Examples of our actions and achievements speak to our commitment to social responsibility and good governance:
Hired by President Momis and the Government of the Autonomous region of Bougainville to design and implement comprehensive community and economic development in Bougainville
•Retained Dr. Jesus Estanislao as Seagate’s Governance Advisor. He is the former Minister of Finance of the Philippines, and the founder of the Institute of Corporate Directors (www.icdcenter.org), and Institute for Solidarity in Asia (isacenter.org).
•Employed hundreds of indigenous people in the Philippines to help clean up the environment while producing “green” iron ore.
•Investor and Financial Advisor to The Southeast Asia Commodity and Food Exchange (www.sacfei.com) which is designed to reduce hunger and poverty in the Philippines and Southeast Asia by advancing environmentally friendly state-of-the-art agricultural techniques and encouraging entrepreneurship and ownership
•Seagate is using its own capital to build roads in rural China to improve the quality of life and increase economic opportunities for those living in remote villages
•Early backer of clean energy companies such as Goldwind Science & Technology Company in which we helped bring public in 2007 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Goldwind is now the 3rd largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world.
•Investing in and financing solar power plants throughout SE Asia, as well as other forms of clean energy
•Economic Advisor to the Province of Zambales, Philippines where Seagate has designed and is implementing comprehensive community development
•Working to improve communication and relations between Muslim and non-Muslim countries through trade and education
•Advisor to University of Malaysia, Sabah
•Partner with Tsinghua University in executive education to promote investment and finance expertise for key government and business leaders
•Partner with Foundations for People Development (www.fpdphils.org)