Annual Report 2005 - Tenaris
Annual Report 2005 - Tenaris
Annual Report 2005 - Tenaris
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In <strong>2005</strong>, Confab invested R$5.3 million in the<br />
safety, health and environment area.<br />
Quality of Life<br />
The company engages in a number of activities<br />
designed to improve employees' quality of life<br />
by promoting physical, organic and emotional<br />
balance. The actions promote sports and leisure<br />
activities and a healthy working environment.<br />
At the end of <strong>2005</strong>, Confab had a total of 2,086<br />
employees.<br />
The company invested R$ 6.6 million in medical<br />
and dental assistance, offering diverse health plans<br />
with differentiated coverage for employees and<br />
their dependents.<br />
R$ 4.0 million was invested in meals. The company<br />
plants have self-service restaurants, which<br />
served a total of 599,000 lunches and dinners and<br />
295,000 breakfasts to employees.<br />
Confab provides transportation subsidies for travel<br />
between work and home for 1,100 employees.<br />
R$ 2.6 million was invested in this benefit in <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
The company also invested more than R$ 478,000<br />
in subsidized medicines, school materials, toys,<br />
Christmas hampers and clothing for employees'<br />
new born babies.<br />
46. <strong>Tenaris</strong>Confab<br />
Credit Cooperative<br />
Employees belonging to the Credit Cooperative are<br />
eligible for quick and cheap credit. On December<br />
31st <strong>2005</strong>, the 1,726 members of the credit cooperative<br />
had accumulated funds of R$ 4.3 million.<br />
A total of R$ 8.1 million was loaned to employees<br />
during the year. The cooperative had a surplus of<br />
R$ 821,500 in the year, which will be carried forward<br />
for future activities.<br />
Confab Employees' Association Club<br />
The Confab ADC club was completely refurbished<br />
to meet the needs of Confab employees and their<br />
families. Around US$ 100,000 was invested in the<br />
first stage, which included the remodeling of the<br />
installations and landscaping. Another US$ 22,000<br />
was spent on restoring the tennis court.<br />
Installed on an old farm, the club offers a large<br />
green area where employees and their families have<br />
the use of adult and children's swimming pools,<br />
cloakrooms, a playground, barbecue facilities,<br />
a gym, a multi-use sports court, a full-size football<br />
pitch and a seven-a-side football court, a clubhouse<br />
and a function room.<br />
Support for the community<br />
The company has sought to contribute to community<br />
well-being through a number of initiatives<br />
in the town of Pindamonhangaba, where its manufacturing<br />
plants are located. The company is careful<br />
in choosing the organizations with which it establishes<br />
partnerships. In <strong>2005</strong>, two of these charities<br />
– the Casa Transitória Fabiano de Cristo (Fabiano<br />
de Cristo Halfway House), responsible for the “Anália<br />
Franco” project, and the Associação de Pais e Amigos<br />
dos Excepcionais de Pindamomohangaba-APAE)<br />
(Pinhamonhangaba Association for the Disabled)<br />
– received the coveted Efficiency Award, (Prêmio<br />
Bem Eficiente), for which they competed with 355<br />
non-profit-making institutions from all over Brazil.
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