End hunger, reduce social inequalities, take immediate action to combat climate change, quality education for all. The UN has set a number Global Sustainable Development Goals, with the aim of raising the standard of living of socially sensitive groups even in first world countries. Company MYTILINEOS Energy & Metalsputting into practice the principles of responsible entrepreneurship, plans and implements a range of actions and programs that follow some of the most basic sustainable development goals of the United Nations, with the education of young people and the reduction of inequalities as the main goal. in the school space.

The company implements a multifaceted social policy program with targeted actions: professional orientation, familiarization with new technologies, development of social communication and coexistence skills (soft skills) are among the educational initiatives of MYTILINEOS. During the 2021-2022 academic year, MYTILINEOS implemented six innovative educational programs that directly benefited more than 10,000 students across Greece, and thanks to the warm response from the educational community, MYTILINEOS implemented eight more programs in the 2022-2023 academic year. , and over 14,000 students directly benefit.

In particular, programs “Nutrition” and “It is possible at school” associated with him UN Global Sustainable Development Goal to End Hunger. The “Nutrition” program provides nutrition and healthy nutrition for members of the student community who come from socially vulnerable families, providing daily and free healthy meals and is being implemented for another year in conjunction with the Prolepsis Institute. The We Can at School program was born from a new collaboration between MYTILINEOS and the non-profit organization We Can. The goal is to inform and raise awareness among students about food waste, volunteerism and social contributions.

programs “Tipping point” and “Renewable energy sources and hydrogen technologies”, directly related to it The United Nations Global Goal for Quality Education, focus on experiential learning. The first involves 4,000 students from 40 schools in Greece and other countries who receive global information about their academic or professional future. In the second, MYTILINEOS focuses on modern educational trends such as the STEM method (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), supplying “Gigo light and Solar Energy” and “Gigo Wind Power” equipment for public high schools. In this way, hundreds of students get the opportunity to develop their technological and scientific skills while learning the benefits and importance of green energy. The program is implemented in cooperation with WRO Hellas in 20 schools with 1500 students from all over Greece.

Program “I am learning to see a person and ask to learn ” MYTILINEOS follows his philosophy UN global goal to reduce inequalities and is implemented in cooperation with the Association of Social Responsibility of Children and Youth. The aim is to ensure equal opportunity for all, embrace diversity, break down stigma, change attitudes towards disability, and understand concepts such as accessibility and accessibility.

It is accompanied by three more programs of the company UN Global Climate Goal. In the program “Green Future” MYTILINEOS starts a partnership with “we4all” and focuses on the environmental education of 700 students in the prefecture of Attica, among other things, through exercises / planting trees on the school grounds so that children can apply theoretical knowledge in practice. they bought in class. In cooperation with the No Waste21 operator, the program “Circular Economy and Zero Waste in Schools” aims to raise awareness among school communities about circular economy and zero waste, prevention, reuse and recycling. Finally, the program “Planet Bee” invites trained lecturers who, with the help of teaching materials and appropriate beekeeping equipment, introduce the student community to the world of bees and beekeeping, the bee’s relationship with the environment, its offer, its products and the risks they threaten it. MYTILINEOS runs the program in cooperation with the Attica Beekeepers Association in a total of 15 schools in the prefectures of Attica and Boeotia, with over 1,000 students.

The programs are part of the MYTILINEOS Responsible Entrepreneurship Actions, which are implemented with the goals of “Combating climate change”, “Promoting mitigation of inequalities” and “Consistency in social responsibility”, three of the six main directions he tookas part of its contribution to the achievement of the UN’s global sustainable development goals.