{"id":704,"date":"2024-10-21T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesaffre-meea.com\/om\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:15:07","slug":"csr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lesaffre-meea.com\/om\/about-us\/csr","title":{"rendered":"CSR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center h25 w1100 has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a884d40d53e77443223c11d5c7950a11\" style=\"color:#a17234\">The Lesaffre charity program <br><mark style=\"color:#0e288b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">#LesaffreCares<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 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development through education, nutrition, and environmental preservation while reinforcing our role as a responsible local economic player.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bg-img-title-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lesaffre-meea.com\/om\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/echo-volunteers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bECHO is more than just a solidarity program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ECHO embodies our values through meaningful acts of solidarity and is central to our <strong>corporate social responsibility (CSR) 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