T h e S o c i a l I m a g e o f P P C S . A . The Social Image of PPC S.A.

We create the National Infrastructure for Energy Electrification – Big Energy Projects

We contribute to the Economy and the Society Irrigation – Water Supply through dams – Low Tariffs – Social Welfare Services

We care for the Environment Big Investments for the decrease of pollutants – Mines Land Rehabilitation - Development of RES – Protection of Ecosystems

We support Education and Culture Support of Training Programs – Scientific Research Organization of Conferences - Sponsorship of Cultural Events

We reinforce Local Communities Creation of Working Positions and Income Development of Relations of Mutuality among the inhabitants

J U L Y 2 0 0 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT PPC S.A...... 5 THE COMPANY...... 6

THE SOCIAL IMAGE OF PPC TODAY...... 7

PPC FOR THE SOCIETY WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY...... 9 WE SUPPLY WATER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES AND DOMESTIC USE...... 10 WE OFFER DISTRICT TELEHEATING POSSIBILITIES...... 11 WE PROVIDE SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES...... 12

PPC FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

OPERATING OUR MINES...... 17 GENERATING POWER...... 19 TRANSMITTING ELECTRICITY...... 23 SUPPLYING OUR CUSTOMERS...... 26 ENSURING WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTROL...... 28 COMMUNICATING OF OUR ACTIVITIES...... 28 DEVELOPING RESEARCH...... 29 PARTICIPATING IN EU VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS...... 29

PPC FOR ITS EMPLOYEES

TOP PRIORITY TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY...... 30 TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES...... 31 MOTIVATION AND REWARDS MECHANISMS...... 32 EMPLOYEES AND CULTURE...... 33 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS...... 33 EMPLOYEES AND RECREATION...... 35 SOCIAL POLICY CONTINUED...... 35 INTRODUCTION

About PPC S.A.

PC is the largest power generation and power trading company in Greece. It transmits elec - tricity to about 7.2 million customers and it owns the national transmission and distribution P system. Its net power generation for the year 2006 amounted to 53 TWh. PPC is the 15th largest electricity company in Europe with regard to the volume of electricity sales, while it ranks 1st among Greek industrial companies on the basis of its fixed assets. The Group's total electricity sales amount to 4.8 billion €, its operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to 740 million € and its net profits to 22 million €. On December 31st 2006, the Group's total installed capacity was estimated at 12,698 MW, while the number of its employees amounted to 26,208.

The electricity is generated in 98 power plants owned by PPC, by a total number of 524 power units. Thereafter, it is transmitted via 11,600 km of high voltage transmission lines (66, 150, 400 kV) so as to be distributed to consumers throughout the Greek territory through a medium (20 kV) and low volt - age (220V) network measuring approximately 210,000 km. For the operation of its lignite-fired power plants in the year 2006, PPC produced 62.5 million tones of lignite at both the privately owned Lignite Centers of Ptolemais and Megalopolis (2nd largest lignite producing company in the EU). Finally, PPC has installed a 1.600 km-long optical fiber network in the existing transmission lines, as well as an underground network measuring 170 km in urban areas.

At present, PPC adopts a fresh corporate culture. Remaining true to its environmental policy, it adopts advanced technologies and expands its business operations in new markets, such as the mar - ket of Renewable Energy Sources. It has established strong energy relations with the markets of South-East Europe where it seeks to expand its business through SENCAP (45% of the company is controlled by PPC).

