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available at Group stores, customers are provided
with information about specific characteristics of the
brands’ products (specifically the 14 allergens about
which it is mandatory to supply information), so that
informed decisions can be made.
The first initiative under the protocol agreement with
the National Confederation of Parents’ Associations
(CONFAP), aiming to implement a programme to teach
principles of healthy eating habits and food safety at
schools and among the respective students, was held
on 16 October, World Food Day. On that day, the 8
th
year class from a school visited four Dolce Vita Porto
restaurants.
Ibersol training as a school for life
The Ibersol Group believes in its employees’ potential
and aims to develop their skills, creating opportunities
based on specific training plansmeant to promote new
knowledge acquisition and career progress. Enhanc-
ing the value of people who invest in their career and
evaluating their potential and performance is a way to
ensure that opportunities are given to the best and to
those who make the most effort to achieve goals.
For eachcareer stagea trainingprogramme isdetermined,
in which employees deemed to have potential can de-
velopskills tocarryout newduties. This structure ismeant
to ensure that each and every employee knows what is
expected of themand the challenges they will face at all
times, thereby fostering development with confidence!
The Ibersol Group emphasizes training of its manage-
ment. It ensures they have coach and trainer skills so
they can effectively transmit knowledge about best
practices and are prepared to support their teams’ devel-
opment. Managers and directors are therefore certified
in programmes corresponding to their duties.
The training plans for management teams comprise a
classroom training component and on-the-job training,
given them an opportunity to apply the knowledge ob-
tainedwhile at the same time gaining real skills through
practice in a working context, thereby instilling both
knowledge and know-how.
Parallel to this, Ibersol seeks certified training, so that
the training programmes have value recognized on the
market, meaning the careers it helps build can effectively
enhance the value of its employees. For that reason, we
can state that Ibersol is a school for life.
An active resource management policy
and respect for the environment
Respecting and improving the world we live in is an
Ibersol Group maxim, implying an active sustainabil-
ity policy that is reflected in everything we do, from
the start. This policy of good resource management
practices has had very positive results; that’s why it is
so important.
There is a need to rethink teams, the energy consumed,
consumables, products andwaste, and above all to instil
a strong drive to reconsider processes andways of doing
things. This approach has led the Group to redefine the
employee profile, streamlining management of time,
processes and resources.
Ibersol Group employees and teams are trained in
rational water and electricity management, as well as
in recycling used food oils andmaterials, in the former
case through the Used Food Oil Recycling Programme.
Also noteworthy is that all Group companies have
a Green Point Certificate, which contributes toward
progress of the national waste management system
coordinated by the Green Point Society.
