Corporate social responsibility can serve as an emergency avenue for managing disasters. The document outlines roles of CSR like using environmentally friendly technology, philanthropic donations, education and awareness campaigns, and community development projects. Examples from Tanzania include sugar company and bank donations for schools/hospitals, and a mining company constructing classrooms. While some corporations help with disaster management, others contribute to environmental/health issues increasing disaster risks.

1. Examine the role of corporate
social responsibility as an
emergency avenue in managing
disaster

2. Out line…
• Introduction
– Definition of the terms SCR and disaster
management.
• Main body
– Some of the roles of SCR as an emergency avenue
in managing disaster.
– Some examples of SCR worldwide and in Tanzania
• Conclusion

3. Introduction …
• SCR
refers to Business company or group of people who are
apart from their legal business they under take
responsibility to community and environment. For
example environmental conservation and community
financial support.
• Disaster management
Refers to continuous and integrated process of planning,
organizing, coordinating and implementing measures for
prevention of damage or threat of any disaster, mitigation
or reduction of risk, capacity building, preparedness,
prompt response, evacuation, rescue and relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruction.

4. The roles of SCR as an emergency avenue in
managing disaster
• Production technology; the use of environmental
friendly technology e.g. aerosols with no fluorocarbons.
• Win-Win Packaging :taking on social responsibilities to
maintain a good image e.g. It opens avenues for
receiving tax exemptions Conservation
• Corporate Sponsorships e.g. Mtwara Gas mining
company sponsored some youths education on the gas
sector.
• Voluntary Hazard Elimination, e.g. putting warning
signs to alert the public of danger.

5. The roles of SCR as an emergency avenue in
managing disaster…
• Philanthropy; monetary donations to support
health, education and charitable activities.
• Creating Shared Value; i.e. the part of company
profit shared to the community.
• Social Education and Awareness; use media and
Internet distribution to expose the potentially
harmful activities of organizations e.g. cigarret is
dangerous for your health
• Community Development; e.g. creation of better
environment to live and work.

6. Some examples of SCR worldwide
• People Water Company in US, by buying a
bottled of water in the U.S. helps to donates
fund to provide clean water in poor nations
around the world.
• Headbands of Hope, sells a made in the U.S
headbands and donates a dollar of each sale
to childhood cancer research through the St.
Baldrick's Foundation.

7. Some examples of SCR worldwide…
• Cole and Parker, this Canada-based sock
company through microfinance organization
Kiva, donates from every sock sale to a fund
that is used to provide small capital for
entrepreneurs in developing countries.
• Out of Africa a cosmetics company, donated
to organizations that provide education and
medical care to children, and to women's
cooperatives that create jobs in West Africa.

8. Some examples of SCR in Tanzania
• Kilombero Sugar Company Ltd (KSCL) privatised
in 1998, engaged in community development
Projects ranged from schools, hospitals, and
employee housing to providing a potable water
supply and buildings for primary courts.
• Unilever a world leader in foods, detergents, and
personal care products. Through Novella Project
employs 7050 people in Tanzania, non-use of
child labour, no corruption, support for women’s
participation, and environmental conservation.

9. Some examples of SCR in Tanzania…
• Geita Gold Mining, has been able to construct 39
classrooms for primary schools and provision of
46 desks. In case of secondary schools, GGM has
managed to construct 25 classrooms.
• Bakhresa Group as part of its corporate social
responsibility program has donated 10 Metric
tons of Flour to Local Communities in Drought hit
Mchinga Province in Lindi, Southern Tanzania.

10. Some examples of SCR in Tanzania…
• I&M Bank (T) Limited, part of its donation goes
to Cornel Ngaleku Children Centre to aid
orphaned due to loss of parents through
HIV/AIDS, donated TZS. 5,000,000 for
construction of Children’s Cancer ward at
Muhimbili National Hospital, donated learning
items, toys and food stuff for this noble cause
amounting to TZS 5 Million only to Shule ya
Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School comprises
of Blind, Deaf and Dumb students, has been
making donations to the CRS activities to have
better and bright Tanzania.

11. Some examples of SCR in Tanzania…
• National Microfinance Bank (NMB), has
donated different items worth 10m/- to flood
victims in Hai in Kilimanjaro Region which left
dozens of people homeless. “This donation is
part of the one per cent of the banks profit
after tax (over 1.0bn/-) that we give out to
communities through corporate social
responsibility (CSR), through this set amount,
NMB have been able to give a relief of its kind
to communities.”

12. Some examples of SCR in Tanzania…
• Tigo, supports Tanzanian children education
through Tu-change campaign, 26 Million
Tanzanian Shillings which will be handed over to
the Hassan Maajar Trust in support of their Desks
for Children programme.
• THE African Barrick Gold (ABG) has pumped in
US$18.5million for the past three years in
financing social developmental projects for
communities living close to the mining sites in the
lake zone.

13. Tigo’s entrepreneurship project to
benefit the disabled

14. ABG water accessibility projects to
the surrounding communities

15. Conclusion
• Although many corporate plays great social
responsibilities roles in disaster management,
but some of them remains to be the main
contributors to environmental and human
health degradation increasing vulnerability
and risks to disaster e.g. mining, cigarette and
fossil fuelled manufacturing industries, their
poor management on chemical effluents, lung
cancer risk and air pollution.