MERLIN Properties Annual Report 2018 / English

ı 93 ı Annual Report 20 18 MERLIN knows that its professionals value being part of an organisation aware of the problems and needs of the communities where its activities are developed and uses available tools and resources to help improve it. In this respect, the Company has further consolidated those programs which aim to reinforce the involvement of both MERLIN and its employees with the wider community. Employee involvement with the community THE MERLIN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PLAN VOLUNTARY TRAINING BY MERLIN PROFESSIONALS 50 foundations benefited 94 hours devoted to teaching 17% employees involved >320 k€ in donations The Company, within the framework of its CSR Plan - whereby it undertakes to allocate a percentage of its revenues (up to 0.1% of the gross rental income) to social projects and programmes - has donated almost €220,000. Complementary to these corporate contributions, the CSR Plan looks to duplicate employees, directors or executives contributions to social projects, by MERLIN. Donations corresponding to this second strand of the Plan - under which the contributions made may be either financial or consist of volunteer work - amounted a total of more than 100,000 euros. Total number of foundations with which MERLIN has colaborated amount to 50. Also within the context of this same initiative, MERLIN’s employees were given the opportunity to see for themselves the work carried out by “Empieza por Educar”, one of the associations with which MERLIN has collaborated within the framework of this Plan. Twenty one MERLIN professionals have voluntarily delievered training as part of the university degree “Intensificación en Planificación y Gestión Inmobiliaria” of the Quantity Surveyor’s School of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, donating the associated course fees to academic grants for the course’s best students MERLIN’s aim, through initiatives such as this, is to encourage its employees involvement in the communities, fostering their development and supporting the most disadvantaged groups.