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"Perspectives 2011" - Sustainability and Annual Report (pdf)

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Workforce <strong>and</strong> work environmentEnvironmental <strong>and</strong> climate protectionFinancial reviewSustainable developmentVoluntary work by airport employeesMany people who work at Munich Airport volunteertheir time to help those in need or in difficult circumstancesas a result, say, of unexpected life events ora natural disaster. Some of these airport workers aremembers of aid organizations; others assist peopleon a purely personal basis. The FMG Group activelysupports initiatives of this kind, in part by making itsinfrastructure available to employees.Help in many different areasRun by employees <strong>and</strong> friends of FMG, the organizationFlughafenverein München e. V. has been raisingfunds for charitable <strong>and</strong> philanthropic initiatives for15 years now. In October 2011, for instance, in thespace of just 48 hours, it succeeded in collecting40 tons of relief supplies to send to the victims of aserious earthquake in eastern Turkey.A charity golf tournament in 2011, the fourth organizedby Flughafenverein, managed to raise €11,500 forStiftung Sehnsucht, a foundation engaged in nationwidechild <strong>and</strong> youth addiction prevention programsin schools <strong>and</strong> communities.In August 2011, Flughafenverein München e.V. joinedforces with the organization Navis e.V. to help thevictims of a devastating drought in northeast Kenya.Through the initiative, they were able to supply twodrinking water treatment plants <strong>and</strong> provide medicalaid to the population. Navis e.V. is a privately run aidagency that specializes in disaster relief, both inGermany <strong>and</strong> abroad. Flughafen München GmbHbecame an official member in January 2012.Aid for TanzaniaA customs officer at Munich Airport is working tosupport the inhabitants of Kit<strong>and</strong>ililo, a poor villagein Tanzania. His home community of Ismaning, nowtwinned with Kit<strong>and</strong>ililo, regularly collects relief supplies.The officer has personally accompanied them toTanzania several times to make sure they get throughto where they are needed. Flughafen München GmbHhelped promote a fundraising campaign launched atthe airport to benefit the village.77

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