During 2 decades of operation, AfA Design has admitted the importance of sustainable development and community and partner respect.  Therefore, although working as “for-profit business”, AfA Design doesn’t forget contributing our little efforts on ethical activities to our employees, partners, suppliers and community because corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays an important role in our decision making process.

CSR is no longer a new definition but yet old one as it is always updated with new initiatives and supported by global organizations and people alike. In Vietnam, CSR becomes more popular and there are many events nominating leaders doing this as case study for entire society to follow. Those leaders are corporations, business groups, companies with international investment, followed by enthusiastic and responsible businessman in SMEs including AfA Design.

Health and safety

  • Ensure compulsory employee benefits about insurance, safety working condition for both office staffs and onsite staffs
  • Require suppliers to provide adequate safety working environment as government policy for their workers and do not create indirect violence to those safety regulations
  • Prioritize using environmental-friendly materials and safe to users.

Fair and equitable treatment

  • Treat our employees fairly, equitably with respect and professionalism
  • Fight against people exploitation, human trafficking, modern slavery through careful recruitment process complying with accredited standards.
  • Act against child exploitation by putting detailed terms and conditions of not hiring under-18-year-old workers in our contracts with contractors or 3rd party suppliers.

Transparency

  • Transparent in bidding process, not supporting bribery, corruption and especially under-table money to win contracts. Our 7-step project implementation process is great example of tra
  • Transparent in proposal process, not creating any “hidden cost” that causes partners challenges in their budget control
  • Say “no” to fake products, suspicious source and origin ones and never support illegal business


Sustainable and environmental-friendly factors

  • Always propose alternative solutions in design and construction toward power saving, environmental-friendly, utilizing existing situation and material and reducing trash to environment.
  • Strictly say “NO” to any products made from wild animals or natural materials with illegal sources. Meanwhile report those suspicious cases to authority.

Contribution to local communities

  • Actively support young architect generations by facilitating some platforms for them to exchange knowledge and accepting internship at AfA Design Office.
  • Contribute partial profit of AfA Design as Scholarship to underprivileged students who dare life-changing dream!
  • Cooperate with Hanoi University of Architecture on in-dept study, example is project “E-book 360 Office” – a handful manual about all office interior knowledge and world interior trends.
  • Be founding member of Faculty of Office Interior under “National Association of Vietnamese Architects” and contribute many initiatives for development of our industry.

We believe that “kind business” is the best way for sustainable development. Every time you completed a project, you feel good as you has made small contribution to ethical business.