Digikala Annual Report 1401
Corporate Social Responsibility
For a Greener, Kinder, and More Fair World
Corporate Social Responsibility
For a Greener, Kinder, and More Fair World
Digikalamehr has started its activities since Shahrivar 1400 (August-September 2021) with the aim of creating a simple, transparent, and reliable path for customer philanthropic activities. Digikala customers can contribute to reputable charities by directly purchasing essential items needed for services to the underprivileged, education and literacy, health and healthcare, environment and animals, social services, culture and art, and religious activities. These contributions are packaged by Digikala and delivered to the charities.
Benevolent Individuals
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The Amount of Benevolent Contribution
Collaborating Charities
The Number of Donated Items
Direct Donation of Goods to Charities
Digikala also directly donates goods to charities, and in the year 1401 (2022-2023), this donation included over 68,000 items worth 72 billion Rials.
Digikalamehr Campaigns
In collaboration with Digikalmehr and Mehrgiti Foundation, the campaign "One Book, a Thousand Smiles" was started. Mehrgiti is one of the non-governmental organizations collaborating actively with Digikalamehr, and one of its main missions is to provide the right to education and access to necessary educational resources for underprivileged children.
In this campaign, 3,800 non-curricular books were provided for schools in disadvantaged areas.
"Children of the Sky" is the name of a charitable shelter that provides care for physically and mentally disabled children and elderly patients. This center has been operating since 1378 as a non-governmental and non-profit organization. In total, this charity hosts 400 disabled and orphaned children, and one of the facilities is dedicated to the care of the elderly.
The campaign "With Love for Children of the Sky" was launched with the aim of providing essential items for the shelter, including air conditioner and cooling systems, television, and other necessary welfare facilities.
This campaign was initiated with the idea that all students, regardless of their place of residence or birth, should be able to study under equal conditions. From September 12, 1401, for a period of one month, this campaign was jointly implemented by Digikala Mehr and Bonyad-e-Koodak (the Children's Foundation).
With the participation of 1,195 individuals in this campaign, 5,114 stationery items were provided to talented underprivileged students at the beginning of the academic year.
With the occurrence of a 5.9 Richter earthquake in the city of Khoy, a significant number of our compatriots were affected, and there was extensive damage to residential areas. In such circumstances, finding a safe, transparent, and reliable route to deliver essential items to these areas was a major challenge.
With the collaboration of Digikalamehr and the Agape Foundation, and after conducting a needs assessment from the earthquake-affected fellow citizens, Digikala Mehr invited its users to participate in this campaign with the aim of providing necessary items to 500 households.
Report on the campaign supporting the people affected by the Khoi earthquake
In the past years, Digikala has made efforts to provide a platform for local sellers to showcase and sell their products. In this initiative, over 6,000 producers have been able to easily reach their customers from anywhere in Iran without the need for intermediaries. Equity in product distribution, elimination of intermediaries, and utilizing Digikala's empowerment cycle are the key features of this program.
The Number of Local and Indigenous Sellers
Diversity of Local and Indigenous Products
Digikala's Initiatives to Empower Local Businesses
In order to support the sustainability of local businesses, we have considered rewards and facilities for them. These include discounted sales commissions, introductory online training, allocation of warehouse capacity without charges, and provision of free advertising capacity. These are some of the facilities that Digikala has provided for its local sellers.
Digikala does not charge a commission on sales from new local sellers. Only those vendors whose businesses have flourished and seen significant growth choose to pay a sales commission to Digikala.
The native and local experts at Digikala provide training to empower local sellers, focusing on enhancing their products and improving their product presentation.
In the year 1401(2022-2023), a total of 1,392 individuals from various provinces attended the conducted training courses.
Another initiative is the allocation of free warehouses. Digikala provides a portion of its warehouse capacity free of charge to local sellers.
Digikala allocates a portion of its warehouse capacity free of charge to support local sellers.
Digikala allocates a portion of its advertising capacity to promote and advertise local products, without charging any fees for this service.
Iocal businesses have a great potential to preserve national handicraft and traditional industries. As the preservation and growth of these industries are important to us, Digikala collaborated with Aranic Handicrafts last year to support the construction of a high-capacity kiln for the production of Kuhmitag pottery in Sistan and Baluchestan province. This initiative aimed not only to preserve Kuhmirtag pottery but also to create a sustainable income stream for the local potters in the region.
Report on the construction of a kiln for Kuhmitag pottery production
Geographical Diversity of Local Sellers
Reducing environmental impacts in business processes is one of the most important responsibilities of economic actors in the modern world. At Digikala, we also strive to play our part in creating a greener and more beautiful world by leveraging artificial intelligence and optimizing our processes.
Projects such as packaging process optimization, transportation route optimization (Optime), and the development of physical delivery centers and Ganje smart lockers (PUDO) are long-term projects with significant impacts in this area.
With the launch of Digikala's voluntary platform in 1401, our colleagues at Digikala were provided with the opportunity to dedicate part of their working hours to participate in social and environmental projects if they wished.
Within this program, our employees at Digikala have allocated some of their working hours to activities such as painting and renovating schools in underprivileged areas, caring for injured animals, cleaning animal care centers, cleaning urban green spaces, and tree planting.
Report on Digikala Colleagues' Participation in Voluntary Activities
Digikala colleagues have expressed these about their participation in voluntary activities: