SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTPart of <strong>SEAT</strong>’s social policy is to enableemployees to reconcile their professionaland family lives, as well as meet theirneeds. Likewise, its approach to genderequality has placed <strong>SEAT</strong> at the head of theautomotive sector as regards the numberof women in its workforce. Meeting theneeds of disadvantaged workers is yetanother concern of the company. For itswork in these fields in <strong>2011</strong> the companywon the Excellence in Diversity certificate,awarded by the Seeliger and CondeFoundation.For a company with such a social impact,opening the doors of its facilities is muchmore than something done out of a senseof duty. In <strong>2011</strong> more than 11,000 studentsfrom universities, vocational trainingcolleges, as well as other individualsinterested in the company visitedMartorell. Other personalities who madethe trip to our production centre includedFrancesc Xavier Mena, Catalan ministerfor Business and Employment, AndreuMas-Colell, Catalan minister for Economyand Knowledge, MEPs from the EuropeanParliament’s Transport Commission, adelegation from the Spanish Ministry ofPublic Works, and Eugenia Bieto, GeneralManager of ESADE Business School.Throughout the year <strong>SEAT</strong> also droveforward other initiatives in the sphere ofcorporative social responsibility, suchas its renewal of the <strong>SEAT</strong> Chair at thePolytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).It also continued to participate actively indifferent institutions by contributing itsknow-how so as to broaden the knowledgebase, in recognition of which RamónParedes – Vice-president for Governmentaland Insititutional Relations for <strong>SEAT</strong> andthe <strong>Volkswagen</strong> Group in Spain – waselected President of the ‘BCN VocationalTraining Foundation’. Also noteworthy wasits collaboration in the second edition ofthe ‘Formula Student’ in Spain, a sportscompetition pitting young engineersfrom different European countries againsteach other in the design, development,construction and driving of a single-seaterracing car.In <strong>2011</strong> <strong>SEAT</strong> organized a whole raft ofactivities revolving around its relationwith its employees. Some of the morenoteworthy initiatives were the ‘<strong>SEAT</strong> day atBarcelona Zoo’, for the youngest membersof employees’ families; a drawingcompetition entitled ‘Live Christmas at<strong>SEAT</strong>’ was also organized for employees’children and grandchildren.Employees were also given an opportunityto show their literary skills with the SantJordi micro-story competition, held onApril 23 rd , the day of traditional Catalanfestivities as well as the International Dayof the Book.In the field of sport, yet another yearworkers played in rival teams for the <strong>SEAT</strong><strong>SEAT</strong> Cup Tournament, 5 th edition.76 | <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> | Corporate Social Responsibility
football Cup (this year in its 5 th edition);and again for a second year running, apaddle tennis competition was organized.In <strong>2011</strong> the company also acknowledgedthose employees who, expressing theirpassion for the brand, sold most carsamongst family members.Employees were duly informed of all theseactivities by means of the weekly bulletin‘<strong>SEAT</strong> hoy’, the monographic publication‘<strong>SEAT</strong> hoy Especial’ and the e-newsletter‘<strong>SEAT</strong> hoy ÚLTIMA HORA’. The ‘mundo<strong>SEAT</strong>’magazine and the company intranet werealso used as channels to disseminatenews of the diverse initiatives.The Spanish Red Cross acquires 76 <strong>SEAT</strong> Ibiza STs.Tribute to retired <strong>SEAT</strong> employees.‘Formula Student’ university competition, 2 nd edition.‘<strong>SEAT</strong> day’ at Barcelona Zoo.The mundo<strong>SEAT</strong> magazine is into its 75 th edition.Corporate Social Responsibility | <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> | 77