Volunteering and employee engagement activities In 2023, 55 colleagues participated in the volunteer actions for the construction of the canteen at the Bufkids community center in Buftea. Together with Habitat for Humanity, in 2022 we started the construction of the canteen and kitchen, and in 2023 we focused on the interior of the building, which will be inaugurated in the spring of 2024. Two volunteering events took place: August 30, September 19. In 2023, 70 fellow volunteers "Planted good deeds" in Boboc, Slovakia county. Buzău together with the Ecoassist Association. Through the ECOBONUS program, in 2023, together with the project partners, we contributed to the recycling of over 71 000 PET and rPET bottles and their value was redirected to the Climatosfera Association, for the construction of the OPEN urban garden. On this occasion, representatives of the project partners were invited to a special volunteering activity, within the ECOBONUS project, which took place right in the OPEN Garden. Six PENNy colleagues discovered more about what urban composting and planting vegetables, fruits, and herbs in the specially arranged spaces in the garden entails. At the PENNY store in Dobroiești, before the opening, we arranged the green space together with our colleagues. At the landscaping activity, multiple teams from different departments were formed for the following activities: geotextile installation over the irrigation system already installed, planting according to a plan, landscaping with decorative stone, rolling and sowing clover of the plot behind the store. Semi-Bucharest Marathon 2023: #AlergămPentruCopii! 64 colleagues joined the Save the Children team of runners to help equip the Clinical Department of Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns within the Grigore Alexandrescu Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, which will receive high-performance medical equipment. Participation in Sky Run 2023: We joined the initiative of SkyTower Bucharest, which organizes SkyRun, a special edition of the stair running competition. The challenge accepted by 10 PENNY colleagues consisted of running up 35 floors, 700 stairs and an ascent of 122 meters. One of our colleagues won first place in the 40+ age category. For this edition, SkyTower has donated all registration fees to the cause supported by the Climb Again Association, a non-profit organization that operates indoor climbing centers where climbing therapy sessions are organized for children and adolescents with different types of disabilities. Our colleagues were invited to participate, together with their family, in the internal event Picnic Day PENNY, organized together with our partner EfdeN. 61 participants enjoyed a day in EfdeN Sustainable City, where they participated in sustainable activities, and learned what a sustainable lifestyle means. The Family Day tradition continued in 2023, where we met, from young to old, on the football field - Stefanesti Headquarters, to enjoy our childhood together. The participants enjoyed creative workshops, games, prizes, and many other surprises. The theme of the event was Safari Adventure, in which 73 children participated. The Family Day event in our Logistics Centers recorded: z Turda – 380 participants z Filiași – 290 participants z Ștefănești – 280 participants z Bacău – 180 participants SUSTAINABILITY STEP BY STEP CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE ASSORTMENT ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES EMPLOYEES AND SOCIETY GRI & SASB INDEX ASSURANCE OF SELECTED NON-FINANCIAL INDICATORS
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