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Our Community Involvement                                                                                                             Supporting Vulnerable Groups



            Goldair Handling is committed to promoting social welfare and is actively engaged, creating benefits for                                                                  Recognizing the needs of vulnerable groups,
            the communities. Through an extensive network of social initiatives and measurable contributions, the                                                                     Goldair Handling chooses to continuously support
            Company focuses on a variety of areas. Goldair Handling’s social actions basically can be boiled down into                                                                them. Continual contribution to the work of several
            four fundamental categories and each is as important as the next.                                                                                                         NGOs and organizations is also an important part
                                                                                                                                                                                      of Goldair Handling’s social initiatives. Indicative
                                                                                                                                                                                      actions which have planned and executed during
                                                                                                                                                                                      2021 and 2022 are the following.

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Samos Special Education School
                                                                                                                                                                                      In 2022, Goldair Group participated in “Travel with
                                                                                                                                                                                      Airplane” social program, organized by Samos Special
                                                                                                                                                                                      Education School. Students visited Samos Airport and
                                         for vulnerable groups
                                                                      Support                         Promotion of well being                                                         • Power of a Flower
                                                                                                                                                                                      took part in Goldair Handling’s daily operations.


                                                                                                                                                                                      Goldair Handling team members had the chance
                                                                                                                                                                                      to learn the secrets of planting flowers together
                                                                                                                                                                                      with “Power of a Flower”, a Social Cooperative
                                                                                                                                                                                      Enterprise for young people with disabilities.

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Smile of the Child
                                                                                                                                                                                      In honor of World Children's Book Day on April
                                                                                                                                                                                      2nd and World Book Day on April 23rd, Goldair
                                                                                                                                                                                      Handling team members collected and donated
                                                                                                                                                                                      children's books to the NGO “Smile of the Child”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Environmental awareness                                        Volunteering
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fabric Republic
                                                                                                                                                                                      Goldair Handling partners with Fabric Republic,
                                                                                                                                                                                      an innovative clothing management system that
                                                                                                                                                                                      collects excess clothing and redistributes it to
                                                                                                                                                                                      people in need or recycles it for reuse. In 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                      and 2022, team members in Athens, Chania and
                                                                                                                                                                                      Paros Stations collected and donated 70 kilos of
                                                                                                                                                                                      personal clothes. Moreover, the Company donated
                                                                                                                                                                                      35 boxes of old uniforms.

            Goldair Handling places a high priority in helping people in need, improving their quality of life, and promoting                                                         •  O Allos Anthropos
            the well-being of employees. The Company's dedication to a sustainable future, as well as its focus on                                                                    Goldair  Handling  supported  the  non-profit
            environmental responsibility and social prosperity, is proven by the establishment of the ESG team. This                                                                  organization that provides food meals to vulnerable
            team is responsible for the implementation and execution of ESG initiatives and activities, ensuring that                                                                 social groups, “O Allos Anthropos”. In addition,
            they are inevitably bound up with social benefit and communities’ wellbeing.                                                                                              the Company donated 1,000 pieces of packed
                                                                                                                                                                                      food and 15,000 bottles of mineral water during
            It should be noted that all actions are linked with a specific Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), where                                                                  the wildfires in North Attica that occurred during
            it is categorized either as CSR or as an employee engagement action. The actions that are included in                                                                     summer of 2021.
            employee engagement are linked with specific International Days, and they are organized either by the
            Human Resources Department or Marketing Department. For 2022, 27 employee engagement actions
            were organized, where 36 ESG actions took place. Additionally for 2021, 11 employee engagement and
            17 ESG actions took place.



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