05/06/2002
Corporate social responsibility and citizen participation
An event on "Corporate Social Responsibility and Citizen Participation" was held on June 5, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. It was attended by all public and private entities of the city, church representatives, customers, and friends of TITAN. The event was prefaced by Andreas Kanellopoulos, TITAN’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and addressed by George Paschalidis, Minister of Macedonia & Thrace. Keynote speaker was Dimitris Symeonidis, President of the Association of Industries of Northern Greece, who referred to the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility and Citizen Participation. This was also the core subject of 3 more speeches, as follows:
- TITAN’s CEO Dimitris Papalexopoulos related it to the protection of the environment.
- Ioannis Papadopoulos, associate professor at the Medical School of the Athens University, talked about citizens’ participation and children care.
- Eleni Papakyriazi, Παπακυριαζή, head of the bone marrow donor bank of the Hippocratic Hospital of Thessaloniki, connected the participation of citizen with “Health Offer to Our Fellowmen”
During the event 4 volunteers’ groups were awarded for their significant social work: The Hellenic Company of Recovery and Recycling, the Hellenic SOS Villages of northern Greece, the SOS Village in Playiario and the “Stella Manola-Kourti” Association of Volunteer Blood and Organ Doners of the Kavala Prefecture.
Host of the evening was Spyros Papadopoulos, a popular actor known for his charitable actions, while guests enjoyed the JOHANN SEBASTIAN JAZZ vocal and orchestral ensemble of young artists.
The event in Thessaloniki was part of the 2002 program of events organized by TITAN in the areas of its operations, aiming at promoting the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility.
ΤΙΤΑΝ has been a member of the European Enterprises’ Network for Social Cohesion since it was founded and is also a founding member of the Greek Network of Corporate Social Responsibility – a non-profit organization with the purpose to apply best corporate practices for the promotion of employment and social inclusion.