BWI: G4S Supports Miss Universe to Promote ‘SAVE THE GIRL CHILD’ and ‘AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN’

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: G4S - India
Friday, July 09, 2010 03:04 PM IST (09:34 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Social issues; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Media & entertainment
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G4S Supports Miss Universe to Promote 'SAVE THE GIRL CHILD' and 'AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN'


New Delhi, Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Friday, July 09, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- G4S INDIA, the largest private security solutions group in the country has been at the forefront on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives aimed at enriching the society in which it operates. In its endeavour to address global environmental, social and economic challenges and to provide equal opportunity to underprivileged local community joined MISS UNIVERSE, STEFANIA FERNANDEZ. The company is supporting the social cause of 'SAVE THE GIRL CHILD' and 'AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN' with Miss Universe and I.G. International. These enterprising social welfare measures are set to receive a big boost with Miss Universe's enthusiastic participation well supported by G4S India.

Talking about G4S commitment to the CSR initiatives, Ms. Rupal Sinha, Regional Managing Director, Indian Sub Continent said, "In the race to achieve business goals in these turbulent times, it is easy for an organization to lose sight of its responsibilities towards society. Supporting community development initiatives is an integral part of our business philosophy. We not only involve ourselves in community development directly, but also encourage employees and non profit organisations to partner with us to make a difference. We are happy to collaborate with Miss Universe in this noble cause."

Miss Universe attaches deep importance to these social causes and visited the corporate office of G4S India at Gurgaon, where she meet with some of the prominent NGOs like Hope Foundation and Navjyoti and addressed the press conference.

Another glorifying initiative of G4S India this year has been to make education and knowledge pivotal to its community project and in this connection started "G4S Shiksha" - a school in NCR that provides free education to over 100 underprivileged children. This project further aims at discouraging child labour and other unethical activities like drug addiction, gambling, crime etc and at the same time encourage female child education.

During her visit to G4S India, Miss Universe planted a tree which is part of G4S India's 'Go Green' initiative.

The function was well attended by Dignitaries, Government officials and G4S India family.

G4S India

Founded in 1989, G4S India is the leading integrated security solutions group in the country. The company today has over 140,000 employees with a strong network of more than 200 branches and regional office spread throughout the country.

Besides its core business of Manned Security, Cash Solutions, Security Systems and Technology, G4S offers complimentary range of services including Training, Facilities Management, Aviation Services, Central Monitoring, Garment Manufacturing, Recruitment & Placement, IT Services, Fleet Management, Asset Tracking and Security Consultancy. G4S is proud to have an impressive clientele in various sectors like BPO, retail, healthcare, infrastructure, IT, banking, diplomatic missions & embassies, residential, hospitality, communication and aviation to name a few.

G4S - Worldwide

G4S is the largest security services provider in the world, with operations in more than 120 countries across six continents. The Group offers a wide range of secure solutions and business processes, including secure facilities management, security consultancy, event security, secure transport services, security systems and security services to governments. With more than 595,000 employees G4S is the largest employer on the London Stock Exchange and the second largest private employer in the world. G4S plc is a FTSE 100 listed company, and is also listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

For more information log on to www.g4s.in.

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Miss universe at G4S corporate office

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CONTACT DETAILS
Ms. Mansi Gupta, G4S India, +91 9560886656, mansi.gupta@in,g4s.com
Mohit Verma, 2020 India, + 91 9818821641, mohit@2020india.com

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CONSUMER, SOCIAL, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, MEDIA

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