Novartis China wins “the Most Socially Responsible Enterprise” award
January 9, 2007 - Last December, Novartis China was awarded “the Most Socially Responsible Enterprise” in the “2006 China Enterprises' Corporate Social Responsibility Survey” conducted by China Central TV Station (CCTV) and the Institute for Civilian Economic Research at Peking University.
A total of twenty Chinese and foreign companies were awarded this honorable title, including State Grid Corporation of China, China Merchants Bank, Tsingtao Beer, Microsoft (China), Intel (China) and Novartis (China).
“the Chinese name of Novartis means commitment to China. Novartis sees corporate citizenship as one of its core strategies and we believe it is the right thing to do. Corporate citizenship is also very important for the long-term development of an enterprise”.
Jeffrey Li, Country President of Novartis China
“2006 China Enterprises' Corporate Social Responsibility Survey” started in July 2006. The jury included government officials, well-known scholars and researchers, journalists and other professionals. Within the past months, two reports were published in order to name the “100 Nominated Socially Responsible Enterprises” and the “50 Nominated Socially Responsible Enterprises”. The 20 companies that received the award are the most admirable and affirmative CSR performers in China.