Visable's CSR activities

On 6 December 2023, Visable donated 5,000 euros to the UNAPEI association, that supports the emancipation of people with neurological and mental disabilities.

At Visable, we believe in equal opportunities and inclusion. The Paris-based organisation UNAPEI does the same and is now the biggest player in the field of employment for people with disabilities in France. With its 900,000 members, the association does a great job by supporting more than 60,000 people with disabilities every year on their way into working life, enabling them to develop their skills and realise their professional potential.

With our donation we support the Unapei & Entreprises network in particular, which create and develop solutions to enable people with disabilities to gain access to employment and acquire greater independence. In this way, we are helping to break down the barriers that often prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in social and civic life.

At Visable, we are proud to contribute to this initiative that enables everyone to realise their full potential, because we are convinced that the right to develop one's talents and grow professionally is a fundamental right for all people.

As in previous years, we supported a non-profit organisation with a donation of 10,000 euros. This year, the donation went to the Hamburg-based organisation Kids & Welcome e.V.
 
Founded in 2015 as a volunteer initiative, Kids & Welcome e.V. is now an association committed to assisting refugee children from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Eritrea, and Somalia. With their tailored programs catering to children with disabilities and trauma as well as the provision of appropriate toys, they are making a meaningful impact. 
 
We were thrilled to present with Peter F. Schmid – CEO at Visable – the donation cheque to Kids & Welcome e.V.  
 
With our donation, we want to financially support not only the Christmas gift campaign  but also their programmes for refugee children with disabilities. Children with disabilities have special needs and require special equipment. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Kids & Welcome in this area, which is why we want to support them in this new project as well.    
 
Together, we can make a difference and create a brighter future for children in need! 

On 17 November, we at Visable had an exciting and incredible Social Day at the Kids Welcome e.V.!  
 
Kids Welcome e.V. has been working relentlessly since 2015 to assist refugee children from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Eritrea, and Somalia. Every year, they conduct a Christmas gift initiative and offer creative, sports, and group activities specifically tailored to children with disabilities and trauma.  
 
This time, we joined forces with dedicated volunteers and helped them pack Christmas gifts for 3,000 children in Hamburg’s refugee shelters, child protection facilities, and women's shelters.  
 
Besides our annual donation of 10,000 euros, it was awesome that we at Visable could support this worthy cause with our active participation and spread joy this festive season! 

We at Visable, operator of Europe’s leading B2B platforms europages and wlw, support the initiative of Hamburg and Kyiv Chambers of Commerce and Industry as part of the “Cities Pact for Solidarity and the Future”.  Therefore, we provide 30 Ukrainian companies with free advertising packages to increase their online visibility, worth more than 100,000 euros. In this way, we are helping both chambers to promote economic relations between companies in both cities. 

“Just as 75 years ago, the Marshall Plan helped Germany and Europe get back on their feet economically, Ukraine now needs a strong act of solidarity. Today, many Ukrainian businesses have their backs to the wall, guiltless because of the war. And this time, it is we who can help. By supporting businesses, we secure jobs in Kyiv.” Says Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Visable

As part of our CSR activities, we support a non-profit organisation with a donation each year. In addition to our financial support of German organisation  Hanseatic Help by donating 10,000 Euros, we also made a donation to an organisation in France.   

On December 16th 2022, our Managing Director in Paris, Sandra Yönter, presented the cheque to the association Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage.  The 5,000 Euro donation will create and fund solidarity jobs to help 15 job seekers find their way back to work.  

Created in 1985, the organisation runs several projects to enable people that are often forgotten in the employment market to find a suitable job and to rebuild their social relationships. 

As the mission of the organisation is completely aligned with our vision as a European B2B provider and our values,  we want to support job seekers in order to prevent them from entering a spiral of depreciation and isolation and to encourage their return to employment. We are convinced that the organisation will make an important impact to support people in need. 

Instead of extravagant christmas gifts, we decided to support social projects once again.  Our focus is on initiatives that particularly care for people in emergency situations, as it is part of our corporate philosophy. Besides the financial support we also offer our active participation. 

This year, our company donation of 10,000 Euros went to the Hamburg associations Hanseatic Help. Since its founding in 2015, they take in and sort clothing donations and hygiene articles and forward them as needed to more than 300 facilities in Hamburg for people in need. Therefore, many people have been provided with clothing and other articles for daily use.

In addition to the support for unemployed and homeless people in Hamburg, Hanseatic Help deliver donations to Ukraine in cooperation with other organisations.  

With the donation of 10,000 Euros, we want to support these two social projects: 5,000 Euros of the donation is used for equipping the Help Stores in Hamburg. The other 5,000 Euros will be used to fill the transporters with clothing donations and deliver them to Ukraine so that the people there are equipped with warm clothing for this upcoming winter. 

Besides our donation of 10,000 Euros, it was awesome that we could support this worthy cause also with our active participation. 

"It is nice to know that our donation and active participation helps people who, among others, are particularly affected by the Ukraine war. Therefore, it was important for us to support a facility where the money can be used immeadiately for a specific cause," explains Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Visable when he handed over the donation cheque. 

In November 2022, our Visable employees met in the clothing store of the non-profit organisation Hanseatic Help to sort and pack clothing donations, which are delivered to their help stores in Hamburg.  

Since its founding in 2015, Hanseatic Help take in and sort clothing donations and hygiene articles and forward them as needed to more than 300 facilities for people in need.  