5 The Company The social image of PPC today

Our mission PPC S.A. today returns to all stakeholders by Having followed a unique course of development, we, employees of PPC, under - Our mission is to provide high- •PPC is a fully vertically-inte - implementing generation, opera - take vital initiatives and actions in order to adjust to the contemporary needs quality services in all the fields grated Electricity Company. tion and investment pro - grammes. dictating to each modern company to prove its social awareness. The projects of our business operations, so •It maintains a leading position as to maximize the Company's in the Greek electricity market, PPC's business plan for the of the company that stand out for their social character fall under three main value and to accelerate its despite the fact that competi - years 2006-2010 aims at the categories, which may be summarized as follows: development to the benefit of tion may become even fiercer. company's full modernization, all stakeholders (shareholders, employees, Hellenic State, •It holds a considerable advan - as well as at the constant associates, customers). In order tage over its competitors, improvement of its competi - to fulfill our mission, we remain thanks to the low-cost electric - tiveness, so as to successfully Economy and Society directly or indirectly take part). ity generation resulting from face up to the challenges aris - true to our principles, we estab - •We cooperate with the country's •We contribute to the country's cul - lignite exploitation. lish ties based on trust and ing from the liberalization of the construction companies to carry out tural and sports development. respect with our highly compe - •It generates and distributes Greek electricity market and large-scale and complex structural •We make strong efforts to offer to tent and loyal employees and electricity all over Greece, to from the prospects for a fierce works. customer services of ever-increasing we fully and efficiently exploit every single household and to competition. •We promote employment (both at a quality that extend beyond our con - all of our resources. all of the country's production tractual obligations and our customers' Within the framework of its new Company level and by assigning work Our vision units. expectations. strategy, PPC has already to our subcontractors - associates). Our vision is to establish a mod - •It changes its structure so as embarked on the "HERACLES" •We transfer know-how to thousands Environment ern, innovative Electricity to achieve the goals it has set program, which provides for 12 of employees. Company which honors the val - in its new Business Plan. We have set the environment as the specific actions aimed at •We contribute to the coherent and ues of social responsibility and cornerstone of our development policy. •It gradually enters the world changing the company's struc - rational management of the country's environmental respect, and to Thus, we carry out special studies and of Commercial Companies, ture in all the fields of its busi - water resources, as well as to the sat - we take all the necessary measures for create new values for our per - while it seeks to improve cus - isfaction of water needs in the areas of minimizing the environmental impact, sonnel, our shareholders, our ness operations (fixed assets, tomer service in a continuous our business presence (free water sup - especially in the areas of intensive pro - associates and customers. By expenses reduction, reserves effort to upgrade its services. ply from the dams to farming, water duction activity. We ensure waste con - making the most of our management, modernization of supply for the purposes of irrigation, trol, we promote research and we resources, we seek to maintain •It remains true to its environ - procedures etc.) and, in conse - flood protection through the dams of implement communication programmes mental policy. quence, at achieving continuous the leading position, not only in hydroelectric projects, drought - water with regard to our environmental the Greek market but also in •It adopts advanced technolo - improvement in its operating shortage protection measures). action plan. the wider region of South-East gies. results. •We provide district teleheating serv - Europe. •It has established strong In accordance with its articles ices at a fairly low cost, in cooperation Human Resources The Electricity Market in energy ties with the markets of with the municipal authorities of the of association, PPC first start - •We put special emphasis on health & Greece South-East Europe. ed operating as a State-owned regions where Steam Electric Plants operate, while we minimize at the same safety at work. The Greek electricity market public utility whose main mis - •It expands its business opera - time the environmental impact arising •We give extra importance to our ranks among the faster devel - tions in new developing mar - sion lay in the design, planning from the emissions of oil burners. employees' training. oping markets in Europe. Yet, it kets. and implementation of strate - •We encourage and sponsor selected •We support our employees by giving still has a relatively low per gies aimed at the country's capita consumption. In recent •It implements strategies that initiatives of social or cultural charac - them incentives and rewards. lay the foundations for sales electrification. In an effort to ter in local communities, particularly so years, Greek electricity demand •We offer opportunities for cultural increase. It has a strong pres - remain true to this mission, PPC in the areas where our production has increased at an average development. growth rate, which is much ence in the renewable energy has succeeded in making elec - operations are intensive (mines, power higher than the respective rate sources field through its sub - tricity a privilege of all Greek plants). •We respect our employees' personal sidiary, PPC RENEWABLES S.A. life and we try to make it easier. in Europe. As for the household citizens, while embracing and •We boost the country's educational tariffs proposed by PPC S.A., •It maximizes shareholder committing itself to the princi - program (sponsoring of conferences •We offer to our employees opportu - they are the lowest in Europe. value and it ensures the best ples of social responsibility. and one-day seminars in which we nities for recreation.

