Focus on: creation of a positive corporate climate and on dissemination of proper lifestyles WHP Project The WHP (Workplace Health Promotion) project, designed by ATS Bergamo and the Lombardy Region, was activated in 2015 at RadiciGroup and continues to make Group workers aware of healthy lifestyles and positive mental attitudes. In this context, the weekly fresh fruit basket initiative was continued in 2016 for those who want to take advantage of a healthy snack in the WHP accredited companies Radici Partecipazioni, Geoenergie and Tessiture Pietro Radici. A similar choice was made for vending machines in the communal areas that offered, for the first time, alongside traditional snacks, more “healthy” choices. Finally, company catering is always aware of a healthy diet. For the promotion of physical activity and integration, there were many town and country walks with very good participation. In particular, the “Moonlight” walk on the slopes of Monte Pora, the “Walk on Water” of Lago d’Iseo to see the Floating Piers installation by the artist Christo and the “Thousand Steps” walk in Bergamo were events that were very successful among Group workers and their families.
Activities for promoting personal and social well-being saw a Factory Open Day, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of Tessiture Pietro Radici. On this occasion, in addition to visiting Company areas open to family members and local people, RadiciGroup organised an orientation to education options and the labour market for Workers’ children. Thanks to talks from RadiciGroup and Confindustria Bergamo, children with their parents could gather ideas and understand the importance of the world of work for their future choices. In 2016, with the WHP accreditation of RadiciFil and voluntarily signing up to the principles of the project by the Czech company Logit, the project crossed the Italian borders to cover about 700 people, more than a quarter of the entire Group. The focus of the 2017 plan, in addition to continuing current activities, will be on the themes of the fight against addiction and secure and sustainable mobility.
CHRISTMAS 2016: THREE WHP IDEAS FOR CHILDREN
Not only exercise, proper nutrition, integration. The WHP project in 2016 also set the heart and feelings in motion outside the companies in order to reach the littlest members of society. For the Christmas festivities Confindustria Bergamo organised the volunteering and social responsibility project “REGALATI UN SORRISO” (Treat Yourself to a Smile) with the aim of collecting toys to donate to institutions and associations that take care of children living in conditions of hardship. The initiative saw generous participation from RadiciGroup’s people with baskets in the reception areas of the companies immediately filled with toys that were delivered several times to Confindustria. Similar success for special Christmas initiatives “Gift a Rollinz” (Star Wars collection characters) intended for a cancer centre in Brazil supported by a Bergamo non-profit association and collecting boxed games for children and young people with disabilities supported by “Costruire Integrazione Onlus” (Building Integration Charity).
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