Citi Pakistan and Citi Philippines have been recognized and awarded for the “Best Community Program” in the “Gold Category” at the Global CSR Summit 2011, for their pioneering work in microfinance and vocational training. This award is one of five categories and recognizes the company that has successfully implemented a community project that has resulted in poverty alienation, better education, business growth or community engagement.
This year’s theme at the Asian conference held August 11-12, 2011 in Cebu City, Philippines was “Beyond Sustainability” and the awards aimed at “finding Asia’s most sustainable company”. Citi was competing against 60 other companies from across the world, including HSBC, GE, P&G and L’Oreal amongst others for this award.