6 7 PPC for the society

We contribute to the ous jobs for the scientific and the work - ing communities, reducing thus unem - development of the ployment and discouraging the popula - tion drift from rural to urban areas. It is National Economy worth noting that the overall workforce that is directly or indirectly employed in the lignite industry - including Power ver since it was founded, PPC Plants - is estimated to exceed the num - makes a decisive contribution to ber of 18,000 employees. E the development of the National Moreover, as regards Hydroelectric Economy. Throughout the post-war peri - Power Plants, apart from their contribu - od, PPC has been the driving force, the tion to the National Economy through "backbone" of the industry, of commerce the generation of low-cost electricity, and of the field of services. they also provide employment to numer - From 1950, when PPC was set up to ous citizens, contributing, thus, to the electrify Greece, which was struggling development of the regions where they at the time to regroup its forces, until operate. today, that it seeks to meet the ever- Each year, PPC's Thermoelectric and growing electricity needs, the Company Hydroelectric Power Plants welcome has given its unrivalled support to the thousands of visitors, pupils and stu - country's development and progress. Its dents. As a result, they provide a spring - construction work throughout Greece, board to the diffusion of knowledge on especially in the areas stricken by unem - technology, as well as a source of ployment, has provided employment income to local communities thanks to opportunities to the Greek population. tourism development. The intensive use of lignite and of the Furthermore, PPC's Power Plants are a other indigenous energy sources has considerable source of income to the guaranteed low-cost energy generation, Municipalities of the areas where they as well as foreign-exchange saving for operate, due to the large sums paid for fuel imports. Furthermore, lignite municipal taxes, fees etc. exploitation has contributed to the development of the districts. More pre - Other than the above, in various regions cisely, the extraction of lignite and the where PPC runs Power Plants, it has generation of lignite-based electricity in conceded assets to the local authorities the Greek districts have created numer - (buildings, churches, land etc.)

