We promote volunteer programmes among Group employees, in partnership with civil society organisations. Everybody’s contribution to social causes, citizenship and situations of emergency is vital to building more cohesive, aware and caring societies.
The partnership with the Girl Move Academy, in place since 2016, aims at training and empowering Mozambican girls and women so that they can become agents for social, economic and political development in their communities, fighting and reversing cycles of poverty through education. Each Girl Mover spends a month at the Group, monitored by a mentor. During this time, each participant is given the tools they need to return to Mozambique better prepared to help develop their country by using the knowledge they gained. The Group has already welcomed 24 Girl Movers in the Academy’s seven editions.
This is an internal volunteer programme created in 2020 as a result of the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic, through which office employees assist senior citizens in shopping for essential goods. Besides food, older customers are also given time, attention and hope. Since the launch of the project, 233 volunteers have done shopping for about 370 customers.
The Group and its Companies in Portugal believe that it is very important to help raise awareness among people of the need to prevent forest fires, particularly during the most critical times of the year, when days are hotter and drier. That’s why we, since 2019, have participated in the Portugal Chama (Portugal is Calling) campaign led by the Agency for the Integrated Management of Forest Fires (AGIF).
During the Christmas season, the Group actively promotes a charity campaign in its head office in Portugal, encouraging office employees to offer presents requested by children who live throughout the year in foster homes supported by Jerónimo Martins. In addition, and during the Group’s Christmas party, which brings together over a thousand managers and senior executives, a fundraising campaign is held among employees. The matching donation rationale is followed, so the Group matches the amount donated by employees.