ADNOC’s Sustainability Report 2024 describes employee volunteering across more than 20 initiatives supporting community wellbeing, environmental sustainability and social inclusion. The company reported approximately 8,900 volunteers and more than 64,500 volunteer hours during the year.
The programmes described
The report cites breast-cancer awareness activity, blood-donation campaigns, beach clean-ups, mangrove restoration, educational workshops, activities for older people and food support during Ramadan. It presents these as part of the group’s social investment and volunteering work.
What readers should ask of impact reporting
A volunteer-hours total gives one measure of participation, but it cannot alone establish whether an initiative produced lasting outcomes. Strong reporting explains the programme’s purpose, who participated, who benefited, how results were measured and what changed after the activity.
For a fuller assessment, compare stated goals with methods, year-on-year figures, independent assurance and community feedback. Distinguish company-reported information from independently evaluated findings.
Contribution beyond tax
Companies contribute to society in multiple ways, including taxes paid, employment, local procurement, skills development, environmental performance and community investment. These categories are related but should be measured separately. Volunteer activity does not replace a company’s legal tax obligations, and a tax figure alone does not describe its wider community impact.
This report summarizes public documents. Figures are attributed to their issuing organizations and are not independently audited by this publication.