Social commitment
Trelleborg participates in numerous social activities, which are often based locally and involve cooperation with neighbors, interest groups, authorities and sports clubs.
In the case of sports clubs, there are many examples of how the company supports youth work. Within the education area, Trelleborg cooperates with several universities and schools, which involves regular contact with researchers and students. Trelleborg’s cooperative partners include Université de Nantes, France, Fachhochschule Koblenz, Germany, LUISS in Rome, Italy, Western Michigan University, in the US, Malta University, Malta, the University of Derby and Trent Technical College, in the UK, and the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics and Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden. Over the years, a large amount of research and many degree projects have been performed at Trelleborg’s plants with specializations in such areas as the environment.
In addition, Trelleborg has a learning partnership with Lund University School of Economics and Management, involving the sponsorship of two postgraduate appointments. Trelleborg prioritizes sponsorship that is beneficial to society and the Group’s operating environment and that supports our values and strengthens our relations with customers and other partners.
Cooperation extending over a number of years with Save the Children was initiated in 2006. This comprises yearly support for the charity organization and forms part of Trelleborg’s ambition to assume an increased global social responsibility by contributing to children’s development and education.
Support and assistance in social, environmental and healthrelated activities at the local level can be found at almost all of Trelleborg’s production plants, which is in agreement with our Code of Conduct that states that we should contribute to a better society by supporting the local community in which we are active. Local sports clubs (especially youth teams), scouts and other youth activities, as well as collections for cancer, research are among the most common sponsorship activities in which Trelleborg participates. In addition, Open House activities are common, during which the company invites the public, neighbors or families of the employees.
A small selection of the activities from 2007 includes support for: Haley’s Heroes Fundraiser Against Cystic Fibrosis (Broomfi eld, US), food and toys conveyed through the Lions Club (Guarulhos, Brazil), Guelph General Hospital Teddy Bear Campaign (Guelph, Canada), the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (Houston, US), the Industry-5 photo project (Tauragé, Lithuania), a local preschool for disabled children and the Hradek festival (Hradek, Slovakia), the Cospiqua scouts (Hal- Far, Malta), the Yorkshire Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (Knaresborough, UK), and AECC, a Spanish organization against cancer (Cascante, Spain).