The Management decided at the end of the year 2004 to include Social Services in company’s “official” activities, actively involving the office employees to express their sensitivity through their working environment. Following the 2^nd self-assessment in 2004, it was decided that Company’s and employees’ societal involvement in various community welfare activities should be enhanced with a number of initiatives.  As a result, a Social Improvement Initiative Team was established, comprising of the Managing Director as the team leader and three office employees as team members. The team’s objective is to gather information about welfare institutions that are concerned with children’s care, elders’ care or general character institutions and make relevant presentations and proposals to the Management, so that the appropriate sums may be donated.

During 2005, the company has donated the amount of € 1,378,331.00, to various institutions.  The amount of 30,500 euro was contributed to various institutions concerned with children care, a donation of € 500.00 was made for the poor, while € 25,000.00 was donated to general character institutions including Docteurs Sans Frontiers.

One of the criteria by which a civilisation is judged is the degree of care it offers to its aged members.  Baring this criterion in mind, the Management Team of EST S.A. decided to take a leading part in the establishment of a site for elderly people meeting the highest standards of care and concurrently the most stringent of EEC standards.   The amount of € 1,322,331.00 was donated within 2005 for the completion of the “Resteion” elderly care centre, named after the late founder of EST S.A. Mr. Stamatis Restis.

Through out the years the Social Improvement Initiative Team is working with the same enthusiasm on matters related to social welfare.