9 PPC for the society In parallel, the same reservoirs supply water to towns and villages. Furthermore, through dam construction, we have made a decisive contribution to the development of these regions, by creating lakes and hydro biotopes of unrivalled beauty that purposes, we satisfy various significant contribution to deal - serve as recreation spots and tourist attractions, while they also favor activities We supply water needs, other than electricity ing with particularly high peak for irrigation pur - generation. More precisely: demands. such as fish breeding, fishing, marine sports etc. •We make sure that the reser - PPC's dams retain the water poses and voirs (artificial lakes) have suffi - flowing down the rivers, creat - cient water reserves through - ing thus large water reservoirs out the year, meeting thus that supply water to vast areas by Units I/II of Amyndeon TPP. domestic use water demand both for the pur - of farmland on various moun - We offer district tele - poses of irrigation and for tainous regions of Continental •Option to provide 70 MWth capacity e, in PPC, take ener - domestic use. Greece, such as:. heating possibilities for the district teleheating of the getic steps towards region of Florina by Meliti TPP. •The Plains of Preveza and the exploitation of our •We provide flood protection. W Arta, through the Louros Dam he combined generation of heat The generation of thermal energy in country's water resources. •We minimize downstream which was constructed in 1954. and power, also known as "co- Steam Electric Power Plants is carried The Hydroelectric Projects mass transport. T generation", and the relevant out through partial removal (extrac - •The Plain of W. Arcadia Development Department is •We create lake ecosystems technologies are applied in Greece, tion) of the steam that activates through the Ladonas Dam responsible for the manage - which upgrade the local envi - particularly so during the last decade, steam turbines. This steam is then con - ment of 15 large-scale and 9 ronment and maintain the envi - (1955) in Gortynia. in district teleheating systems. ducted to appropriate heat exchang - small-scale Hydroelectric Power ronmental flow on the riverbed •The Plain of Edessa through Through these systems, the power ers, where the water of the district Plants operating throughout throughout the year. the dams of Agras and generated by the power plants is used teleheating network of the nearest city Greece. Edesseos Rivers (1954 for heating residences that lay on the to the TPP is pressurized. borders of districts. The above Hydroelectric and 1969 respectively). The district teleheating networks of Power Plants have a •The plains of Karditsa In collaboration with various municipal the areas of Ptolemais and Kozani have total installed capacity and Larissa through the authorities, we have embarked on a already been successfully in operation of 3,060 MW, which Lake Plastira dam (1962) series of projects for generating ener - for several years, thus providing resi - gy in the form of hot water. In this accounts approximately of Tavropos River. dents with high thermal power avail - for 25% of the overall way, we contribute to the effort made ability and contributing to the reduc - installed capacity of •The fertile plain of to ensure a method of continuous heat - tion of air pollutant emissions. As a Greek power-generating Aitoloakarnania through ing of urban residences harmless to result, there has been an increased units and, in conse - the Kremasta (1969), the environment. interest from the part of municipal quence, for about 8% of Kastraki (1969) and Stratos dams of In brief, our projects in this field are authorities in the promotion and com - the total electricity gen - the following: eration. Within the Acheloos River. pletion of remote heating projects. •Ptolemais city district teleheating, framework of Directive •The cultivated land of In response to such demand, we 25 MWth capacity by Unit I of LIPTOL 2001/77/EC, according Imathia, Pelli and already promote the implementation of TPP. to which our country has to •We influence the regions' Thessaloniki through the the following projects: increase the electricity percent - microclimate, since we cope Polyfyto (1975), Sfikia (1985) •Ptolemais city district teleheating, •Additional thermal heat supply of 40 age generated from Renewable with extreme weather condi - and Asomata (1986) dams of 50 MWth capacity by Unit III of - 80 MWth capacity to the Municipality Energy Sources (from 8% to tions (temperature etc.). Ptolemais TPP. Aliakmonas River. of Ptolemais by the Units of Kardia 20.1%) until 2010, the need to •We lay the foundations for the •Kozani city district teleheating, 67 design, construct and put into •The plain of Chrysovitsa TPP. development of ecotourism (N. MWth capacity by Units III/IV of Ag. operation new Hydroelectric through the dam of Aoos River •Expansion of the district teleheating Plastiras HPP), water sports (1991). Dimitrios TPP. Power Plants is urgent. To this (Polyfyto and Stratos HPPs) network of Kozani with the supply of end, we shall ensure the and fish breeding, as well as of •The plain of Arta, through the •Kozani city district teleheating, 70 steam from Units III - IV of Ag. exploitation of the country's other activities that contribute Pournari dam of Arachtos River MWth capacity by Unit V of Ag. Dimitrios TPP (total thermal capacity unexploited hydro-potential, so to regional development. (1981). Dimitrios TPP. of 134 MWth). as to increase the domestic •Large part of the plains of •Megalopolis city district teleheating, The technical specifications of the electricity generation from •The production of "clean" elec - Drama, Xanthi and Kavala, 20 MWth capacity by Unit III of renewable energy sources. tricity minimizes greenhouse projects mentioned above are fully gas emissions, while the rapid through the Thisavros (1998) Megalopolis TPP. compliant with the requirements laid Since most of our Hydroelectric integration of Hydroelectric and Platanovrysi (1999) dams of •District teleheating of the greater down in the Reference Documents on Power Plants serve multiple Plants into the System makes a Nestos River. Amyndeon city area, 25 MWth capacity Best Available Techniques.

10 11 PPC for the society We actively support:

