Vivek Oberoi and Cathay Pacific Airways work with Habitat for Humanity

Cathay Pacific Airways, one of Asia’s premium airlines along with renowned Bollywood actor-Vivek Oberoi joined hands with Habitat for Humanity, a Non Government Organisation (NGO) to build homes for the underprivileged at Bawana village, 40 kms from Delhi on Sunday – 21st November 2010.
25 Cathay Pacific Airways staff members, volunteers of Habitat for Humanity aided in constructing walls and casting of septic tank for the benefit of underprivileged people in Bawana village.
Cathay Pacific is actively involved in a variety of community initiatives under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) banner. Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair have achieved an A+ rating - the highest possible - in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, an internationally accepted benchmark for CSR reporting.
Most recently Cathay Pacific Airways purchased 30,000 tonnes of carbon-emission reductions from carbon offset service provider Climate Action (www.climateactio2n.com) for the airlines’ FLY greener offset programme. They have also worked with Habitat for Humanity in the past at the Mijkarwadi Village near Mumbai.
22/11/10 India Infoline

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2010