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| SECTION 2. LABOR RELATIONS |RESULTS1. Popularity among employees and their family members. Overthe 4 years of the corporate volunteering programme, thenumber of participants exceeded 500 people.2. Regional coverage. The programme involves employees fromvarious Russian regions from the northwest to the Far East.3. Effectiveness. Number of events for disabled and foster children,donor events – number of events, employees involved,donations – outcomes. Number of beneficiary children.4. Higher loyalty of employees to the company due to new,deeper types of motivation.5. Development of employees. Higher creativity of employees,personal growth, and development of communication skills.6. Development of local communities. Due to a number of citywideevents focused on external audience, charity and volunteeringideas were promoted among representatives of variousclasses. Most significant and remarkable events include‘Heart2Heart Bazar’ Charity Fair (over 5,000 guests) and a cityfest in Garage Art Center (about 1,000 Muscovites).PLANS TO DISSEMINATE THE PRACTICE IN RUSSIA AND ABROADThe programme foresees its qualitative transformation. For example,based on the research (questioning of volunteers) a trainingand development programme for volunteers is developed as part ofthe global personnel development programme. The programme willcover different areas and combine various charity and volunteeringpractices. Based on the knowledge and expertise gained, volunteerswill initiate and implement their own charity projects in line with thecompany’s social priorities. Thus, the company will ensure personalgrowth and improvement of creative and leadership skills of employees,as well as use most efficient non-financial motivation tools.APPRAISALWhen appraising charity efficiency, including the corporate volunteeringprogramme, the following fundamental components are takeninto account: social efficiency; impact on company’s reputation;influence on core business (contribution to optimizing non-financialrisks, encouraging corporate values, etc.). Alongside that, the programmestipulates the appraisal of psychological climate change andthe programme’s impact on lower personnel turnover.Corporate volunteering projects of Transaero cover several areas:1. Rehabilitation of disabled children. This is a part of the globalprogramme of Transaero for supporting and developing children’shealthcare that includes children’s medical transportation, medicinetransportation, doctors’ skill upgrading and rehabilitation projects.The programme covers children with serious diseases (specifically,oncological and hematological diseases), children rehabilitated afterserious diseases, and their family members. The company volunteersarrange trips to children’s rehabilitation camps, organize creativemaster classes, develop and implement entertainment programmesstimulating socialization and emotional welfare of children in a difficultlife situation and their family members.2. Social adaptation of children in difficult life situations. Theactivities include thematic events on a regular basis, focused on socializationof children in a difficult life situation and support for theindividual tutorship programme for foster children.3. Pro-bono volunteering. The projects provide for consultingof non-commercial organizations within professional competence ofvolunteers and providing professional assistance to non-profit organizationsand beneficiaries.4. Donor events. The company organizes the Donor Days on aquarterly basis, every time involving about 100 employees donatingblood free of charge. Blood is delivered to children’s oncological andhematological centers in line with the priorities identified in the company’ssocial programmes.5. Private donations. This initiative is implemented on a constantbasis – there are special boxes for donations in each office of Transaero.Collected funds are channeled to partner charity foundations.6. ‘Club of Volunteers’ is a series of educational events for volunteeremployees.COMPANY OVERVIEWTransaero Airlines started its flights in 1991 drawing on the best traditions of the domestic civilaviation and the latest global achievements.Currently, Transaero is the second largest air carrier in Russia. The constantly growing andrenewed fleet of the company consists of more than 90 aircraft. The route network of thecompany covers more than 160 directions in Russia and abroad. The team of Transaero consists ofover 10,000 employees.In 2012, Transaero was recognized as the best airlines in Eastern Europe. The company is thewinner of the World Airline Awards established by Skytrax. In 2012, the highest rating of corporatesocial responsibility (AAAs) was assigned to Transaero by REPUTATION rating agency.3839