Chailease's mission is to "become a partner in success with our customers and a driver of economic development." The company has long supported and accompanied the growth of many SMEs, and since the establishment of the Chailease Foundation in September 2004, we have viewed "career-adapted development" as the main axis of service, while also striving to be "a good friend to accompany the career growth of children and young". We want to assist youth prior to their entry into the workplace, as is our corporate mission.
Since its establishment, the Chailease Foundation has progressively transformed its service experience and achievements over the years to develop innovative programs. The four pillars of our strategic approach---Career Exploration, Exceptional Athlete Training, Community Service, and Project and Sponsorship ---identify quality education, employment and economic growth, sustainable cities and poverty eradication projects is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and proposes gradually development of innovative solutions.
Chailease refers to the London Benchmark Group's Corporate Community Investment calculation framework to effectively quantify the benefits of investment in social participation. The company keeps statistics on public welfare expenditures, funding of public welfare activities, and use of funds, to evaluate the human, material and financial resources invested by Chailease in social integration activities.
Based on the association's vision for service, Chailease helps children and teens to develop expertise and plan a good career path. The company provides a variety of events that help many different people to explore their career paths, assisting children and young people in exploring their interests, and encouraging those interests. Through participation in various events, young people can accumulate varied experiences and develop a positive concept for their careers, laying a good foundation for their future work lives.
The Chailease Foundation has worked closely with Jieshou Junior High School in Fuxing District, Taoyuan City since its founding. Due to Jieshou Junior High School is located on the slope of Jiaoban Mountain, there have been long-standing concerns about potential landslides. As such, the school was merged into the new junior high school established at Luofu Senior High School in August 2021. The remote location means the students lead simple lives, and this can limit their ideas about future careers. Therefore, the Chailease Foundation has invested a variety of resources over the years from healthy lunches, sponsorship of various clubs, and career experience camps to the construction of hardware facilities and in-kind donations etc.
Since 2015, the Chailease Foundation has been promoting corporate volunteer services in order to extend the impacts of added-value in the careers of our corporate colleagues. The "愛'm Ready Volunteer Club" was established in accordance with the "Related Rights and Responsibilities of the Chailease Foundation Volunteer Program". The club calls on employees at the Company who are willing to volunteer to serve as long-term volunteers at the Chailease Foundation in support of small and medium-sized social welfare organizations that take specific steps to spread warmth across every corner of society. It also adds a different perspective and diversified development to our employees' career.
"愛'm ready" replaces the English word "I" with the Chinese character「愛」 "love" to refer to volunteers' spontaneous participation in volunteer services based on love, and their loving and caring contributions to society. Moreover, the spirit of "I'm ready", means that each volunteer is ready to provide effective and quality service to each social welfare organization before taking action.
In order to encourage employees to participate in volunteer services, the company gives them 3 days of paid volunteer leave every year, subsidizes their meal expenses during the volunteer service period, and awards medals at the end of the year or at the company’s annual meeting to the top 10 volunteers in terms of the number of hours of volunteer service accumulated. We also organize social gatherings for volunteers to encourage and motivate them to participate in social services.
In 2023, the Chailease Holding Foundation organized a total of 40 volunteer service activities, with 177 volunteer activities conducted by colleagues on their own initiative, 8 volunteer activities conducted overseas, 3,412 volunteer participants, and a total of 12,786 service hours. Since its establishment, the number of cooperating public welfare organizations has reached 65, with a total of 8,764 participants and a total of 33,468 service hours.
Through the “Transfer Station” concept, the Chailease Holding Foundation matches corporate volunteers with social welfare organizations in need of manpower. Through the arrangement of one-day volunteer service, colleagues can get to know the service units and targets in different fields and are encouraged to think about the fields they are interested in serving. In 2023, 34 sessions were organized, 675 volunteers were engaged, and a total of 2,304 service hours were completed.
