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Among the policies that Grupo Inforpress is carrying out in the field of Human Resources and Employment, the most emphasized aspects are non-discrimination and support for diversity, the conciliation of family and professional life, training, increasing the opportunities to improve professionally within the company and promoting Internal Communication with all its partners.

Helping to keep the appropiate habits and enhancing the practice of social action within the company are also two relevant aspects because they provide the available resources from the company to the Volunteers Club.

Nowadays, the Grupo has partners in 10 different countries and in its recruitment policy for scholarship holders, the pay is over the business average. In the same way, Inforpress has signed different agreements with some Universities, with the aim of promoting business interships in companies of the Grupo among students attending their last courses at University, helping them to gain experience and making the labour market more accessible.

Environment

In our concern for environment, Inforpress has been developing for one year now a paper and cardboard recycling policy in the different offices of the Grupo.

Likewise, Inforpress carries out the campaign "Tapones solidarios" (Caps of solidarity), a project to collect caps made of plastic that are sent to a French NGO in charge of recycling and selling them. The sum taken is used to buy wheelchairs for physically disabled people.

In order to increase awareness among the staff, the Group will start in short several training conferences aimed at improving the environment, such as light and water saving, etc.

Society

Since its creation, Inforpress has set aside a considerable amount of its resources to research within the field of communication. For that reason, the Group considers that it is necessary to promote the Corporate Social Responsibility among Spanish companies by carrying out field studies. The Grupo collaborates with well known business schools to achieve this aim.

In 2004, Inforpress has made public with IESE Business School the study "The small actionist under the spotlight. New trends in financial communication and the impact of the CSR", devoting one chapter to the Spanish companies that go public.

In addition, Inforpress takes part actively in fora and debates that promote the CSR and the Social Action. Inforpress is a member company in the Fundación Empresa y Sociedad , United Nations World Summit and its Communication Table in the UN World Summit, as well as in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

As a consultant agency especialised in Communication and Public Relations, it offers its services in the fields of training and consultancy to non-governmental organizations at special prices.

Agreements

Within its Social Action programme, Inforpress has signed this year two Collaboration Agreements with different profiles institutions . On the one hand, it has signed an Agreement with the Spanish Red Cross ,a prestigious and relevant organization at national level. Inforpress will give training courses on communication to the staff working for this NGO. The Agreement, in force for one year which can be extendible, is worth € 60,000.

The Agreement signed with the Instituto Español de Educación Conductiva (Spanish Behaviourist Education Institute) is born from the interest of the institution in supporting those companies having a more local character and less resources. In 2004, Grupo Inforpress will be in charge of publishing the activities scheduled by this centre, located in Navarra, that works in the rehabilitation of children that suffer from cerebral paralysis and other similar diseases.

In addition, the company has renewed its collaboration with Fundación OTIME to expand its actions in the field of healthcare and also offers donations to the Fundación EDAD y VIDA , an institute founded to improve the life quality of elderly people, as well as other organizations.

Inforpress donates the 20% of its annual benefits through collaborations with different NGO.

Projects with clients

Inforpress has helped in the project "Vela sin Barreras" (Candle without frontiers) during the celebration of two events: Forum Barcelona 2004 and Special Olympics, two iniciatives started by DKV Seguros, one of our most committed clients to Social Action.

The main aim of these actions was enhancing social and labour integration of disabled people.

Grupo Inforpress has been in charge of any issue related to communication and public relations concerning the project "Candle without frontiers", developed along three months, and included the drafting of a dossier and press releases, interviews management, coordination of public authorities and the different events held, among other actions. In Special Olympics, Inforpress has also been in charge of communication with the media.

Two volunteers from Inforpress participated in the project in the tasks of coordinating and executing the activities programmed during the Festival del Mar, that took place from the 11th to the 14th of June