Improve Access
to Education
Through Fitch Community, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, we partner with charities worldwide to create volunteering opportunities that promote education, enhance employability, and empower our communities.
Working with charities deepens our impact. By supporting charities’ established and effective programs, we reach more communities and contribute to lasting change.
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OUR
FOCUS AREAS
Develop
Employability Skills
Empower our
Communities
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EDUCATION
Education is one of the most powerful drivers of societal resilience. We want to address the barriers preventing 251 million children and young people from attending school.
School bags to support access to education
Through our partnerships with local organizations, we have donated school bags filled with essential educational resources, creating pathways to learning for children around the world. By the end of 2025, we had donated 12,865 school bags, bringing the total since 2021 to 28,305.
Building Futures, One School at a Time
Empowering communities through education, Fitch volunteers helped build schools in Senegal, Guatemala, Malawi and Nepal which will also act as community spaces. This initiative was in partnership with buildOn. The schools provide essential educational spaces supporting 651 young people, 53% of them girls. Since we began supporting buildOn with its new school developments, we have helped to positively impact 12,452 people.
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EMPLOYABILITY
Our Financial Services Career Accelerator helps young people from underrepresented groups secure apprenticeships. We have also launched the Fitch Elevate Program in London and Manchester, UK, to offer promising young talent a six-month paid internship.
By reaching talented individuals who may not otherwise have exposure to the sector, these programs widen access to professional opportunities and improve future employability.
Supporting social mobility
Our Fitch Young Leaders Path Program in London and Manchester supports social mobility in our communities by improving the employability and financial education of students aged 15–18 in underserved areas. The program covers four key areas: future work readiness, financial education, technology skills and global citizens and wellbeing.
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EMPOWERMENT
Promoting access to education through innovation
We partner with Social Shifters for the Global Innovation Education Challenge, inviting entrepreneurs aged 18–30 globally to develop business solutions for accessible, high-quality education. Participants receive free access to Social Shifters’ Digital Incubator program, offering e-learning, exclusive events, and online coaching. In 2025, we added a regional pitching process to the program, laddering up to the global pitch for further grant fundings. This evolution enabled us to widen visibility of the entrepreneurs and their ideas, while allowing more of our employees to get involved with coaching and judging panel opportunities.
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VOLUNTEERING AND
FUNDRAISING
Giving Back is Part of Fitch’s Culture
Taking action to support others, whether through mentoring or charity fundraising, is a defining feature of life at Fitch. We actively encourage our employees to contribute their time, skills, and financial support to causes that create a positive impact in our communities. Over half of Fitch employees volunteer in at least one form.
How we support community engagement
- Global Volunteer Week: We have a week dedicated to volunteerism, where employees come together to make a difference. In 2025, over 3,282 employees participated in various volunteer activities around the world.
- New Joiner Reward: Colleagues who join Fitch can kickstart their journey with us by supporting a charity of their choice.
- Matched Giving Program: Our employees can amplify their impact with dollar-for-dollar matched charitable donations. We have also launched our Dollars for Doers program, which rewards volunteer effort with funding.
- Paid Volunteer Time: Every full-time employee is granted two days of paid time off each calendar year to volunteer for causes they are passionate about.
Find out more about Social Value Collaborations.
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SUPPORTING
U.N. SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
We have aligned our Fitch Community work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
Our priority SDGs are:
Reports
We are committed to fostering a positive influence within our workplaces and the wider global community. Find out more about how we are creating a positive impact.