In cooperation with other organisations, they also deliver donations to Ukraine. Therefore, the Visable employees loaded the transporters with packages of clothing donations so that the people in Ukraine are equipped with warm clothing for this upcoming winter. 

Besides our annual donation of 10,000 euros, it was awesome that we at Visable could support this worthy cause also with our active participation. 

We are looking forward to the next Social Day in 2023! 

In order to support the annual campaign for the fight against breast cancer, this year, we have joined the League against Cancer. ​

For this occasion, a collection of cultural products was organised. Our colleagues were invited to donate CDs, DVDs, books or comics over the past few days. And to continue the initiative, a stand selling roses and macaroons was opened in our offices on Thursday 20 October. The profits will go to the Ligue to support cancer Research. ​

We are proud to be able to support this cause and as the Ligue against cancer says: "In October but also all year round, let's talk about prevention and testing and support the prevention of breast cancer" ​

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We pride ourselves on our open and tolerant corporate culture. ​

To further promote diversity and inclusiveness, Visable has now signed the Diversity Charter alongside 4,100 companies. With the signature, we commit to the fight against discrimination in the workplace by implementing various measures. These range from raising awareness for diversity issues to trainings, assessments of HR processes and more.​

Open communication to the outside world is also a key factor in reflecting Visable’s status as an equal opportunity employer for people regardless of their background, physical capabilities, ethnicity, sexuality or gender identity.​

As part of our CSR activities, we support a non-profit organisation with a donation each year. For the first time, we also donated an amount to an organisation in France.  

On 2 February 2022, our Managing Director in Paris, Sandra Yönter, presented the cheque to the association Avenir Apei. The €5000 donation will support the Makaton Project for autistic children.  

Avenir Apei runs several projects such as personalised medical and social care as well as initiatives to enable handicapped people to develop their working skills.  

People with disabilities are often forgotten in the employment market. At Visable, we try to do our part to integrate them into society. 

Every year, we at Visable financially support a non-profit organisation or association with 10,000 euros. The topic of sustainability is becoming increasingly more important for us at Visable. Therefore we have also made it our mission to raise awareness for our carbon footprint within the company. To achieve this, our colleagues took part in the tree planting project "We plant drinking water" by Naturflächen e.V.. In total, we planted 500 trees and we haven taken over the sponsorship of 1,800 trees with our company donation. The planted trees generate 347,826 litres of additional groundwater per year. In this way, we are effectively offsetting our company's water consumption. 

"For us, it is nice to know that our donation contributes to a positive and sustainable development of the environment, the climate and society," says Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Visable.  

From December 2020 to May 2021, eight volunteer employees at Visable International each accompanied a political refugee to aid them in their professional development. This was done in partnership with Kodiko: The association offers a so-called "refugee-employee co-training programme" to facilitate refugees' professional integration, teach them job market practices and assist them in finding a job in France. Visable donated nine computers to fully equip the candidates.

"This human and solidarity-based commitment has been of great benefit to us, whether we are sponsors or not. It has allowed us to open up to other issues and to think about our company's international commitment. We have put our convictions into practice by providing a real opportunity for refugees who wish to integrate professionally in our country. Thanks to them, we have developed our capacity for accompanying and teaching, for interculturalism, and have remobilised our own networks around our belief in the virtues of multicultural exchanges," says Julien Poilleux, Managing Director of Visable International.

It is a tradition that we at Visable lend financial support to social institutions or associations by donating 10,000 Euros every year. Our focus is on initiatives that particularly care for children or the homeless. It is part of our corporate philosophy to think of those who fight on the fringes of society. In the past two years, we organised a “Social Day” to give disadvantaged children a few carefree hours during the holiday season. Due to the pandemic, we were unfortunately not able to have a Social Day in 2020. Nevertheless, we as a company have weathered the pandemic very well so far, so that we can and want to support a charitable institution once again.

This year, our company donation went to the Hamburg institution "CaFée mit Herz". Since its founding in 2000, 300-400 often homeless guests have been provided with free food and clothing every day. Around 40 mainly volunteer employees and helpers work in the facility. But Corona also poses a challenge for the "CaFée with heart".

"Due to the rules of social distancing, we are no longer able to serve all guests in our facilities. That's why we had to reorganise the distribution of food, for example, and now serve meals through the window," says Thomas Paetsch, volunteer director of the CaFée with heart. This causes significantly more packaging waste. Part of the donation will therefore be used to buy organic dishes.

In addition to poor, unemployed and homeless people in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, CaFée mit Herz specifically supports women in need. To this end, the institution rents six apartments for women, as an alternative to the limited space offered by women's institutions in these difficult times.

"It is nice to know that our donation helps people who are particularly affected by the Corona situation. Therefore, it was important for us to support a facility where the money arrives directly and is also used immediately," explains Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Visable.

November 2018 - On 15 November, we celebrated “Franzbrötchen Day” for the second time! A total of nine boxes containing over 200 of Hamburg’s traditional cinnamon pastries were delivered to the wlw office in ABC-Straße. Under the banner “Hilfe, die schmeckt” (“A tasty way to help”), around €200 was collected for the non-profit, volunteer organisation ‘Zeit für Zukunft – Mentoren für Kinder e.V.’. This organisation provides mentors who support disadvantaged young people in Hamburg with a view to developing their skills and increasing their potential.