Qudos Bank Arena continues to embrace its corporate social responsibility

Qudos Bank Arena, managed by ASM Global and owned by TEG, continues to  embrace its corporate social responsibility and recognises the opportunity they have to “make a genuine difference in our community”.

As a commitment to their social responsibility, Qudos Bank Arena has promoted mental health, sustainability and granting wishes to sick children through their CSR partners Foodbank NSW & ACT, Gotcha4Life and Starlight Children’s Foundation.

These partnerships give back to the community, reduce environmental impact, and create a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion.   

Over the past financial year, the Arena has contributed over $80,000 through cloaking funds and in-kind value-add initiatives. These efforts include donating event tickets, providing staff volunteers, offering food donations, and more to our CSR partners.  

Qudos Bank Arena also joined ASM Global’s Month of giving for Support Act’s Ausmusic T-Shirt Day on 30th November 2023. This involved encouraging staff to wear their favourite Australian artist band shirts for the day and donate. Additionally, Qudos Bank Arena contributed a donation to Support Act as part of this initiative.

Steve Hevern, General Manager of Qudos Bank Arena shared "Qudos Bank Arena is deeply committed to driving improved change within our Greater Sydney community through our focused CSR initiatives.   

“We are thrilled to continue our partnerships with Foodbank NSW & ACT, Gotcha4Life and Starlight Children’s Foundation. These organisations align with our business values and promise to create a lasting and positive impact in and around the community in which we operate.   

“The past 12 months have featured a whirlwind of events and activity at Qudos Bank Arena, and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to make a difference in our community through our CSR initiatives.”  

Foodbank NSW & ACT
Qudos Bank Arena’s collaboration with Foodbank NSW & ACT focuses on addressing food waste and insecurity in the region.   

In the past year 899kg of surplus food was donated to support Foodbank’s mission.   

On two occasions QBA staff volunteered to pack food at the Foodbank NSW & ACT distribution centre including packing 591 Christmas hampers in October 2023 totalling 8,535 kilograms of food and packing 4,080 food items and packing 3,000 loaves of bread, equivalent to 2,100kg in June 2024.

John Robertson, Chief Executive of Foodbank NSW & ACT, highlighted the partnership’s noting “Foodbank NSW & ACT is proud to partner with Qudos Bank Arena and we thank Qudos Bank Arena for their commitment to helping feed hungry Aussies. We continue to work together to reduce food waste by redirecting surplus food from every major event at the Arena to people in our communities who need it most.  

“We are excited to continue this fantastic partnership with Qudos Bank Arena which is making a real difference to the lives of Aussies who are doing it tough in communities across NSW and the ACT”.

Images. Credit Qudos Bank Arena and Foodbank