Our communities
As the world’s leading learning company, we are in a powerful position to push the agenda for literacy and learning on a global scale. Our businesses take this responsibility seriously, supporting Pearson people in their charitable endeavours, responding to local disasters and lending their weight to international causes in our areas of expertise. We invested £13.1m in our local communities in 2010, through our businesses, supporting the work of our staff and via our charitable arm.
Indicators of responsible business performance
| Progress | |||||
| Our responsible business priorities |
Aim | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Community | Grow our total community investment and maintain at 1% or more of operating profit | £13.1m (1.6%) |
£10.5m (1.4%) |
£7.7m (1.1%) |
£7.2m (1.3%) |
Case study: The Pearson Foundation
In partnership with The Pearson Foundation, our philanthropic arm, we focus our efforts on four areas: literacy, teacher quality, education leadership and youth engagement.
We work with The Pearson Foundation and others to extend and share our business skills and knowledge. The activities of the Foundation are varied, numerous and international – from supporting education initiatives for young girls in South Africa to digital initiatives for teachers in the US – so we've highlighted one initiative from each of our target areas.
Visit the websiteCase study: Literacy
In an effort to better understand the ways in which young people's learning and expression are being shaped by mobile and digital technologies, The Pearson Foundation released The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy in 2010, a research white paper on the effects of digital media on young children's learning. Read the report here:
Visit the websiteCase study: Teacher quality
The Foundation supports the Council of Chief State School Officers' (CCSSO) Teacher of the Year award annually, finding and recognising the best teachers across the United States with a series of videos on why they teach.
Visit the websiteCase study: Education leadership
The Foundation partnered with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to produce a series of investigative films, Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education. The first four films in the series were shown to coincide with the OECD's release of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) annual results in December 2010.
Visit the websiteCase study: Youth engagement
In August 2010, the Foundation launched the Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation with TakingITGlobal, an award-winning online community of youth who are working for change. Young people completing the Taking IT Global Sprout e-course will be able to apply for the Fellowship from January 2011, to get support for the launch of community project they design and plan during their Sprout studies.
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