Corporate Social Responsibility 
At VanceInfo, an integral part of our value system is having and promoting a strong sense of social responsibility. We believe that we are in a unique position to contribute responsibly to economic development, while improving the quality of life of our workforce, their families, society and the environment. Our corporate social responsibility efforts span three areas: commitment to education, society, and the environment.
Commitment to the Community
- Community support: VanceInfo encourages employees to participate in community events. The company has organized activities around helping outlying communities. Support includes both time-off for participation, as well as financial sponsorship.
- Charity: VanceInfo regularly organizes employee donations for charitable causes, including educational assistance to children living in poverty, and families affected by natural disasters. The company will match employee donations to these causes, as well as provide additional financial assistance. In one example of reaching out during times of need, VanceInfo provided assistance following the large 2008 earthquake in China: http://www.vanceinfo.com/newsroom/20080516.html
Social Commitment to Education
- VanceInfo Internship Program (VIP) provides free training and internship opportunities to university students during their final semester. VIP helps students promote both their technical and client-skills. Housing is also provided free of charge to students. Goals of VIP include providing valuable job skills to students, as well as increasing the number of outstanding IT professionals available for recruiting. Upon graduation there is no obligation to join VanceInfo, although many students choose to remain with the company.
- Academics: VanceInfo is an active sponsor in academic programs. In a recent contest which invited students and professionals to take part in a developer contest to build web applications using Ajax and service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles, VanceInfo teamed up with a client to reach out to students, judge entries, and sponsor the winners.
- Scholarship: In 2006, VanceInfo began supporting a scholarship program at China’s leading engineering school, Tsinghua University (http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng). The scholarship is directed at students who are economically disadvantaged, and unable to provide for their own education. Currently, VanceInfo is providing educational assistance for 4 years of education, including room and board, to recipients of the scholarship.
- VanceInfo actively participates in the academic community by contributing to research, lecturing, and regularly hosting visiting classes from leading academic institutions. A Stanford Graduate School of Business case study on VanceInfo has been included in 2009 MBA Organizational Behavior curriculum.
Environment Green Initiatives
VanceInfo strives to protect the environment through a number of measures. We maintain recycling programs at our facilities to encourage conservation and re-use. Office temperatures, heating/cooling systems, and window shading is carefully regulated to control and optimize natural solar heating effects. Our sites also follow procedures for energy conservation including a “lights-out” policy for all not-in-use conference rooms and spaces. Minimal artificial lighting and maximum natural lighting is also practiced during daylight hours. Safety of our working environment is ensured through the use of office equipment that is compliant with Energy Star ratings and certified for low emissions.
We support public transportation by providing daily shuttles for employee transportation between offices and subway stations. In addition, buses are chartered by VanceInfo and run during morning and evening commute times to carry employees to and from work. The company has also installed video-conference facilities at its offices to help reduce the need for air travel. These practices help us provide for the needs of our employees, while at the same time contributing to the cause for a greener environment. We thank our employees and customers for supporting us in these efforts.





