People and Society
Youth empowerment
Nurture local young athletes to enter the world stage
Zurich continues to title sponsor the inter-school 3x3 basketball competition in Hong Kong – the “Zurich Hong Kong Inter-School 3X3 Basketball Competition 2021-2022” for the second consecutive year. Zurich actively supports the sustainable development of local youth sports and encourages the public to live a healthy life when the pandemic eases. The venue facilities on the final day of the Game were up to international standard, including 3X3 court flooring and 3X3 basketball, allowing all players to have hands-on experience on the competition facilities of the highest standard.
In addition to that, Zurich sponsored the “Zurich Basketball Fun Day for Children” for the second consecutive year. In partnership with a non-profit organization – Hong Kong Playground Association, we invited underprivileged families to join “Zurich Basketball Fun Day for Children” for free and provided training and games, hoping them to have a fun experience with basketball.
This event sponsorship is one of the examples that we are in a pivotal role to nurture the next generation in the aspects of local sports development and physical well-being.
Empowering youth to unleash their full potential
In 2021, Zurich sponsored the “Zurich Hong Kong Inter-School 3X3 Basketball Competition”, and the “Fun Day Children’s Basketball Camp” to promote sports and the importance of physical and mental wellbeing.
MineCity
Using the popular Minecraft software applications, young people are encouraged to go out and experience different aspects of the communities and recreate their experience in an online community map.
Trial and Error Lab HK
Young people work together, train and network in a lively co-working space, where they can hone their skills or have a try on business start-up planning. All these will help them explore their sustainable career in the future.
Promote mental well-being
#ZurichHK60 Community Program – “Think Good, Talk Good”
As part of our 60th anniversary celebration, Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) ("Zurich") joined hands with StoryTaler to shine light on mental health and educate the public on the power of compassion and gratitude.
The “Think Good, Talk Good” Campaign was launched in July 2021, with a telephone booth installation exhibited at The Mills that is opened to public to share their happy stories and grateful experiences inside a private space. We hoped to deepen our community work through the campaign to instill optimism while reinforcing our brand purpose of “Creating a brighter future together”.
Community work
Zurich Hong Kong volunteers contributed over 15,000 meal boxes to Food Angel
To celebrate the 150th birthday of Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich volunteer team participated in two sessions of Food Angel and prepared over 15,000 meal boxes which were distributed to the underprivileged, showing our care for the community during October and November 2022.
Raise our staff’s awareness of sustainability and climate change
In order to raise awareness of sustainability and climate change, Zurich had organized activities, such as two beach cleaning sessions, upcycling workshops and paperless sharing session, for staff and family in September 2022.
Fight against the pandemic by donating anti-pandemic care packs
In order to assist the vulnerable to receive adequate supplies and prompt support during the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong, Zurich donated HKD 238,000 to Pok Oi Hospital and distributed 2,100 anti-pandemic care packs to families in need, helping them to overcome the pandemic in March 2022.
Spread positivity and care to the underprivileged via virtual community services
Zurich collaborated with HandsOn and organized virtual exercise workshop and Zentangle drawing workshop for students from grassroots families and elderly caregivers respectively, hoping them to relax during the continued lockdown during March to April 2022.
Support Serve-A-Thon 2022 food-packing for the underprivileged
Zurich has once again sponsored HandsOn’s Serve-A-Thon to promote volunteerism. Our volunteer team joined the food packing service, organized by Feeding Hong Kong, to help sort and repack food to support local families in need. We finally packed a total of 300 boxes of food, which were equal to 42 meals for a family of two.
#MoveForward COVID-19 Support Program
Z Zurich Foundation has pledged a HKD1.1 million charitable donation to establish the #MoveForward COVID-19 Support Program, to provide support for children and elderly in grassroot families who have been heavily impacted. We hope to accompany the underprivileged to overcome the pandemic with positivity and optimism.
Online Learning ‧ Computer Donation Program
To support underprivileged students for online learning during class suspension and school closures, Z Zurich Foundation has donated a total of HKD4.6 million to establish the “Online Learning ‧ Computer Donation Program”. Over 1,500 underprivileged and special needs students were supplied with laptops, tablets and SIM cards, to address their online learning difficulties.