1. Universities, institutes, organizations and associations that organize conferences or We provide social •Expenses for the electrification of the one-day seminars on energy island of Gavdos (construction of a local issues. In this context, in the power plant, installation of a medium year 2006 we supported, welfare services and low voltage network). among others: Sponsoring Social and Cultural •The Institute of Energy for Dealing with Special Events Activities South-East Europe (IENE), in sports bodies. We promote •We supported the In particular cases arising from extraor - organizing the 11th National We provide financial support to bodies of Energy Conference, "Energy amateur athletics and we ori - Koutloumousiou Monastery in dinary events or under specific circum - social and cultural character, so as to and Development 2006", which ent employees towards this completing a project regarding stances, as well as for the benefit of boost our social role. took place at the Evgenidion direction. In the year 2006, we the design, reconstruction and sensitive social groups, the Company Given that on January 1st 2001 PPC Conference Center on sponsored the following well- equipment of its library, as well makes exceptional expenses, such as became a Soci?t? Anonyme, our sponsor - November 14 - 16 2006. known events: as the preservation of its con - the following: ing programme was readjusted so as to •The Association of Greek •The International Athletics' tent. apply only to cases falling under our •Expenses for the construction of elec - Chemists, in co-organizing the Meeting "Papaflessia", which approved sponsoring policy, which aims •We provided financial sup - trical networks. Conference "ENERGY 2006", was organized by the port to the West Macedonia at promoting the Company's social which took place on November Municipality of Kalamata, in image. The Company's financial support District for the organization of •Expenses for the smooth development 23-26 2006. cooperation with the Messinian and sponsoring programmes are aimed the one-day seminar "Kozani of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games. Association and other bodies, at two directions: •PPC's District Energy Crocus - The gold of the Greek •Expenses for the benefit of the earth - on June 3rd. Association (Kozani, Ptolemais, soil", which was held on March quake victims of the Attica region (con - •Energy-related actions that directly or Florina), "SPARTAKOS", in •The International Track and struction of temporary networks, elec - indirectly promote the Company's work. 11. organizing a one-day confer - Field Meeting "VARDINOYAN - tricity supply to the buildings built in the •Actions for strengthening PPC's pres - ence on the prevention of acci - NIA", which was held on July The contribution of PPC's place of the ones that collapsed, exemp - ence in social projects and activities, par - dents at work, as well as for 21st in Rethymno (financial Power Plants to local commu - tion of the victims from their obligation ticularly so in the areas where its busi - the publication of brochures support to the Atromitos Club nities, as a result of the provi - to pay overdue bills, financial support ness operations are intensive (i.e. mines, aiming at fully informing the of Rethymno). sion of materials, equipment through discounts on electricity bills). power plants etc.). employees. and services, is highly impor - 4. Social requests, only when 2. Prefectures, Municipalities tant as well. We have granted judged of special importance. materials, equipment and spe - or communities in areas where Indicatively, we cite the finan - cial machinery for the execu - PPC has a strong business cial aid to: presence. In the year 2006, we tion of various projects to supported, among others, the •The Telemarathon "Act of numerous municipalities, com - following municipalities: Hope", which was organized on munities, schools, churches, May 16 by Alpha Channel. •The Municipality of Dimitrios cultural associations or mili - Ypsilantis in the Kozani •The Consulting Room of the tary and public services across Prefecture, in constructing a Municipality of Ptolemais in the the country. We have con - central square in the Municipal Kozani Prefecture, for the pur - structed for these same enti - District of Mavrodendri, as well chase of a cardiograph. ties several buildings, track as in designing a front yard in fields, playgrounds, enclosures, the former community store of 5. Cultural bodies or private artists, when their work is of sheds and electric lightings. the Pontokomi Municipal We have assisted the local District. exceptional cultural impor - tance. We sponsor various cul - authorities with the building •The Municipality of Lavrion, in tural events organized and construction works carried reshaping the central square of throughout Greece, we support out in numerous schools, public Lavrion city. the work of various centers services and community 3. Sports clubs, associations, and cultural associations for stores. Furthermore, we have federations and other Greek the preservation of our cultur - carried out several small-scale entities. In PPC S.A., we active - al legacy and our religious tra - works (road construction, ly support the sponsoring of ditions. Within this framework: church refurbishments etc.).

12 13 PPC for the society

Improving customer In an effort to comply with the requests, no matter where your services new institutional framework, property is located. which was created by the liber - Better serving our customers is alization of the Greek electricity Phone Customer Service our primary aim. To this end: market, we develop the We satisfy your demands with a Company's commercial profile single phone call, without the •We systematically monitor by adopting a customer-orient - the degree of customer satis - need for you to go to the com - ed policy (the consumer petent PPC office. faction. becomes customer). In this con - •We always seek cooperation text, we have set as our pri - Bill Payment Options with social State bodies that mary target the continuous - At PPC's offices. represent the Greek consumers. improvement of the services we render. The failure recovery - At Banks (by Automatic In order for the electricity to time has already been reduced Payment, through ATMs, reach our 7.2 million customers and it may be compared to the through the internet (e-banking Contributing to HR training throughout the Greek territory, average time needed by other service), or through phone-bank - PPC's Vocational Training Centre plays an active role in the training of human resources. It takes part both in the region of the nation - modern electricity companies in ing)). al interconnected system and Europe to deal with power out - in international open competitions and it undertakes projects that aim at the continued vocational - At the Post Office. training of both the unemployed and the employed. These last three years, PPC's Vocational Training on the Greek islands, a distribu - ages. At the same time, we Centre trained about 360 individuals (58900 man-hours). tion network is used measuring offer new customer service - At authorized pay stations approximately 210,000 km. techniques for our customers' (Lottery Stores, pharmacies, Within the framework of our contribution to the upgrade of the national education program, we receive convenience, such as: haberdasher's), as well as at Our 277 offices that come each year 600 students from Higher Education Institutions, 180 students from Technological Education super markets. Institutions, as well as 650 students from the Technical-Vocational Centers of the Greek Manpower under the Distribution Division 10500: PPC Customer Employment Organization (OAED) for practical training inside our facilities. are responsible for dealing with Information Call Centre Finally, as from 1997 we have issues pertaining to new serv - drawn up and adopted the PPC's Education Department transfers our know-how by offering training programs to external organ - Information services on work - izations. Ministries, large companies and several other organizations entrust us with the training of ice, failure recovery, and sys - days from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Charter of Obligations to our their personnel on issues pertaining to the mines and to electricity generation. It is worth mentioning tem maintenance - monitoring, Customers, on the basis of aiming at ensuring the smooth Customer Service throughout which we commit to the fulfill - that during the past three years, we were entrusted with the training of 250 third-party executives Greece (7100 man-hours). supply of electricity to all of our ment of specific requests with - customers. In PPC's offices we serve all in a specified time period.

