CORPORATE SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT

In parallel to its commercial and financial growth, Zeromax has established a Corporate Social Involvement programme to support various humanitarian, social and cultural projects, acting both independently and on a joint-sponsorship and cooperation basis.

Its CSI strategy is founded on the principle that only through the combined efforts of government, business and civil society can the well-being of all sectors of society be improved.

Since 2001, Zeromax has proved itself both a responsible and exemplary corporate citizen and a dynamic and reliable partner in formulating and carrying out CSI initiatives that have positively influenced the lives and aspirations of many Uzbeks.

Sport
Since 2002, the company has supported many different international competitions and games held in Uzbekistan, including national tennis, kurash, synchronized swimming, kick-boxing, boxing, football (FC Bunyodkor - www.fcbunyodkor.com), karate, and junior sports federations.

Education

  • Capital repairs were made to Tashkent Secondary School No 162, including the purchase of furniture and all necessary inventories.

  • A new secondary school for 1800 pupils was built in the historic Shaikhantaur district of the Old City of Tashkent. The fully equipped school was commissioned in March 2007.

Healthcare

  • Modern diagnostic equipment was purchased for the TashGosMi child centre.

  • Ten ambulances were delivered to the Ministry of Health for communities in hard-to-access mountain areas of Uzbekistan.

  • In 2005, the company purchased and installed tea-packing equipment for the training and production centre of the Blind Society of Uzbekistan; 200 jobs for blind people were created.

  • In 2006, with the support of the Tashkent Administration, Zeromax built two social centres (family polyclinic, small textile factory and neighbourhood committee room) in densely populated areas of Tashkent (Karatash, Samarkand-Darbaza Street), each creating 770 jobs.

  • In August 2006, the Company, jointly with Tashkent Administration, built and commissioned a further social centre in Sakkokiy Street, Uch-Tepa district, Tashkent; one more social centre was built in Uch-tepa district in September 2007.

  • The polyclinics, which provide medical assistance for up to 40,000 people each, were transferred to the control of the Municipal Health Department after modern equipment had been purchased and installed by Zeromax.

  • In December 2006, a new urological centre was built in Urghench with the support of the Khorezm Regional Administration. This centre provides medical services to 35,000 people in the Khorezm and Karakalpakstan regions. With a 3,500 m2 polyclinic department, the centre is fitted out with modern Western equipment, including two artificial kidney hemodialysis units, two X-ray rooms, three operating theatres, a resuscitation department and a 60-person hospital ward (with a throughput of 2-3,000 patients a year).

Income support
A proportion of Zeromax's small enterprises profits are transferred to neighbourhood committees to assist disabled people, veterans and disadvantaged families to pay their public services fees.

Culture heritage and the arts
When ISESCO (International Islamic Education, Science, and Culture Organization) selected Tashkent as the capital of Islamic culture in 2007, Zeromax through NefteGazMontaj led a major cultural project to restore the architectural treasures of the ancient city.