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CSR Committee and programme
The CSR Committee is responsible for managing all Tullow’s
community sponsorship support programmes and considers any
matters relating to social, charitable, community and educational
issues, together with CSR publications and CSR expenditure.
touraid
In 2006, Tullow sponsored a group
of 20 boys from the Kyadondo Rugby
Football Club in Uganda, through
a new charity called touraid, which
aims to give opportunities to young
people from disadvantaged
backgrounds the chance to come
to the UK to play rugby. touraid hopes
to establish sustainable links, through
rugby, between schools and clubs in
the UK and the disadvantaged areas
of developing nations to provide
educational, cultural, economic and
social benefits. Tullow’s sponsorship
helped the young rugby players spend
six days in the UK enjoying a variety
of activities, including training with
leading teams, playing a number
of fixtures and forming the Guard
of Honour to the South African
team when they played England at
Twickenham. The UK schools that
hosted these young Ugandans also
raised money to support their ongoing
education when they returned home.
Our CSR strategy aligns investment
with key areas and countries for business
development. In 2006, funding for social
and community projects amounted to
US$1.5 million, up 12% on the 2005
level. Information on these projects is
contained in the case studies throughout
this report. The 2007 budget for funding
social and community-based projects
is US$2.5 million, representing both
commitments under licence agreements
and discretionary funding.
Tullow has developed a set of project
funding criteria which concentrate on
the support of children, education and,
where appropriate, fulfilment of basic
needs, such as clean water. Projects
considered will be mainly long-term
investments where there is established
production, an operated activity or a
key country for development. One-off
investment will also be considered in
the context of Tullow’s business.
Overall, Tullow’s objective is to make
a tangible, positive difference and to
foster and support longer-term
development and self-sustaining
enterprise in local communities.
The responsibilities of the CSR Committee
are to:
• Develop and implement a framework
for submission, assessment and
approval of discretionary and mandatory
community, social and educational
expenditure undertaken by Tullow
Group-wide;
• Consider and propose an annual
budget for CSR activities to the Board
for approval as part of the overall
Group budgeting process;
• Evolve and further develop Tullow’s
social and ethical policies as part of the
overall risk management framework of
the business;
• Prepare the CSR Report annually;
• Review the internal CSR programme,
ensuring co-ordination between internal
and external activities and ensuring that
the internal CSR function is adequately
resourced and has appropriate standing
within the Group; and
• Consider other CSR matters as specified
by the Board.
In the 2005 CSR Report we
documented the key Social, Ethical
and Environmental (SEE) issues for
Tullow. Feedback from shareholders
requested that we enhance this
information by including exactly
how we address these issues,
highlighting the key aspects of
the Group’s policy in each area
and integrating all the elements
of related information into one
area of the report. We have done
this on pages 10 and 11.
8 Tullow Oil plc Corporate and Social Responsibility Report 2006