Corporate Social Investment
South Africa’s Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme prioritises better access to education. Our intention is to support South Africa’s economic and social transformation, by helping our country’s children develop the skills and knowledge they’ll need for a new world of work.
SUPPORTED PROJECTS
EDUCATION
R72.4 million
Investment into education from the early childhood stage to tertiary education.
DISASTER RELIEF
R67.9 million
Employee community involvement in humanitarian relief.
HEALTH
R8 million
Public access to Covid vaccinations.
ONEFARM SHARE
Over 1 million
People have benefitted from our OneFarm Share platform in SA.
Standard Bank CSI in the news
Encouraging literacy through reading aloud
Preparing teachers for 4IR
Early Childhood Development – Learning through play encouraged for early childhood development
One Farm Share: Celebrating a Year of Collaboration
One Farm Share: Making an Impact from Farm to Fork
SOME OF OUR PROJECTS in 2021
WATCH: Our CSI priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
WATCH: Our strategic focus on Education
WATCH: Vaccination drive and disaster relief
Report to Society
Read more about our Impact stories and investment in our Report to Society
SA Transformation report
Update on our transformation journey and performance against the pillars of the Financial Sector Code.
OUR PARTNERS
University of Johannesburg
The Foundation Phase Robotics programme from
UJ, exposes learners and teachers to Robotics.
Our goal is to help sharpen their design solution, modelling, and investigation skills. Then create an awareness of the roles played by technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation in our country's economy.
TechnoLab - University of Johannesburg (uj.ac.za)
Seriti Institute
Seriti provides children in vulnerable communities with access to ECD programs – a service that was severely disrupted by the pandemic. The project aims to upskill and empower primary caregivers through early learning training.
Seriti Institute
Ntataise Lowveld Trust
We support the Ntataise Lowveld Trust which operates in the Ehlanzeni district of Mpumalanga,
South Africa. It provides help, support and care for young children.
Ntataise Lowveld
National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)
The Sandbox Schools Project , implemented by the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) is a multi-year research project that involves trialling approaches that deliberately and systematically incorporate skills and competencies for the future into South African public education, so that teachers and learners are better equipped for the demands of the changing world.
National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)
The Early Learning Resource Unit (ELRU),
The Early Learning Resource Unit (ELRU), focuses on implementation of curriculum aligned STEAM subjects (Science | Technology | Engineering | Arts | Maths) into both early years care and education programmes and enable parents and caregivers to seamlessly continue the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme activities into the home environment.
Early Learning Resource Unit (elru.co.za)
Uplands outreach
Standard Bank has partnered with Uplands Outreach, a teacher support programme for educators in Grades 4 to 7 in numeracy, literacy and life skill, specifically located in Mpumalanga province in the Nsikazi region.
Uplands Outreach