2012 Annual Report - Italcementi Group

Disputes and pending proceedings
With regard to the most important tax disputes arising from tax inspections and audits, the
inspections relating to 1987 and the years from 2003 to 2006 are still open, with
proceedings, which continued throughout 2012 with no developments of any note, so far in
favor of the company.
Italcementi Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti foundation
The Italcementi Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti foundation is an independent non-profit entity
established in 2004 by Italcementi and Italmobiliare, with the aim of “promoting scientific
research and education with a special emphasis on the sustainable economic and social
development of enterprises”. Great attention is paid to initiatives and projects that use
resources in a sustainable manner and to the ethical, social and cultural development of
local communities.
In the most important sector of activities, scientific education, training and research, in
2012 the foundation completed the funding of research doctorates in Logistics and “Supply
Chain Management” at the University of Bergamo, in collaboration with the Bocconi
University and the Zaragoza Logistics Center, a partner of Boston’s M.I.T., a program of
four cycles of three-year courses from 2008 to 2013. The initiative, which has received
various recognitions of scientific validity and will produce a group of 15 researchers of great
potential, involved an overall financial commitment of 1.8 million euro.
The foundation also continued in 2012 its support of the “Adopt talent” project of the
University of Bergamo, dedicated to the internationalization of the University, with which it
started a new important research project on the future trends and choices of urban
communities, with a specific focus on Bergamo and its surroundings (metropolitan,
provincial and regional areas).
Significant recurring interventions continued regarding grants for post-graduate training at
the “MIP - School of Management” of the Milan Politecnico and, in collaboration with the
Intercultura association, grants for overseas studies of secondary school students.
As well as the commitment to support the entrepreneurial culture within the framework of
sustainable development, the Italcementi foundation promotes and implements
humanitarian interventions in favor of communities affected by natural disasters or in
response to specific emergency situations. In this regard, the foundation has promoted and
funded the construction of a new Professional Training Center in Sri Lanka, to provide
accommodation, training and skills to youths of that country. The Center was established at
the beginning of 2011 and is gradually organizing its teaching activities.
In 2012, following significant external support, a major expansion and completion plan was
implemented, as contemplated in the original project, which will ensure an improvement in
the Center’s training and educational activities.
Some of the activities envisaged by the foundation’s charter are the promotion and
organization of conferences and seminars on current social and economic topics. The
foundation has, since its creation, organized important annual conferences attended by
leading institutional, business and academic figures. In January 2012, the foundation’s
annual conference focused on the role of the real economy and industry from the present
day to the near future, with an interesting debate on the possibility of doing business to
create value and employment, and to recover Italy’s competitiveness. In January 2013, the
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