14 15 PPC for the Environment

In today's era of globalization and serious ecological problems, environmental issues are of great concern for the international community, whereas they play a vital role not only in a State's political and financial decision-making but also in corporate development strategies, especially in the case of corporations whose activity is closely related to the environment.

regulations on environmental studies (water balance, inte - Operating our protection, both at a national grated underground and sur - and at an EU level, all of these face water management etc.) in mines phenomena, alongside the big the greater mining area. questions of the middle - long •Measures for reducing distur - Lignite is Greece's most impor - term perspectives for the bance to neighboring areas tant indigenous energy source, development and regeneration (creation of green spaces, noise as well as the core element of of the regions upon cessation our development and energy of the mining activities, as well and vibration measurements at programmes. Lignite exploita - as of the management and uti - the borders of residential areas, tion has made a decisive con - lization of the land occupied by reduction of dust etc.). tribution to the development of the mines, took the form of •Treatment and disposal of liq - the Greek energy sector and it middle-long term Environmental uid waste. is estimated that it shall contin - Impact Assessment studies, •Environmental quality moni - ue contributing to the Greek during the preparation of which toring in the greater mining energy balance for at least the negative parameters of the production activity were identi - another 40 years. area by means of an extended nvironmental pro - than set the Environment Corporation's decision- fied. network for monitoring atmos - tection, competi - as the cornerstone of making process for It is true that the exploitation phere air quality. Lignite extraction E tiveness and secu - our development policy achieving its strategic of lignite deposits has led to rity of supply are the and we take the appro - goals. •Integrated management and the occupation of extensive In order for our mines to start disposal of by-products (obso - three main pillars of the priate measures so as to The "Environmental areas of land, to the alteration EU energy policy. The ensure the least possible operating, we draw up a series lete equipment, old tires, bat - Sensitivity OICOPOLIS of the soil's morphology, to the environmental strategy environmental impact, of studies and we take all nec - teries, oil - lubricants etc.). 2006" award, which was disturbance of the fauna and applied by electricity especially in the sites of essary measures. In detail, such given to us for our envi - flora, to the need to relocate measures and studies include: •Fire protection measures to companies is determined intensive production ronmental investments prevent self-combustion of the by the continuous pursuit activity (mines, thermal settlements, to the alteration aimed at electricity gen - •Special technical implementa - lignite. to minimize the environ - plants). of the atmosphere through the eration, not only makes emission of dust, as well as to tion studies on the redevelop - mental impact arising ment and rehabilitation of the •Logbooks and up-to-date Environmental protection us proud but also the accumulation of various from electric power gen - mines' final surfaces (tree-plant - records on environmental is one of the main princi - encourages us to keep other pollutants, such as noise, eration, transmission and ples that govern our on our work in a more ing, agricultural cultivation, cre - parameters. distribution. liquid and solid waste. strategy and daily opera - decisive manner so as to ation of lakes etc). •Periodic reporting to all com - In this context, we in tional activity, as it is achieve even greater Acting in accordance with the •Special studies on soil stabili - petent authorities - Submission PPC could do no less integrated into the results. existing legislation and other ty, as well as hydrogeological of an annual report.