The Chailease Holding Foundation has been focused on regional revitalization since 2019. We visit local communities to learn about the local culture and heritage and to understand their future development priorities and resource needs as well as to help local organizations find new outlets for their unique qualities, so that local youth are willing to return to their hometowns to work. By arranging visits as part of our volunteer training, volunteers get to know different service units in an experiential way and have the opportunity to provide long-term services in the future, becoming a driving force for regional revitalization and deepening volunteerism. 3 visits were organized in 2023, with 68 volunteer inputs and a total of 485 hours of participation.
The blood supply in Taiwan remains low due to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In response to calls by the government to "Donate a bag of blood, save a life", the Chailease Foundation has been organizing blood donation events for employees since 2008. In 2023, 2 events held at headquarters in Neihu. Corporate colleagues were asked to donate blood to help alleviate the blood shortage in society. Our staff participated enthusiastically and made a generous show of support. 254 people were successfully called to roll up their sleeves and respond to both events. A total of 362 bags of blood were collected, and proved to be a very fruitful result. The events demonstrate the concept of fulfilling corporate responsibility by actively participating in public welfare and giving back to society.
The "Chailease Badminton Team" in 2015. Initially, the team focused on training young players in junior and senior high school, and the Chailease Sunshine Badminton Complex was built in 2018 to serve as a training ground for these athletes.The Chailease Badminton Team currently has coaching relationships with Taipei Xihu Junior High School, Tatung High School, the Taipei City University; and Ren De Junior High School and National Hsin-feng Senior High School in Tainan to provide systematic and professional training. There are 52 players as of the end of 2023. We are also looking for a facility that can provide enough space and equipment to improve the training environment for our athletes.
The coaching team evaluates player performance annually. If a player achieves the performance level specified in the contract, the player will be offered the opportunity to become a regular employee of the Company with salary and benefits equivalent to those of regular employees of the Company. As of the end of 2023, 17 players have been hired as regular employees. When a player retires, the Chailease Foundation will have a meeting with the Human Resources Department at the Company and arrange for the player to join a team that matches their character and expertise.
In 2023, the Chailease Badminton Team participated in "First and Second Ranking Tournaments", "The National High School Games", "Junior Age Group Tournaments", etc. Besides domestic tournaments, the team also participated in various international tournaments, including the Super 500 Series Thailand Open, Super 500 Series Australia Open, Thailand Challenge, Vietnam Challenge, Japan Challenge, Slovenia Challenge, Northern Mariana Challenge, Saipan Challenge, Indonesia Challenge, Malaysia International Challenge, German Series, World University Games, and Korean Junior Age Group Championships., etc. This year, the team participated in a total of 45 domestic and international competitions, winning 20 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 28 bronze medals.
The Chairman of the Chailease Foundation hopes that members of the Chailease Badminton Team will excel not only on the playing field in professional sports, but also in cultivating a healthy personality by following the example of Chailease Holdings and the Chailease Foundation to give back to the community by using what they have learned to demonstrate the concept of public service.Therefore, the "Chailease Sunshine Vitality Camp" was created by the Chailease Badminton Team in response to this initiative.
Five events have been held since inception in 2018 to the camp in 2023. In 2023, the team worked with the Heart Together Charity Association to offer the program to school children in remote areas of Hualien County. The camp is an opportunity to expose them to multiple stimuli that will help to develop their future careers. In 2023, a total of 45 students participated in the program. The average satisfaction rating was 92.6 points.
The Chailease Holding badminton team not only shines professionally, but has also developed a sound personality, and upholds the spirit of public service, that is, giving back to the society, of Chailease Holding and the Chailease Holding Youth Vision Foundation, to utilize what they have learned to implement the concept of public service and to present a more diversified form of giving back to the community.
In 2023, in collaboration with the Good Shepherd Social Welfare Foundation, The Chailease Holding badminton team led in training underprivileged youths the sport of badminton. The team helped them to increase their self-awareness, improve their schoolwork, develop positive self-worth, and rebuild order in their lives. It also brings positive, self-discipline, effective emotion management, enhances social skills, and promotes teamwork through sports. 10 youths and 18 team members participated in 2023, and the average satisfaction score for the program was 91.1.