ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - Gorenje Group

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The Kemis Group has co-operated in the continuation of rehabilitation of the Goudron-like cave
in Pesnica that belongs to the largest projects in Slovenia. A building permit has already been
obtained and the construction of a recycling centre in Vrhnika has started. In Croatia a plot of
27,000 m2 has been purchased on the location Jastrebarsko in order to carry out all the activities
on one location.
An audit of the environmental management system based on ISO 14001 was conducted in the
company Kemis-Termoclean in Croatia. The relevant environmental aspects have been reviewed
in the parent company, a review of risk assessment has been prepared in form of documentation
and operation has been brought closer to the requirements of standards ISO 14001 and ISO
18001. The target of the year 2009 is compatibility of operation with the standards mentioned.
3.13.4 RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NARROW AND BROADER
SOCIAL COMMUNITY
Various activities for the creation of better working conditions and life of the employees and their
families and especially the operation of different institutions and societies were mostly supported
in the local environment.
• in the field of culture: Borštnik Meeting in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor,
the event ‘Traditional days of comedy’ hosted by the Slovene People’s Theatre
Celje, the 2008 Lirikonfest gathering of Slovene writers in Velenje, the Biennial
of industrial design BIO 21, and the publication of the book ‘Miti in legende
iz Gorenja’.
• in the area of education: assets for schools where Gorenje has its plants, the programme
of ‘best secondary school graduates’, donations to technical schools in
Stara Pazova and Valjevo in form of school desks, Gorenje’s first discussion tournament
for secondary schools held within the institutes ‘Za in proti’ and ‘Debatni
klub Velenje’, as well as ‘Zavod Šport&mediji’ including a series of events e.g.
‘Delujmo ozaveščeno za šolajočo mladino v Šaleški dolini’.
• contributions in the area of health, humanitarian and environmental activities:
providing a vehicle for transportation of members of the Association of paraplegics
of South-East Styria, conducting humanitarian auctions in co-operation
with the association Europa Donna; event ‘Prihranimo do 30 % energije s pranjem
pri 30 °C’ held in Ljubljana and Maribor in co-operation with Ariel and the
support of the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Energy Efficiency Centre, and Slovenia’s
Bicycle Association.
• In the field of sports Gorenje is a general sponsor of the Nordic team of Skiing
Association of Slovenia, general sponsor of the handball club Gorenje Velenje, it
co-financed the organisation of the FIS cup in ski jumps in Velenje, co-financed
the organisation of the international table tennis tournament in Velenje that belongs
to the world cup; contributed funds to amateur societies and activities
whose objective was direction of the young in sports activities as contribution
to healthy and useful free time spending.
• Gorenje has supported the activities of the Gorenje Pension Club that joins
former employees in order to encourage the quality of live and acting.
• It has supported the Sports club where a whole range of organised recreational
activities is available free of charge and the Culture club that organised events
in the field of art and culture.
At the end of the year some planed activities were limited due to the financial crisis and in the year
2009 the funds for sponsorship and donations will be limited to the contractual obligations previously
adopted or to the fulfilment of long-term contracts.