16 17 PPC for the Environment Generating power During electricity generation, PPC implements its environmental policy through a series of preventive measures, programmes and actions aiming at protecting the environment, while pro - moting social responsibility. Today, we have an appropriate and up-to-date organizational structure and we follow procedures for the implementation of our environmental policy, which is integrated into the power generation activities.

ur environmental policy, from the mines, as well as to created, while the remaining which covers all the the protection and upgrade of part will mainly include farm - O activities of our lignite the environment. land with recreational parks, The main lines of our and Control (IPPC). participation in European Union mines, that is lignite excava - environmental policy The Lignite Centers of West sport centers, buildings, lakes •Exploitation of domestic ener - environmental research proj - tion, loading, transportation Macedonia and Megalopolis and wet-lands. Our environmental policy during ects. and deposition, focuses on the gy resources, mainly of the systematically implement proj - To date, we have created 520 electricity generation focuses indigenous lignite and the coun - following: ects for the restoration of the •Coordination with other relat - ha of forestland on inclined on the following principles: try's hydro-potential, with land gradually released from ed policies, such as the policy •Compliance with the approved planes, as well as 250 ha of respect for the environment. the mines, in order to provide •Strict application of the for health and safety at work Environmental Terms for the opera - farmland on the final leveled Design and operation of tion of the mines. such land, inter alia, for the pur - European and national environ - Hydroelectric Projects in com - etc. poses of farming and foresting. surfaces. mental legislation as an invio - pliance with an integrated •Continuous information •Compliance with the national and lable condition for every activi - European statutory or other regula - To this end, an interdisciplinary The main principles set forth water resources management exchange and collaboration with for the success of the environ - ty. tory requirements. team from the National and with a view to maximizing other European bodies of the Technical University of Athens mental management policy •Integrated approach towards the social - environmental bene - same industry, aiming at the •Continuous improvement in envi - has carried out special strategic implemented by the Mines fits arising from the projects' overall environmental protec - development of pollution abate - ronmental performance in all opera - studies on the rehabilitation of Division are the following: tion. combined use. tions. the mine's new land, which we ment techniques. •Knowledge of the area's envi - •Monitoring and coping with •Dialogue with the parties con - •Development and implementation take into account for the formu - •Development of realistic pro - lation of the finalized recommen - ronmental conditions. Climate Change. cerned on the preparation of of realistic information programmes development programmes and grammes in order to inform the dations on the Environmental •Selection of the appropriate •Application of Best Available aiming at establishing the person - projects, as well as on our personnel of PPC's environmen - nel's awareness on environmental Impact Assessment studies. Techniques, both to new and to methods and techniques of land existing operations. tal issues. issues, so as to improve environ - According to the aforemen - rehabilitation. existing Power Plants, in com - mental behavior and protection. tioned studies, it is anticipated pliance with the Directive on •Development of the scientific •Development of external •General land planning of the that after the completion of the Integrated Pollution Prevention knowledge and expertise, via communication for informing •Development and maintenance of areas to be restored (land use mining activities at the West the public of the environmental an efficient and effective environ - maps). mental management system. Macedonia Lignite Center, protection programmes and 11,300 ha of farmland will be •Regular implementation of measures taken by the created as well as 7,500 ha of Land rehabilitation environmental protection and Generation Division. forestland. To date, 2,120 ha of restoration programmes in We acknowledge that the forestland have been planted, accordance with the approved •Evaluation of environment - mainly on the inclined planes restoration of the mining areas Environmental Terms (Joint related performance compared is an issue of outmost ecologi - formed by depositions, where - to the results achieved by simi - as the farmland of the final lev - Ministerial Decrees). cal, social and financial impor - lar European bodies, as well as eled surfaces amounts to 1,870 •Monitoring and evaluation of tance. Therefore, acting in to the methods applied by the ha. the results of environmental accordance with EU Directives, latter. we proceed at an accelerating As regards the Megalopolis restoration by means of mod - pace to the systematic Lignite Center, 2,700 ha of ern Geographical Information •Reinforcement of environmen - restoration of the land released forestland are expected to be Systems (GIS). tal issues management.

