The World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines Corporate Social Responsibility as being: “ The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development whilst improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and society at large.”

At Heritage Insurance we embrace this commitment by ensuring that we offer our most important resource; our staff, welfare initiatives that are competitive with the rest of the Insurance market and in excess of the prescribed statutory minimum.

Over the last six years since the Company began, Heritage Insurance’s external CSR efforts include supporting the listed groups and initiatives in both cash and kind:

* Aiesec Career Fair – 2005 - 2006, 2007
* Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam - 2004/5 and 2005/6
* Insurance Day dinner and exhibition – 2004 - 2005, 2006, 2007
* Friends of Tanzania – 2003-6
* South Africa/Tanzania Weeks – 2002-6
* Shree Goverdhannathji Haveli – 2004 and 2005
* Centre for Education Women Group - 2005
* Mgolole Orphanage Centre - 2006

The Directors of the Board and Executive management of the company are committed to the principles of good corporate governance and recognize the need to conduct business in accordance with general accepted best practice.