Our Community Investments

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1 Our Community Investments Agility has invested in more than 1,370 community projects in over 80 countries since 2006, reaching more than a million people in need. Our community investments are driven by the commitment of our people. We are proud of the fact that our employees are making a difference in nearly every community in which we do business, including many emerging markets around the world. And we are even more proud that the voluntary activities our employees undertake are more numerous and result in deeper impact with each passing year. Creating Value in Our Communities Since 2006 when we launched our formal CSR strategy as company, we have made significant social investments in the local communities in which we work and live. Our community investment strategy parallels that of our business: a majority of our social projects are made in the emerging markets. We invest in social programs led by our employees, primarily in the areas of youth and education, health, and environmental action. 33% 52% Community Projects by Focus Area (2015) 13% 7% Health Youth & Education Environment Disaster Response 34% 20% Community Projects by Region Over two-thirds of our community projects took place in our emerging market locations from , where sustainable development issues remain a high priority 1% 17% 28% MEA EUR AMR APAC Global

2 Our Community Investments 59 Deepening Impact through Employee Engagement Agility s Community Volunteer Program is the program in which we have the highest social impact through direct employee engagement in local offices. The program empowers employees by enabling them to initiate and lead humanitarian projects in local communities around the world. Any Agility employee can apply for a company grant to support a community project that he or she believes will make a difference, thereby allowing the employee to identify the social issues most relevant to his or her community. Through this employee engagement model, we believe that we achieve greater impact through the scope and scale of projects we undertake, the number of employees that volunteer to be a part of them, and importantly, the local relevance these projects have. The criteria for an Agility-sponsored community grant are straightforward: Partnership: First, projects must support registered charity partners who adopt a humane, neutral and impartial approach to service. We work in partnership with civil society organizations and invest in longterm relationships over time. Priorities: Second, projects should meet priority focus areas of youth and education, health, disaster response, or environmental action. These focus areas are deliberately designed to be broad enough to enable employees to interpret them in ways that are relevant to their local communities. For example, under the auspices of youth and education, projects have ranged from supporting entrepreneurship training in public schools in Jordan, to supporting a shelter for street children in Thailand, to collecting school supplies for underprivileged children in the United States. Passion: Third, employees must be prepared to lead the project in cooperation with a humanitarian partner organization. It is Agility s philosophy that in addition to financial or in-kind contributions, the time and passion of our people is critical in both making a difference and building a culture of giving back. Employees are encouraged to nominate projects that they feel personally passionate about and to get their colleagues to join their efforts. Employee Volunteerism Over one-third of Agility's employees participated in some form of community service in both Impact of CSR Activities We estimate that in we positively affected 200,000 people with our CSR program, including supporting humanitarians in response to two natural disasters in the Philippines , ,117 6,995 29, , , ,000 4,000 6,000 8, ,000 40,000 60,000 80, , ,000 Community Projects Over the Years Employees have engaged in over 1370 community projects since the inception of our Community Volunteer program, representing an overall trend of growth and deeper impact in the communities in which we operate Community Projects

3 60 / 2016 Agility Corporate Social Responsibility Report - Deepening Impact Employee Fundraising and Corporate Matching Agility has joined with its long-term partner International Medical Corps to provide online fundraising opportunities for Agility employees. Additionally, many of our largest offices around the world offer employees the opportunity to raise funds through payroll donations or collection boxes. Agility matches all contributions at least dollar for dollar, and usually more. Employee Cash Contribution and Company Match Over US$270,000 was raised by employees over the last two years and was further matched by the company, for a total contribution of almost US$1,000, , ,146 68, , UK An Agility employee volunteered with Original Volunteers in Morrocco and raised funds to donate educational material, clothing and meals to local schools. Turkey USA Presented school supplies an Share Our Selves and the Ho Women s Center; raised fund in India by participating in a donated funds to the Robert Foundation that supports ad prevention and treatment of child and youth education an development. Collected educational supplies for children at a local school 2013 Cash or payroll contribution Company Match (with local office) 155, ,313 Examples of Agility's Volunteer Efforts from Global Education Drive: Each year, Agility employees around the world work together from September to November in our annual Global Education Drive. In this program, Agility employees identify local education causes, charities and public organizations and then volunteer to raise funds, donate supplies or take time to support the causes. From 2013 to 2015, over 2240 Agility employees in Australia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Egypt, United States, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, Chile, India, Oman, Philippines, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the UK and Thailand participated in our global education drive to collect school supplies, complete renovation activities, and raise funds that reached more than 9,500 underprivileged students in these countries. International Medical Corps Fundraising: Since 2007, Agility has partnered with International Medical Corps, a humanitarian organization that provides health services in some of the world s poorest countries. In that time period, Agility has provided logistics support and expertise to International Medical Corps in many countries around the world. This included earthquake relief Spain 83 efforts in Haiti and Indonesia, transportation of medical supplies to hospitals during the war in Iraq, assistance with the relief efforts in South Sudan and, most recently, with support to International Medical Corps disaster response in the Philippines in The services of International Medical Corps benefit communities that face harsh living conditions and do not have access to basic healthcare. To help Donated school supplies and partnered with A.R.T.E.S. Cultura y Ocio to support a musical play for children with special needs Thailand Funded scholarships and supplies for Wat Laung Paeng School International Medical Corps achieve its mission of helping disaster affected people when it s most needed, we conduct response based appeals, as well as Peru Environment progr Acción Sostenible & Bosco Ecocasita sch

