International Distillers Limited, IDL, manufacturers of Chelsea dry gin, Squadron, says Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR and sustainability runs in the Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA, (molecule of life) of the company. The Managing Director, Engr. Patrick Anegbe, asserted this when he said, “as a policy, our company believes that business is not just about making profit, but also touching lives of communities where we operate in a positive way.”

“Hence our involvement in various CSR activities over the years in communities where we operate.” While listing some of the achievements of the company in CSR, during the commissioning of a block of four classrooms and two offices, noted that the company had carried out extension of treated drinking water from the company’s factory to Igboloye community, Ota, donation of borehole to the same community and donation of 500 KVA transformers.

Others are donation of a block of three classrooms and computers to Iganmode Grammar school, Ota, renovation of a block of five classrooms for St Michael Primary School, and block of three classrooms for St Peter’s Primary School 2, all in Ota.

He went on to say that the company completed an assembly hall for customs secondary school, Idiroko, donated sets of computers and printers to the Special Marshal unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Command. Donated 5.5KVA generator to National Identity management Commission, and N250,000 to Ogun state sports council towards the national Sports Festival, he stated.