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ArcelorMittal Annual Report 200938 Corporate ResponsibilityEnriching our CommunitiesCommunity Engagement StandardArcelorMittal plays an important rolein all the communities where it operates.Many of the Group’s plants are locatedin developing countries that are facingeconomic and social challenges.This makes it even more important toencourage economic growth and fosterthe development of strong and sustainablelocal communities. The Group does thisby working in active partnership withlocal organizations in an open andtransparent manner that is sensitiveto local issues and priorities.ArcelorMittal recognizes that whatit does has an impact on others.The Group needs to understand exactlywhat these impacts are and manage themproactively, taking people’s rights andpriorities into account. ArcelorMittalhas started to invest significant timeand resources in improving and growingour community engagement programs.There is a mandatory communityengagement standard in place that all majorindustrial sites have to follow. This issupported by a detailed manual and anonline training course that offers practicalguidance about setting up and runningcommunity engagement activities.In 2009, ArcelorMittal engaged ina wide range of different projects – aimedat education and skills development,employment, healthcare, infrastructureand a variety of social issues. Further detailsare available in the Group’s CR Report.ArcelorMittal FoundationEstablished in 2007, the ArcelorMittalFoundation is a non-profit organization,with the mission to promote ArcelorMittal’scommitment to the local communitieswhere the Group operates and tocontribute to their development in asustainable manner. Working with the localbusiness units, its priority areas areeducation, health and social promotion.The Foundation engages in initiatives thatmaximize long-term economic growthand foster entrepreneurship, whilerespecting the needs of local people.Preference is given to projects that canquickly become self-sustainable sincethese tend to benefit the maximum numberof people. The Foundation operatesin 27 countries and it also acts asa worldwide organization investing in globalprograms to support humanitarianinitiatives. In 2009, it supported morethan 550 projects with a monetary valueof $31.3 million, reaching 8.86 milliondirect beneficiaries.The Foundation’s initiatives are alignedwith the United Nation’s eightMillennium Development Goals.International Volunteer Work DayFriday, December 4, 2009 markedthe Group’s second International VolunteerWork Day, organized by the ArcelorMittalFoundation. More than 8,500 employeesgave a part of their day to contributingto their local community. Highlights ofthe day included:• In France, employees of ArcelorMittalAtlantique reaffirmed their commitmentto the French bone marrow registryand took part in a swim-a-thon to raisemoney for the French Associationagainst Myopathies.• In Kazakhstan, employees painted andrepaired the apartments of World War IIveterans and opened the youth clubat a school for orphaned children.• In Brazil, employees from Timóteojoined those from 50 other organizationsin an educational and healthcare eventthat attracted 3,000 local residents.One of the objectives of the event wasto collect food supplies and more than1,600 basic food kits were provided.Preparing India’s ‘green leaders’ArcelorMittal has committed significantdonations over four years to work withthe Indian NGO, the Centre for EnvironmentEducation (CEE), in a two-phasecampaign aimed at spreadingenvironmental awareness among thenation’s schoolchildren. In the first phase,conducted over 18 months, children wereinvited to vote for an ‘EnvironmentAmbassador of India’. More than 200,000children took part, voting for their teachers,environmentalists and celebrities ina poll called ‘CO2: Pick Right’. The poll wasconducted in 15 different languages.The children chose Dr APJ Abdul Kalam,a former President of India and a highlyrespected scientist and engineer,who will now become a spokespersonon climate change and other environmentalissues. In the second phase of the campaign,the CEE, supported by ArcelorMittal,will work to spread awarenessof environmental issues among 20 millionchildren from 200,000 schools andprepare them as ‘Green Leaders’.This phase will run through to 2012.