IPI: Teamwork is key

Imperial Pacific International Ltd. has made a part of its vision the creation of its own corporate social responsibility department, with a team whose main goal is to serve as the company’s outreach arm and partner with the community.

Even at the outset, Imperial Pacific believes in the great role its corporate social responsibility team will play in laying the groundwork for how it will support the Commonwealth in the future.

Imperial Pacific’s CSR team is composed of about 30 homegrown individuals who support the company’s goal of promoting social good. IPI-CSR has partnered with over 70 different government and private organizations to make a positive difference on the islands.

IPI, through its CSR department, has been at the forefront in supporting public education, maintaining a clean and safe environment, promoting and preserving the local culture, and supporting social services, tourism and destination enhancement.

People building

Imperial Pacific International recognizes the importance of the promotion of goodwill and friendship through sports. IPI has supported numerous sporting teams and events on all the three principal islands of the CNMI.

In the past two years, IPI has donated over $60,000 through sponsorships of sporting activities that include baseball (youth and adult), softball, basketball, outrigger, track, golf, and swimming.

Partnership

Imperial Pacific’s CSR is a brand in itself—a widely recognized program in the CNMI. This is primarily rooted in IPI’s unprecedented and unrivalled success in its community outreach work, never before seen in the Commonwealth. IPI-CSR has served a great number of the Commonwealth’s populace by leading, partnering, and engaging in meaningful community and social program.

IPI’s community work led to the mobilization of over 1,000 volunteers in the nearly two years since its CSR team was established.

Preserving culture

The cornerstone of Imperial Pacific’s corporate social responsibility work is to create, support, and strengthen the community’s sense of pride through programs, initiatives, and services that promote and value the community’s role in the economic success of the islands.

New initiatives led by Imperial Pacific’s CSR have created a sense of community that they can be proud of. They include the Village Pride Project, which hase impacted the lives of residents on 21 villages on Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.

IPI-CSR also staged a cultural photography contest, encouraging students to capture the CNMI’s indigenous cultures through photography. The competition resulted in an unprecedented number of student participation from all three islands.

IPI-CSR initiated the School Pride Project on Saipan, assisting 13 public schools in cleaning up their surroundings and sprucing up the schools in time for classes. That’s about 100 visits to schools in the past two years. This is also designed to encourage young students and school personnel to continue to take the lead in preserving the beauty of the islands, which begins with a clean and healthy school environment.

Value formation

IPI seeks to promote and encourage respect and sustainability within the community. IPI–CSR highly values respect in our communities—respecting the environment, our culture, and members of our community and IPI-CSR believes that sustainability is key to maintaining a healthy and successful community.