SABAF - ANNUAL REPORT 2016
CHAPTER 4 - SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
SABAF, Public Administration and Society RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND THE STUDENT WORLD
In line with the relevant policies, Sabaf’s relationships with the Public Administration and the Treasury are based upon the utmost transparency and fairness. Locally, Sabaf has sought to establish an open dialogue with the various authorities to create harmonious industrial development. In that perspective, the Company systematically provides to the Municipality of Ospitaletto a copy of the analyses relating to atmospheric emissions caused by production at its plants.
Sabaf systematically organises company visits with groups of students and contributes its knowledge of best practices in relation to social responsibility to major conventions in various cities in Italy.
CHARITABLE INITIATIVES AND DONATIONS The amount of donations in 2016 was around 36,000 Euro (44,000 Euro in 2015), mainly aimed at supporting initiatives of social and humanitarian nature locally.
DISTANCE ADOPTIONS Sabaf supports the Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI), a nongovernmental and not for profit organisation working on international projects of development aid. The donations are aimed at supporting at a distance twenty children who live in various countries of the world.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TRADE UNION ASSOCIATIONS Sabaf is one of the founders of CECED Italia, the association that develops and coordinates in Italy study activities promoted at European level by Ceced (European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers) with the related scientific, legal and institutional implications in the domestic appliances sector. Since 2014 Sabaf S.p.A. has been a member of the Brescia Industrial Association (AIB), which is part of the Confindustria system.
DISPUTES There are no significant disputes with public institutions or with other representatives of the community.
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