australia.

The Organic Rice Project aims to promote healthy nutrition and environmental awareness at primary and secondary schools in Kisarazu, while also helping to protect the environment by supporting local organic rice farmers. Other methods are used in ecological rice farming than in conventional cultivation, which entails a heavy workload for farmers as well as high financial cost. With the support of Porsche Japan, awareness about the issue of diet and health are being strengthened among the population, while organic rice is provided for school meals.

The ROCKET project of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo aims to discover and train people with exceptional talents. The program contents offered are based on the interests and hallmarks of the scholarship holders, who are chosen after a review of their documents and interviews. The scholarship holders are given practical educational programs in which top people from science and technology, art and sport offer talks, discussions and project-based learning.

Fit in finance
In order to give young people the know-how they need to manage money, Volkswagen Financial Services Japan (VFSJ) has been supporting Finance Park, a non-profit financial education program for students in Tokyo, since 2015. The Finance Park is located in a public junior high school in the center of Tokyo, just 15 minutes’ walk from the company’s office. Young people learn about everyday issues relating to finances in theory and practice and create a budget at the end of their training. Six other leading companies are involved in this initiative. Only one company from each sector can be a sponsor – and Volkswagen Financial Services Japan represents the automotive industry. VFSJ supports the project with annual funding of around € 4,000.

Porsche Korea has supported fund-raising projects in the fields of education, culture, social welfare and the environment since 2017 with its CSR program “Porsche. Do Dream.”

Korean traditions and cultural heritage are dwindling in importance, in particular among the young. Traditional cultural educational programs are to be launched to counter the problem of loss of intangible cultural heritage. The program’s goal is to give youngsters greater familiarity with possible career paths in the field of intangible cultural heritage.  

Alongside its educational work, Porsche Korea has teamed up with the artist Kippeum Park to launch a public art project to promote sustainable mobility. 365 Seoul city bikes, called “Ttareungi,” were made publicly available in November 2021 as part of the “Porsche Dream Art Ttareungi” project, meaning that there is theoretically the option of using a different artistic cycling bike each day of the year. Each of the bikes has been embellished with a traditional patchwork design by the artist Kippeum Park and comes with advice from Roland Heiler, Chief Designer of the Porsche Design Studio. The project aims to let Seoul’s citizens experience more art in their daily life and also to help create a more eco-friendly city. Porsche Korea has provided a total of more than 300 million KRW in donations through the public art project “Dream Art Ttareungi” and a further 200 million KRW to support the creative activities of performing art organizations and artists directly affected by COVID-19.

Porsche Korea launched the initiative “Do Dream, Porsche” in 2017 together with the welfare organization ChildFund Korea. One of the initiative’s aims is to help disadvantaged children and youngsters and create an environment where they can grow up healthily and with motivation.

The existing CSR initiative was expanded in 2020 to include an environmental education program. The Porsche Dream Circle project aims to give schoolchildren a closer understanding of nature and the environment by being held directly at schools. Solar panels are installed and school forests created together with the pupils, for instance. Two further Dream Circle schools were set up with the funding from 2021.

Porsche Korea launched the initiative “Do Dream, Porsche” in 2017 together with the welfare organization ChildFund Korea. The initiative’s aim is to help disadvantaged children and youngsters and create an environment where they can grow up healthily and with motivation. There are only few recreational opportunities for children in Korea. The high levels of particulate air pollution mean they are often prohibited from playing outside. The Porsche Dream Playground project therefore provides indoor playgrounds for children up to the age of 13 at schools and special schools. Attention is paid to selecting regions where lower-income families tend to live and where only few leisure-time activities are offered.

Porsche Korea launched the initiative “Do Dream, Porsche” in 2017 together with the welfare organization ChildFund Korea. The initiative’s aim is to help disadvantaged children and youngsters and create an environment where they can grow up healthily and with motivation.

The Porsche Dream Up project supports children and youngsters from disadvantaged families that have a special sporting, artistic or musical talent and might not be able to pursue their dreams without financial aid.

