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Social Engagement

Engaging Positively with our Partners

Globe Union continuously works towards and implements environmentally friendly practices, and supports and sponsors groups in society.

We recognize that society is made up of people playing different roles. For our trustworthiness to be recognized, we must engage positively with people of all kinds, and with whom we have a range of relationships.

Building an exceptional working environment within a framework of corporate social responsibility delivers mutual benefits to everyone in our network of business and social partners.

Our Society

For Globe Union, our society consists of:

  • Customers
  • Employees
  • Suppliers
  • Shareholders
  • Competitors
  • Citizens

Our core values in social engagement are those of trustfriendship and respect. By keeping these values in mind in our day-to-day operations, we have built strong business connections that have sustained our continuous growth and success since our company began.

These relationships can only grow stronger, and continue to maintain our position as a market leader and valued partner to all who make up our society of friends and colleagues.

Trust and Friendship

By winning the trust and friendship of our society of people with whom we build strong and effective partnerships, we are also fulfilling our social responsibility.

Our strong positive relationships drive sustainable development that goes beyond the continuing success of our business. In this way, our success is shared with everyone we engage with as we carry out our business.

The company continuously pushes for and implements public welfare and environmentally friendly activities. It supports and sponsors groups who directly benefit society.

These include the Straits Economic & Cultural Interchange Association, Hope Media Foundation, Taichung Processing Region Friendship Association, World Vision, City of Hope and Children‘s Miracle Network Hospitals, which has long supported by us and our colleagues.

In 2023, the company hosted a family day and an ESG activity “Restore the Environment to its Original Ecology and Start with Me” to take the opportunity to promote environmental education and the practice of environmental protection. In addition, Globe Union employees actively participated in the “Blood donation activity” and “Run for our Planet” charity road running activity, and contributed to the company’s social responsibilities with practical actions.

Hope Media

For many years, the Chairperson of Globe Union, Mr. Scott Ouyoung, has spared no efforts in promoting public welfare. Hope Media was established in November 2016, a foundation aiming to help the disadvantaged. 


The aim is to create a multi-modal media platform to report on good and beautiful things in Taiwan, advocating public welfare and justice issues, and the spirit of “seeing what is right and do it” Mr. Ouyoung’s initiative aims to raise awareness of social issues.

Hope Media can connect non-profit organizations so that they can mutually benefit from their shared resources and experience. It can also directly support individuals in need by providing necessary and timely assistance.

 

Hope Media host multiple events to support the mission of Hope Media in the local communities. The events such as Taiwan Yixing Award, Hope Media Award, Native & Hakka Intergeneration Creative Competition, and the children’s theater of “Hope Media Character Education” go a long way in making a difference to those in need.

Crystal Vision Award

- From World Vision

Globe Union has been a committed partner (to World Vision) since 2005 supplying downfall, excess inventory to World Vision to help hundreds of families throughout the US following financial crisis and disasters.  Since 2009 the Globe Union headquarters in Woodridge, IL hosts a yearly World Vision Team Building event to supply much needed school supplies to students in their neighborhood to ensure they have much needed supplies to provide hope to families. Globe Union has also been a Crystal Vision Breakfast sponsor since 2005.  In additional to sponsoring the breakfast, Globe Union has assigned an executive to serve on the CV Executive Committee to promote the event within the building material industry

During the 2019 Crystal Vision Event, we received two awards:

  • Globe Union Fixtures received the Crystal Vision Partnership Award. It’s an award given to a manufacturing company that has supported The Storehouse program of World Vision for a minimum of five to seven years.
  • Amy Eaton (HR Manager in Woodridge) received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It’s an award given to an individual who has consistently supported the Crystal Vision Award event and The Storehouse program for a minimum of eight years.

In 2022, the company continuously pushes for and take part at charity events.

  • Building Hope in the City – Gerber has provided the plumbing products for the nonprofit supporting houses.
  • Global 6K for Water – Sponsored a team for World Vision’s Global 6K for Water.
  • Feed My Starving Children – Partnered with Feed My Starving Children – Aurora and other volunteers to pack 16,632 meals for children in need. That means 46 children have a year’s worth of food.

In 2023, the company take part at World Vision’s charity events.

  • 6K Walk/Run for Water – Globe Union employees in the US and Canada participated the event and raising $2,400 to provide clean water to children in communities around the world.
  • Kits for Kidz – To sponsor Kits for Kidz, where we assembled 200 back-to-school backpacks (with notebooks, crayons, handwritten notes, and more).
  • Feed My Starving Children – Together with other volunteers, we packed 27,216 meals for children in need.

Respect

We respect the ethical and cultural attitudes of society regarding unacceptable corporate behavior and do not trade with businesses or in countries that do not respect fundamental human values.

We believe that respect for each other and the planet are fundamental requirements of working ethically in business today.