ETX-10829_Etex-AR2017_WEB_2018_DEF2 (2)
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4.4<br />
Social report<br />
Community relations<br />
<strong>Etex</strong> Annual Report 2017<br />
Social report<br />
Community relations<br />
Big Build in Romania:<br />
36 homes for low-income<br />
families (in five days)<br />
Group policies and guidelines<br />
With a presence in over 40 countries across the globe we continually assess and<br />
take responsibility for the impact we have on the local communities where we<br />
operate. Where possible, we make for a better quality of life.<br />
Organised by NGO Habitat for Humanity,<br />
the Big Build project in Romania was the<br />
biggest volunteer initiative for accelerated<br />
construction in Europe in 2017. Our<br />
company in Romania pitched in.<br />
Pressing housing need<br />
No less than 52% of the Romanian<br />
population is living in overcrowded homes.<br />
This figure is particularly high compared to<br />
the European average of 17.8%.<br />
What is more, around one fifth of all<br />
Romanian houses are in very poor<br />
condition and require urgent renovation.<br />
Instant homes<br />
From 2 to 6 October 2017, over<br />
820 volunteers sprung to action in<br />
collaboration with Habitat for Humanity<br />
Romania. In just five days, they constructed<br />
36 houses for low-income families, which<br />
a total of 118 parents and children now<br />
call home.<br />
Our company in Romania donated<br />
6,000 square metres of Nida plasterboards<br />
to the cause. In addition, 20 of our<br />
Romanian employees joined 100 other<br />
construction specialists to help guide and<br />
supervise the build.<br />
Our global code of conduct requires all our companies to operate in a responsible,<br />
sustainable and ethical way towards our stakeholders and communities.<br />
All <strong>Etex</strong> companies must comply with the conventions of the International Labour<br />
Organisation (ILO). We do not engage in child labour and we respect freedom<br />
of association.<br />
A stringent anti-discrimination policy ensures that no discrimination based on<br />
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age is tolerated.<br />
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Our company in Romania and 20<br />
of its local employees contributed to the<br />
construction of 36 homes for a total of<br />
118 parents and children.<br />
QQAn inclusive art workshop invited children, staff, volunteers<br />
and visitors of the Rainbow Centre to create personalised art<br />
for an indoor wall built using Equitone panels donated by <strong>Etex</strong>.<br />
Rainbow Centre:<br />
new wing at the special<br />
care centre in Singapore<br />
ppOur Romanian employees<br />
joined 100 other construction<br />
specialists to help guide and<br />
supervise the five-day Big Build<br />
project to construct 36 houses<br />
for low-income families.<br />
The Rainbow Centre in Singapore is a place<br />
that empowers children and young adults<br />
with special development and learning<br />
needs. Think of autism and physical, visual<br />
and hearing disabilities.<br />
In 2017, the Rainbow Centre added<br />
an extension wing that uses <strong>Etex</strong>’s<br />
architectural façade brand Equitone.<br />
Providing stimuli<br />
Our local team donated Equitone façade<br />
panels to create an internal community art<br />
wall. Led by local inclusive arts movement<br />
Superhero Me, the children, staff, volunteers<br />
and visitors of the Rainbow Centre created<br />
artwork to decorate the Equitone wall<br />
panels. The finished wall represents each<br />
person’s unique identity and celebrates a<br />
future filled with possibilities.<br />
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