Secret Santa is a program, where AVK employees become a ‘Secret Santa’ for children in need. A Christmas gift consisted of healthy snacks and a card will be purchased by AVK volunteers and the company based on a 1:1 matching donation. In 2021, 119 children were supported through this program.

AVK provided Winter Warmth Kit (consisted of, winter socks, hot pack as well as some convenient food) to 400 elderly living alone who are easily exposed to dangers of cold weather and COVID-19.

Inspiring an interest in music and history
Volkswagen Financial Services South Korea has been supporting an education program for school pupils since 2016. Regular one-day events for around 200 participants are held as part of it. The young people listen to exciting talks on subjects such as history and music. Volkswagen Financial Services South Korea provides the project with funding of around € 62,000 a year.

Porsche Korea has supported fund-raising projects in the fields of education, culture, social welfare and the environment since 2017 with its CSR program “Porsche. Do Dream.”

Porsche Korea was able to lay the foundation for a new environmental project in 2021. A 500 m² honeybee garden was created in Seoul in cooperation with Urban Bees Seoul. Its goal is to promote bee diversity, a key ecological indicator, as well as the ecosystem in the city.

The Porsche Training and Recruitment Center Asia (PTRCA) was created in 2008 by Porsche in a joint venture with the Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) and local importer and distributor PGA Cars Inc. PTRCA aims to train young adults from socially disadvantaged backgrounds as service engineers specializing in automotive mechatronics. The project is a win-win situation for everyone involved, as it allows Porsche to meet the increasing demand for skilled labor - especially from Porsche Centers in the Middle East and Asia Pacific growth markets. In 2016, the project was further expanded to include other VW Group brands.

Education and perspectives – two foundations of personal development and social progress. The non-governmental organization Don Bosco Mondo e.V. is committed to that and supports disadvantaged children and youngsters across religious and ideological boundaries. A school education and vocational training give them the chance to lead an independent life in dignity. Porsche AG has cooperated with Don Bosco Mondo since 2008. Among other things, Porsche trains technically gifted young people as motor vehicle service mechatronic technicians in Manila in the Philippines to give them the chance of a better life.

Before this program, the aim is to establish a one-year course of basic training in which disadvantaged youngsters can participate through scholarships. Don Bosco chooses the scholarship recipients, regardless of whether they are recruited later in the PAVE program. The basic training and qualifications in it give the youngsters a new perspective and far better opportunities on the labor market – sustainable and important objectives.

United Women Singapore (UWS) is an organization that advances women’s empowerment and gender equality. UWS launched the Girls2Pioneers program in 2014. It reaches out to girls aged 10-16, to encourage them to take up STEM subjects in their higher education and careers. Students are chosen from partnering schools, girls’ shelters and family service organizations throughout the country. More than 26,000 girls have gone through this program since its inception.

Porsche Asia Pacific has launched a partnership with UWS. Alongside mentoring programs and the possibility of internships for the girls, it supports the Girls2Pioneers program. As a result, 40 scholarships have been awarded to girls over a period of two years, thus enabling them to participate in the program.

Taiwan is an island that has an abundance of mountain forests. In particular, nature has borne the brunt of the building development and cultivation activities over recent years. The habitats of many wild animals are endangered. The Society of Wilderness is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1994 to preserve species and wildlife and their natural habitats. It is dedicated to undertaking all sustainable means of maintaining the ecological balance. Porsche Taiwan supported that important work in 2020.

Employees of Volkswagen Financial Services Taiwan shouldered responsibility for the environment and society by participating in the Jane Goodall Institute’s Green Thumb Project. As part of the project, they planted various plants that are native to Taiwan by hand and under guidance in the hope of attracting inspects and animals and creating a richer ecological environment.

Die Verschmutzung der Meere durch Plastik ist ein schwerwiegendes Problem. Müll einzusammeln und den Strand zu reinigen, ist ein Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Mit der Teilnahme an der Strandreinigungsinitiative der Europäischen Handelskammer laden die Mitarbeiter des Marktes Volkswagen Financial Services Taiwan regelmäßig Familien und Freunde zu diesen Aktionen ein.