OREANDA-NEWS. On 03 July 2009 was announced, that “Aerosvit-UkrainianAirlines” was named among the top five companies of the recent corporate social responsibility rating conducted by Lviv Business School of the Ukrainian Catholic University . (LvBS). The top five positions are as follows:

- "Microsoft Ukraine"

- "SunInBev Ukraine"

- "Halnaftohaz Concern"

- "OTP Bank"

- "Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines"

"We believe that in the nearest future the Ukrainian business, driven by core values, will develop from being a brand enhancement too land an element to deepen PR and CSR studies, to a source of encouragement for innovations", – states LvBS.

The study involved a selection of 100 companies–members of five largest national ratings of 2008 (of the most successful and the most profitable companies by InvestGazeta, Gvardia-Kontrakty, Komp&nyon). The LvBs analyzed the history and number of all social projects of these companies in the recent four years that were available for public access.

"According to the study, only 9% of companies do not announce their CSR projects linked to their core business at all, 21%of CSR projects are connected with the core business competence of companies, whereas 42% of businesses have a dedicated web page on their websites and publish CSR reports", – LvBS notes