Our Approach

As a purpose-driven organisation, DBS strives to create impact beyond banking. We aim to inculcate a spirit of volunteerism in all our employees.

People of Purpose (PoP) is DBS’ employee volunteer movement that brings our values to life, engaging employees and harnessing their time, skills and efforts to contribute meaningfully to our communities.

 

Our Focus

Our volunteering efforts across our core markets have been focused on three areas – the elderly, education, and the environment (including towards zero food waste).

Beyond service-based volunteering, we also encourage employees to volunteer in skills-based programmes, leveraging on their time and skills to better connect with and make meaningful contributions to the communities we live and work in. We focus on mentoring, financial and digital literacy, and supporting businesses for impact/social enterprises.

 

Our People

At DBS, purpose is at the heart of what we do, and we encourage our employees to volunteer their time and skills to support the community, and truly be People of Purpose. Hear from some of our employees.

 

Our Partners

We work with our partners to understand and support needs in our communities within our focus areas. Here are some examples of our key partners we work with.

 *Numbers as of September 2022
 

Our Awards

Public recognition of our efforts.

Year Publication/ Organisation Award Name Category Market/ Geography
2022 National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards Organisations of Good (Large Enterprise SG
2022 National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre Champions of Good Champion of Good SG
2022 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Charity Platinum Award SG
2022 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Charity Silver Award SG
2021 Hong Kong Council of Social Services Caring Company 2021-2022 10+ Caring Company HK
2021 Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) SEA PRCA SEA Awards Purpose Award Regional
2021 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Volunteer Partner Award SG
2021 The Drum Awards for Social Purpose Best in Community Engagement Global
2020 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Volunteer Partner Award SG
2020 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Charity Platinum Award SG
2020 Community Chest Community Chest Awards Charity Silver Award SG
2020 National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre Champions of Good Champion of Good SG
2019 raiSE President's Challenge Social Enterprise Awards Social Enterprise Champion of the Year (Corporation) SG
2019 Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards Service Award - Corporate Social Responsibility HK
2018 Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards Corporate Social Responsibility (Outstanding Award) HK
2018 National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre Champions of Good Champions of Good SG
 

Find Out More

DBS firmly believes that our employees can create impact beyond banking, by investing their time, skills and efforts in our communities. To understand more about what we do as People of Purpose, read more about our initiatives in our latest Sustainability Report, check out these videos or get in touch at PeopleOfPurpose@dbs.com.

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