Social Responsibilities
- Ryder's Sichuan Earthquake Relief
- China suffered a devastating earthquake on the 12th of May 2008. It struck in Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province, killing nearly 70,000 people, and leaving a further 400,000 injured. Some 35 million homes were damaged or destroyed, making millions homeless.
- Ryder responded immediately. The management committee coordinated a company-wide collection, and the company made a donation on the 16th of May 2008. In all, we collected a total of 1,662 pieces of clothing and about HK$150,000.(Click here for more)
- The clothes were donated to the Committee of local Resident’s Committee, where they were consolidated and sent on to the disaster area in Sichuan. The money was donated to the Earthquake Relief Fund of the International Red Cross.
- In the meantime, a small donation was also given directly to 69 company employees with family members in Sichuan who had been struck by the disaster. These employees’ names were published on our notice board so that they can keep in contact with our HR department for ongoing support.
- Ryder’s Company Awards
- Ryder's proudest award is the Chinese Government’s Top 200 Enterprise Award, which recognizes outstanding integrity and ethics in industry. Ryder has been honored with the title of Top 200 Enterprise since 2006, previous to which it received the government’s Trusted Enterprise Award nine years running, from 1997.
- There are only 195 enterprises awarded the honor in the whole of China, so we feel that the award is a significant attainment.
- To win the award, a company must show meticulously-kept, traceable customs records of three years or more, and have annual export revenues of greater than US$ 50 million.
- Winning the award has important practical benefits. The Top 200 Enterprises get a series of privileges from Chinese customs including fast-track import and export procedures with a delayed payment facility, and online customs declaration, which enable us to maximize logistic efficiency to the customer’s benefit. The chance of shipments being held by customs for random inspections is close to zero.
- In addition to the Top 200 Enterprise award, Ryder is the proud recipient of a number of other titles, including:
- • Top 100 Export Enterprise, awarded by the Shenzhen Government in 2006;
- • Council Member, Shenzhen Quality Association in 2006;
- • Good-faith Enterprise, awarded by the Shenzhen Labor Bureau in 2007;
- • Industrial Accident Prevention Vanguard Enterprise, awarded by the Shenzhen Safe Production Administration in 2008.
- Industrial Safety Record
- Ryder is proud to proclaim that there have been NO major industrial injuries in our factories over the last 17 years, thanks to our special attention to safety precautions. This is a rare achievement in the context of the EMS industry of Guangdong Province.
- With ten SMT production lines, over 40 plastic injection machines and 50 assembly lines, as well as other production facilities, Ryder considers industrial safety a top concern.
- Ever since 1992, when our first factory was founded in Shenzhen, safety-consciousness has been well institutionalized. Potential dangers are thoroughly assessed and precautions mapped out in detail before any facility is set up. In addition, the training and care provided by our in-house clinic further serve to protect employees from injury in the workplace.
