Investing in people
Society
Our commitment
We are committed to building stronger relationships within our communities and to work in partnership to maximise our positive impact.
Our goal
Maintain social investment in our communities to support sustainable development aligned with local needs.
The sections below outline the actions we are taking to invest in our local communities through charitable giving, employee participation and long-term partnerships.
Communities
We support our local communities in a variety of ways, building on our wider economic contribution through employment, investment and local partnerships. Alongside our work with schools and colleges, we provide financial support to local charities and community projects.
Our Community Investment Policy sets out the framework for our community investment activities. An Employee Community Investment Committee oversees the allocation of funding, helping to ensure decisions are made consistently, fairly, impartially and in line with the policy.
Our policy includes three community investment programmes:
- Employee matched funding, where Aston Martin matches the money employees raise for their chosen charities.
- Employee charity partners, where UK employees nominate and vote each year for three charity partners to support.
- Community grants, which provide small-scale funding for charities located close to our UK manufacturing sites.
Employee participation
We empower our employees to support the charities and causes that they care about by matching up to £200 of the money they raise. This recognises their contribution to local communities while helping to increase employee engagement.
Each year, our employees nominate and vote for three charity partners linked to our main UK sites. Throughout the year, colleagues organise fundraising activities and volunteer their time to support these organisations.
Building partnerships
Partnerships with charities are a key enabler in supporting us to achieve our overarching business aims and ambition, be this linked to building our talent pipeline through STEM, social mobility or wider environmental outcomes.
We have a long-standing partnership with The King’s Trust, a youth charity that helps vulnerable young people aged 11 to 30 to access employment, education and training.
