Contribution to economic and social development
We add value in local partnerships, making use of our products, equipment, know-how and expertise and contributing to initiatives related to our priorities, including public Health and Safety, education, environment and local infrastructure projects. Our quarries contribute significantly through their operation to the economic and social development of local communities.
Specifically, LAVA SA has invested € 3,400,000 in improvement projects at the pumice quarry in Yali, over the past 5 years. The company spends € 1,500,000 annually in staff costs including salaries of local staff. It provides € 250,000 on average for the local community and sponsorships. 75% of sponsorships are allocated to the support of community training programmes and 25% to local initiatives. The quarry’s leasing generates profits for the Municipality of Nissiros of approximately € 1,000,000 annually.
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| In June 2009, in the context of the Health & Safety Month, employees' children participated in a training program for maritime safety in cooperation with the Greek Lifesaving Academy |
Our people build our success
The key to our success is our people, whose skills, inventiveness, dedication and team spirit give us a competitive advantage. Working at a quarry, in any production stage, requires high skill level and strict compliance with the procedures.
Investing in training and personal development is a strong commitment for LAVA SA. More than one third of the training hours of our employees per year are dedicated to Health & Safety, with a view to fostering a common understanding and safe behaviour. In addition, technical trainings are offered depending on the job position and the skills required for each employee.
Every year, the pumice quarry accepts 2 students from the School of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, for their practical training.
“Thousands of paths but only one life! “
A program of awareness in safe driving
LAVA Mining & Quarrying SA, member of Heracles Group of companies in cooperation with the Institute of Road Safety “Panos Mylonas” and the Municipality of Milos organized at 17th & 18th of October 2011a two day event named “Thousands of paths but only one life ! “at the Conference center of Milos . 130 students of the Milo’s High school attended the event and participated in interactive games in small groups.
The program aims to raise awareness on road safety for children.
The students attended a professed presentation for the significance of the safe driving and answered a specially formed questionnaire .
They were divided in small groups and participated in interactive games concerning the distraction of attention & perception of the limits of a human . Moreover, they drove bicycles in a special formed driving park and they also drove a small remote controlled car with low lighting in order to understand the significance of a proper lightened road. At the end they were given an informative leaflet specially created for the needs of the program with useful advices for the road safety of the children as pedestrians and bicycle riders as well.