Employees are being encouraged to participate in the companies’ first Impact Week, 16-20JUN25. Intended as an annual event, it forms part of the Charity Program, launched in JAN23, which grants all staff one paid day per month to volunteer for a cause of their choice. An internal digital platform offers a selection of more than 5,000 activities and 11,000 charities worldwide, covering child protection, education, environmental conservation, and aid for those in need. It also suggests challenges to promote well-being, diversity, and environmental awareness, and allows users to track their impact and engage with colleagues’ efforts through a live news feed. To date, employees have participated in a wide range of voluntary activities, from collecting essentials for people in need, supporting humanitarian logistics with Aviation Sans Frontières, mentoring youth, helping in community kitchens, and assisting at children’s homes and rehabilitation centers.
Aytekin Saray, Chief Executive Officer of Global GSA Group, stated: “Our entire group – all entities and all employees – is encouraged to participate in Impact Week on a voluntary basis. Whether they donate an hour of their time, a day or even longer (naturally in coordination with their management to ensure day-to-day operations are not disrupted), is up to them. The important thing is that we get everyone on board and inspired by the many participation options in our digital platform. Not that these are by any means exhaustive. Our employees can also suggest new initiatives and integrate them into the platform, thus also opening them up to their colleagues.”
Jean Ceccaldi, Chief Executive Officer of ECS Group, explained: “Over the past two years since the official launch of our Charity Program, our employees have been involved in an impressively varied range of volunteering activities […] and in those two years, ECS Group has grown and seen many new colleagues join the company. The idea of Impact Week, therefore, is to raise internal awareness of our Charity Program, make it more tangible, inspire participation, and to give guidance on how to get involved. We want to foster a spirit of solidarity and collective action. I am pleased to report that our charity initiatives are not limited to within our companies, but that some of our customers also volunteer together with us. Last year, for instance, AVS in Thailand and Thai VietJet Air cooperated to provide essential supplies (including a large donation of milk), to communities affected by severe flooding in Northern Thailand, impacting over 8,000 families. We are also planning joint initiatives with other airline partners as part of our upcoming Impact Week, including a collaboration with Corsair through Aviation Sans Frontières, for example.”
