Sustainability Historical Projects

Agility Colombia conducted a park creation activity in a disadvantaged neighborhood where more than 300 people reside. The children in the area also received lessons from an environmental expert on how to properly care for the community and the trees that were planted.

Tristar Kenya’s Office in Nairobi oversaw the construction of two new sanitary facilities for both boys and girls, with bio-digesters, modern cisterns and flowing water, sanitary bins and hand wash dispensers.

Agility Thailand employees participated in their second Global Education Drive project over the course of three months, donating school supplies, and offering 33 scholarships to a total 314 students in a local school, located in a disadvantaged area near a national forest.

Agility Iraq renovates washroom facilities and outfits classrooms for a girls’ school in Basra that enrolls 500 students a semester.

Agility Philippines employees helped prepare a local elementary school, which supports more than 2,150 students, for the coming school year by donating paint and cleaning supplies.

Agility Bangladesh continues to support the Gulshan Literacy Program, with seven dedicated employee volunteers tutoring 460 children four times a week in English, general knowledge, and computer skills.

Agility launched a community vocational training program at the Agility Logistics Park (ALP) in Tema, Ghana, in collaboration with Oiada International, a local NGO, to provide free vocational and technical training to 180 local young adults in electrical work, brickmaking, and basic IT and computer skills. The goal is to empower students to find employment using the practical skills they learn in the program.

Agility supports the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees Competition (IFR Competition) for the third consecutive year. IFR is designed to attract the best tech-driven solutions addressing the refugee crisis and reward innovative solutions for life threatening challenges faced by refugees worldwide.

Agility Kuwait took part in the mentorship and training of 55 students enrolled in this year’s LOYAC KON Social Entrepreneurship Program, in collaboration with Babson College.

Agility Taiwan employees led a beach clean-up activity on Earth Day 2017, involving 40 employees and their relatives for greater impact.

To commemorate Earth Day in 2017, 55 Agility Philippines employees joined the annual Nat GEO Run, organized by the World Wildlife Foundation.

Agility employees in Irvine, California, created a health campaign challenge titled Get Ready, Get Set, STEP! involving 100 employees in branches across North America and Canada to raise money for charity.

Agility Pakistan partnered with the World Wildlife Foundation to create Earth Day projects for 70 employee volunteers.

Agility Indonesia organized four green initiatives to with the objective of decreasing the effects of landslides and help preserving the environment.

Agility Kuwait continues to participate in the Innovate for Refugees – MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab’s Regional Competition, in which students compete for the best tech-driven solutions to social and business challenges. The program addresses issues related to the ongoing refugee crisis and is focused on engaging young people affected by the crisis who are keen to develop entrepreneurial skills.

The Agility Kuwait warehousing and operations team has run a recycling program for the past four years. In 2017, 15,296 kg of plastic, 106,297 kg of cardboard, 1,900 kg of metal and 3,475 wooden pallets were recycled from the Sulaibiya and Mina Abdullah warehouse operations locations. Funds raised from the program are directed to employee welfare programs.