4 Our Community Investments 61 d backpacks to uston Area s for a school walkathon and R. McCormick ult literacy, child abuse, d workforce 400 Singapore Raised funds to fill Christmas stockings with gifts for special needs children at the MINDS school. 200 Canada Supplied school stationary and backpacks to the Salvation Army 80 Chile Donated books and school supplies to Los Rosales del Bajo School 800 India Supported Youth For Seva with school supplies and backpack donations and donated 30 refurbished computers to a local school in Chennai Global Education Drive 2014 Supporting Education Where It s Most Needed 43 Oman Helped fund school meals program 49 Philippines Employees volunteered their time to tutor children and also supported a school feeding program in cooperation with the Philippines Rotary Club am at Don ools 67 Reached Over 2,000 children around the world Mexico Organized a fundraiser to donate 15 computers, food items, and clothing for children at the El Mexicanito orphanage. 40+ Australia 200 Collected gently used and new books for the library serving employees and their families at the Agility office in Ports Moresby, Papua New Guinea Italy Children were taught how to bake bread to promote healthy eating as a part of the Milan World Expo 2015 Feeding the Planet annual year-end fund raising campaigns. We ask our employees to help us raise money for International Medical Corps either through personal donations, office fundraisers, or conversations with like-minded customers. From 2013 to 2015 Agility matched employee donation dollar for dollar, for a total donation of $130,000 USD. Funds raised were used by International Medical Corps for its response operations in the Philippines, as well as to support International Medical Corps massive response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa and to earth quake relief in Nepal represents the time of greatest need for International Medical Corps, which is supporting more operations in disaster areas than ever before. Each day, International Medical Corps provides medical care for thousands of people in many countries around the world. If you would like to contribute to International Medical Corps efforts to medical care to those in need, please visit the International Medical Corps donation page for more information.

5 62 / 2016 Agility Corporate Social Responsibility Report - Deepening Impact Asia Pacific Australia: Agility has been working with the Fred Hollows Foundation for more than six years, supporting the organization through fundraising and the transportation of equipment. The Foundation seeks to prevent blindness and improve sightedness in developing countries, and it achieved record results in 2013, having reached over 4.5 million people worldwide. This important sight restoring work is only made possible due to donations from those who support the Foundation s cause. Pakistan: Since 2010 Agility Pakistan has developed a deep and enduring partnership with The Citizen s Foundation. The Agility team raises funds and conducts quarterly volunteer education initiatives including tutoring, reading activities, cleanups and plantings, academic counseling and other activities to help TCF complete its vitally important work. In 2013 & 2014 the Agility Pakistan team impacted over 1200 TCF students in these volunteer and fundraising activities. In 2013, 449,768 eye operations, procedures and treatments were performed by The Foundation with its partners up from 404,915 in The Foundation also trained 42,189 eye health workers, giving them what Fred called the tools of their trade and building or upgrading 48 medical facilities. It also continued to lead Australia s contribution to eliminating trachoma in the worst affected countries, providing over 4.1 million people with antibiotics to combat the disease. Since 2008 Agility has contributed more than $386,000 USD to the Foundation in direct donations or the donation of in-kind logistics services so the Foundation s team members can carry out its important work in Asia, Africa and other areas of need. These contributions equate to life altering vision surgeries for 15,040 people. India: Since 2011 Agility Hyderabad has partnered with partnered with Youth for Seva, a charity focusing on youth and education issues in India. In the 2013 & 2014 timeframe Agility Hyderabad team conducted two school kit drives, two education engagement events, a fundraiser to help schools recover from a flood in Uttarakhand, and a weekly tutoring program for kids living in slums. Additionally, the Agility Pune team has partnered with a local night school that educates and provides technical training to adolescents and adults who have not been able to attend formal schools. During 2013 & 2014, the Agility team has helped at least 5000 people in education projects through its deepened relationships with its charity partners. Indonesia: In partnership with a local education charity, Agility Indonesia helped over 1,800 students in 2013 and 2014 through various educational initiatives including the building of new dorms, distributing school supplies, and providing support for local underprivileged schools. Thailand: Through its long-term five year partnership with a local school in Bangkok, more than 600 Agility Thailand employees positively impacted over 3,000 students in 2013 and 2014 through donations of school supplies, uniforms, food and scholarships. In 2014 the Agility Thailand team adopted an additional rural school to ensure that its 110 students had everything they needed including uniforms, food, learning aids and even food to ensure that these under-served children have access to the education to which they are entitled. Vietnam: Over 100 employees in Agility Vietnam engaged in community activities that benefited a single local senior citizen s home and orphanage over the last two years. China: Through its partnership with the Huge Grace Orphanage over the last two years, more than 50 of the Abu Dhabi Shanghai Logistics Hub team members have volunteered and donated various food items and supplies to the organization to support the resident children with their education and living needs.

