1. main sustainability projects

Main sustainability projects

• The Jonathan Project in 2010
  Indesit Company continues to support the Jonathan project, established 12 years ago in cooperation with the Associazione Jonathan Onlus, with the aim of reintegrating young people with social problems and a criminal record back into society through the use of innovative and educational tools.
  In 2010 the project continued in various directions:
  
  

  In Poland

  The Project was extended with different methods also to the Group plants in Lodz, Poland, with the involvement of the Polish Ministry of Justice and the Fondazione Jaś and Małgosia, active in reintegrating youths back in to society, and the support of the Municipality and the Italian Embassy. The programme is founded on two important elements: a specialised training programme at the plants in order to allow young people to find a job; and the use of sport as a recreational activity and a useful tool to motivate and stimulate the same young people in their free time.
  
  

  The Regata dei tre Golfi

  Sailing becomes a development tool to rediscover the values of discipline, respect for the rules, living in a society and personal responsibility in the name of solidarity.
  Participation in the Regatta, which was held in May with the departure of a considerable fleet and a nonstop route, for the young people of the Jonathan Communities has meant greater cooperation, self confidence in facing every difficulty and overcoming fear, getting to know themselves, a sense of belonging and responsibility towards a team, following the rules of conduct and respecting roles, passion for boats and the discovery of working activities connected to them. This experience inspired the book “Il viaggio. Quando le api vanno a vela…” by S. Ricciardi and V. Morgera, which reports part of the written and photographed material collected during the sailing experience of 2010.

  I buoni giorni

  The documentary by the director Andrea Barzini, created with contributions from the Province of Naples and Indesit Company, opens a window onto a world unknown to many and gives a blunt picture of the daily life of many young people who live at the margins of society: told are the stories of young people subject to precautionary measures in the communities managed by the NPO Associazione Jonathan onlus and the recounts of those who, in different ways, work for the project every day. I buoni giorni won the 3rd Naples Human Rights Cinema Festival for the section “Naples past, present and … future?”.
• Support for the areas hit by natural calamities
  Indesit supports the towns in Veneto that were hit by the flood of autumn 2010 by donating household appliances to some families in the region and through considerable assistance in purchasing new appliances and repairs, in terms of labour and spare parts.
  Also abroad, the Group assisted with a donation of household appliance the humanitarian organisation “Habitat of Humanity”, which created a project aimed at families hit by the disastrous flood of Dorohoi in northern Romania. The intervention of the association not only envisages the reconstruction of the houses affected, but also includes technical assistance and support through the distribution of useful materials and tools for the reconstruction works.
• Supporting equal opportunities in Russia
  Indesit led the way in starting charity projects in favour of two humanitarian organisations at Lipetsk: “Belaya Trost", which assists the blind, and the "Russian Diabetes Association", which helps diabetic children and adults. Some of the most innovative products of the Group were delivered to the people with serious health problems and difficult living conditions.
  The prize received as Best Company in the Lipetsk Region shows the effectiveness of the social commitment of the company.
• Tennis4Cambridgeshire
  Indesit also works on sports, aware of the social and educational importance that sport covers in society. The company participated in the promotion and sponsorship of “Tennis4Cambridgeshire” and in a partnership that allowed children aged 5 to 10 to play tennis with the support of professional trainers inside their school. The initiative ended with an interschool competition held in July.
• CRESCO Project
  Together with another 22 companies, Indesit participates in the CRESCO Crescita Compatibile project, promoted by the Fondazione Sodalitas and created in synergy with the Polytechnic of Milan with the contribution of the Lombardy Regional board. The initiative aims to create a network of towns, the so-called CRESCO Islands, to build an alliance in the territory among local administrations, companies and citizens to implement sustainable public policies and create models to be replicated. There are three fundamental aspects which the project focuses on: energy, water, waste, recycling and disposal, sustainable mobility. On these subjects the companies, in cooperation with the local administrators, undertake to make citizens and students aware of the adoption of a daily conduct that truly contributes to the intelligent use of the natural resources and the reduction of the environmental impact.
• Clean up: think clean to live better
  Indesit Company participated in the Clean up project, a show dedicated to recycling and protecting the environment organised by Ecodom. A multimedia trip inside the world of the WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment), to get to know the life cycle of the household appliances that are part of our daily lives: from washing-machines to refrigerators, from dish-washers to computers, from ovens to microwaves and mobile phones. Waste becomes the leading actors in a show for schools: an educational project to make young people aware of protecting the environment and the importance of a correct disposal process.