IBERSOL Sustainability Report 2017

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS tegration, we continued to pursue the Pizza Hut expansion project in Galicia, which began in 2016. With regard to environmental issues, we endeavoured to consolidate and broaden the programmes implemented over recent years to reduce the Group’s ecological footprint, recycle used cooking oil andmanage electrical energy, gas and water usage. From a social perspective, the work carried out by the brands with local communitieswhich led to several different types of initiatives is noteworthy, such as, for example, in education and sport, PizzaHut’s partnershipwith the F ederação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal (Winter Sports Federation of Portugal) “Ski 4 All”, and the partnership with the Pauleta Foundation in theAzores.With the purpose of helping underprivileged populations, among other initiatives, uneaten meals and food from Catering events were do- nated to associations, such as Casa da Sopa Mãe Maria de Nazaré (Mother Maria de Nazaré’s Soup Kitchen), in Lisbon, Associações Coração da Cidade (Heart of the City Associations), Associação Nacional de Ajuda aos Pobres (Portuguese Association to Help the Poor) and Associação Protetora da Criança (Child Protection Association), these located in Porto. In Portugal, the ongoing national campaign “ Graças a Muitos ” (“With the Help of Many”), led Ibersol, in collaboration with all employees and brands, to challenge customers to participate in the Fight against Hunger. Over 24,500 euros in donations were collected, with the Group donating more than 30,000 euros to the Portuguese Federation of Food Banks, to be con- verted into food products. In Angola, KFC and Pizza Hut held the 4th edition of the “Add Hope” cam- paign, collecting 3 million kwanzas in donations from customers, which Iber- sol then doubled and donated to Caritas Angola. The 6 million kwanzas (22 million euros) were used to help people in need. These are, without a doubt, initiatives to be continued so that we can exceed the results achieved thus far, with the team spirit and engagement that we are known for! 8