6 Our Community Investments 63 Americas USA: Through a large number of longterm charity partner relationships charities and activities, in 2013 & 2014 Agility USA has supported over 2,500 people through engagement in more than 22 charity events or activities benefiting a range of organizations from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the ALS Association, the Houston Food Bank, Laura s House, and many others. The Agility USA team has enduring, multiyear partnerships with more than 12 unique charities. USA: Since 2008 Agility DGS has helped raise 2.6 million dollars to support paralyzed veterans and their families over the last seven years in partnership with Paralyzed Veterans of America. The funds raised are directed towards assisting paralyzed veterans attain gainful employment across the country. USA: In 2014 & 2015 Agility Project Logistics contributed more than 215,000 dollars in inkind project logistics services to support the Houston Space Center s Independence Plaza. Agility helped in the construction of a massive space science exhibit that includes a space shuttle replica that Agility helped to move and position on top of a retired 747 aircraft. The 747 was used to transport all of the space shuttles during the shuttle program. These donated services will enable the Space Center to show kids how space technology is applied in real life, and as a way to inspire engagement in space science, technology, engineering and math education. Brazil: Over 200 Agility Brazil employees have volunteered with a local senior citizen s home, as well as local underprivileged schools, over the last 3 years through the delivery of basic food items, toys and educational materials. Peru: Agility Peru has partnered with the Don Bosco foundation and helped build a computer classroom for a local underprivileged school that will service 900 students. 11 employees from the Lima office have also volunteered their time as tutors at the school. The Peru team has also partnered with a local orphanage to help establish a hydroponics program to improve nutrition and provide education and training opportunities to the eco-casita residents. Chile: Agility Chile team members donated school supplies to support 100 children at the Rosales del Bajo school complete their education, in addition to supporting a youth sports charity that helps 85 at-risk children remain engaged and healthy through sports activities. The Agility Chile team also completed an emergency fundraiser and materials donation campaign to help hundreds of families recover from a fire which destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Canada: In 2013 & 2014 the Agility Canada team continued and grew engagement with its numerous multi-year partnerships with more than seven charities supporting education, cancer, breast cancer, AIDs, Alzheimer s Disease, domestic violence and other community issues. Agility employees completed more than 300 volunteer acts to support others during this time frame.

7 64 / 2016 Agility Corporate Social Responsibility Report - Deepening Impact Europe Italy: The Agility team in Italy supports and raises funds for different a charities every year. In the last eight years they have supported over 15 different causes, ranging from youth education to support for the elderly to environmental improvements. Their efforts and commitment to others have positively affected more than 5000 people. UK: The Agility UK team members have helped more than 6000 people around the world by volunteering valuable time and significant effort to charities, including participating in marathons and walkathons for health issues, shipping materials to people in need, and working with customers to raise awareness for social causes. Netherlands: In 2014 and 2015 the Agility Europe team helped raise funds to support the terminally ill and cancer patients by running over 500 kilometers as a team in the Roparun event. Each year, Agility fielded a team of 22 people, including eight runners, four bicyclist, drivers, support staff and physical therapists. The team works together over the course of three days as the runners cover more than 550 KM, running in relay teams 24 hours per day to complete the race. The race is run from Hamburg, Germay to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Middle East & Africa Kuwait: Agility employees have helped mentor almost 200 students in the last two years, through long-term partner INJAZ, the Kuwaiti chapter of the global youth empowerment organization Junior Achievement. Bahrain: Agility Bahrain employees got together to hold a collection drive and participate in a local event to benefit the handicapped. Over 50 employees volunteered their time toward the fundraising event. Oman: Agility Oman employees held a collection drive to support 49 underprivileged girls in a local school to provide them with nutritious breakfast for those who could not afford it. Dubai: Over 200 employees from Agility Dubai participated in the Pink Walkathon to support breast cancer research. The office has supported this cause for three years in a row.

8 Our Community Investments 65 Schools Construction & Refurbishment One of Agility s priority community issues is youth and education. Since 2006, Agility has supported the construction or refurbishment of 22 different schools around the world. Iraq 2008 School refurbishment Afghanistan 2012 Jebel Siraj School Lebanon 2013 Library construction China 2008 School Cambodia 2011 CFC Pre-K School Construction 2013 Caring for Cambodia - Preschool Construction Philippines 2013 CPIM school & van Peru 2013 School & Computer Lab Bangladesh 2012 Patuakhali School Sri Lanka 2009 Warayaya Primary School - Embilipitiya 2010 Sri Lanka- Northwestern Province 2012 Sri Lanka- Northwestern Province Indonesia 2008 Palasari School 2010 Balikpakpan School 2011 Palu School 2012 Palu School II 2013 Nural Hikma Foundation 2014 Palu Accommodation Vietnam 2009 Phan Luong Truc Primary School Sudan 2014 Genaina school refurbishment Thailand 2010 Flood renovation 2012 Thepsirin Romkloa school renovation