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MINERVA IN FOCUS Our people

Another
win for Sofia

Protonotariou

We are very proud of Sofia Protonotari- categories of 40 and 50 individuals, Sofia
ou, daughter of Froso Kardasi, Head of won the gold medal after five matches.
ICT Corporate Support in Minerva’s IT The Taekwondo Association of South-
Department, who has once again proven ern Greece awarded Sofia at the ETANE
her prowess by winning 1 place in the Top Athletes' celebration for 2023 at the
st
Panhellenic championship. We support Amphitheater of the Hellenic Olympic
her repeated success and excellence and Committee. To date, Sophia has won 13
thank her for demonstrating that every- gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze medals and
thing is possible with focus and hard work! is a member of the Greek National Team.
Competing with over 500 athletes across Well done Sofia!.

World Environment Day

& HELMEPA Informative
Session

We celebrated World Environment Day on single-use coffee cups are the main sourc-
5 June by inviting everyone to participate es of waste we produce? In Greece alone,
in an informative online session hosted by we buy over 1 million single-use coffee
HELMEPA to raise awareness about the cups per day!
following findings: Did you know that… we end up eating 5
Did you know that… over 350 million grams of plastic per week?
tonnes of plastic are produced every year? To further motivate our employees, we of-
This amount exceeds the total weight of fered free coffee and tea to everyone who
all people currently on Earth. brought their reusable cups and didn’t use
Did you know that… cigarette butts and single-use containers and straws!

Shedia

magazine

Shedia is the only Greek street magazine the weak, contributing to efforts to combat
sold by approved vendors in the country’s poverty and social exclusion.
major cities. Vendors come from vulnerable At Minerva, we actively support the
groups: they are homeless, long-term un- strengthening of social inclusion for vul-
employed, or people experiencing extreme nerable groups. To this end, we support
poverty and social exclusion. them with an annual subscription of 20
In addition to being a unique opportunity magazine issues per month distributed
for individuals experiencing social exclu- across all our departments and offices in
sion to ensure a decent income and rebuild Athens, Chios, and Kalymnos, thus raising
their lives, Shedia is a means of activation social awareness among our employees
and social (re)integration. It gives voice to and partners.

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