ReportAlert.info - Provident Financial (LON:PFG) publishes 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
The report is designed to provide all the people that matter to the Company's business with an account of how the social, environmental & economic impacts are managed
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) August 10, 2010 - Provident Financial, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of personal credit products to the non-standard lending market, has published its 2009 corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available at: http://www.reportalert.info/ra/profiles/ProvidentFinancial/2010/?ID=32368.
The report is designed to provide all the people that matter to Provident’s business with an account of how the social, environmental and economic impacts that are material to its operations, products and services are managed.
Highlights of the report include:
- More comprehensive information on the credit market for non-standard lenders and the range of financial product types available to a typical Provident Financial customer.
- Details of the continued work to develop and maintain good relationships with socially responsible investors and Provident’s ongoing inclusion on the mainstream sustainable investment indices such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices and FTSE4Good.
- An overview of the considerable efforts that have been undertaken throughout the year in communities across the UK and Ireland to deliver the newest strand of Provident’s community involvement programme and address issues such as skills development, anti-social behaviour and unemployment – the Good Neighbour programme.
Feedback from stakeholders on the information contained within the CR report is welcomed. Please share any comments or views you have by emailing corporateresponsibility@providentfinancial.com.
Established in 1880, Bradford-based Provident Financial is the UK's leading provider of tailored credit products to non-standard customers. It employs 3,700 people and has 11,600 self-employed agents which serve over 2.3 million customers across the UK and Ireland. Provident’s mission is to be the leading non-standard lender in the UK, acting responsibly in all its relationships and playing a positive role in the communities it serves.
For more information visit http://www.providentfinancial.com