18 19 PPC for the Environment Certification of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for our Power Plants PPC Management has taken on the commitment to ensure the Acting in accordance with the Management Contracts signed unimpeded implementation of the environmental policy during elec - between the Generation Division and the Generation Environment tricity generation, which is fully integrated into our business plan, Department, the Company has already scheduled the proce - through the constructive pro - Improvement of the dures for the development, both with regard to the design of new Power Plants and to the posals for improvement made Environmental behavior of implementation and ISO by employees. Thermal Plants 14001:2004 certification of operation and exploitation of the existing ones. Environmental Management •Improvement of the In addition to the studies, meas - Systems to be applied in Company's relations with the urements and projects provided Thermal and Hydroelectric Authorities and the local commu - for by the law, we, employees of Power Plants. This decision is of nities, given that the adoption of PPC's Generation Division, imple - outmost importance, since the a transparent information policy ment a series of projects, in development and ISO makes a substantial contribution cooperation with Higher Education Institutions and his commitment promises characteristics and seismicity. We thoroughly examine all envi - 14001:2004 certification of to the development of a positive Environmental Management climate of trust and cooperation. Bodies, with a view to examining a successful response to •Meteorological and hydrologi - ronmental impacts arising from the project's construction and Systems is not obligatory, given the environmental impact arising T the challenge of cal data. Given the successful develop - from the operation of our Power Sustainable Development, which operation, we carry out all the that it is not provided for by the ment, implementation and certi - law. Plants, as well as to developing is not only one of PPC's main necessary environmental studies fication according to ISO innovative pollution abatement targets, but also a demand of all (dispersion of air pollutants, heat The implementation of 14001:2004 of the techniques. the parties concerned: share - transfer and diffusion of cooling Environmental Management Environmental Management holders, customers, public water, dam failure design stud - Systems in Power Plants Systems applied at the Thermal In parallel, in order to achieve authorities, associates, suppliers ensures vital advantages such Power Plants of Chania and Ag. compliance with the national and ies, etc.) and we seek to identify EU legislation and to improve and the society in general. all the important parameters as: Dimitrios and the efficient inte - gration of the EMS for the two the environmental behavior of PPC takes environmental that should be taken into consid - •Optimal management of the the Thermal Power Plants (TPP) eration during the project's natural resources and raw mate - Hydroelectric Power Plants of already in operation, we imple - actions and draws up investing Nestos, which shall be certified programmes with a view to design phase. rials with positive effects both ment individual environmental on the environment and the after the revision of the projects as: improving the environmental During the project's detailed Environmental Terms for the behavior of its Power Plants. financial effectiveness of elec - •Project for compliance with engineering studies phase, we tricity generation. Operation, it has now been Integrated Environmental apply state-of-the-art integrated decided that the informal the Kyoto Protocol require - Assessment Studies for our new technology solutions, including •Obligation from our external Environmental Management ments. units pollution abatement technolo - associates (subcontractors, sup - Systems implemented at 10 •Project for the reduction of pliers etc.) to have the permits Thermal Power Plants and one particle emissions. To us in PPC, the environment gies. and certifications provided for Hydroelectric Power Plant shall constitutes a key factor for the All the aforementioned criteria by the law for the projects under •Project for the reduction of be adjusted to the requirements sulfur dioxide emissions. design of every large-scale ener - have been fully taken into way and to comply with the rel - of ISO 14001:2004 standard and gy project (thermal or hydro - account for the construction of evant Environmental Legislation. shall be certified by an inde - •Solid and liquid waste manage - electric). ment programme. new units, as well as for those •Strict application of the legis - pendent certification body. under construction that already Thus, right from the phase of lation in force on the activities More precisely, Environmental •Project for the enhancement project site-selection, inter alia, operate under approved of Power Plants (emission of air Management Systems shall be of energy efficiency and energy saving. we take into account the follow - Environmental Terms wit h regard pollutants, pollutant load of liquid developed, implemented and cer - ing criteria: to their construction and opera - waste, solid waste management, tified for the Thermal Electric •District teleheating project by •The region's development tion (i.e. New Combined Cycle land rehabilitation, improvement Power Plants of Komotini, Meliti, Thermal Power Plants through of the natural environment etc.). capacity. •Distance and perspective from Natural Gas fired Units at Amyndeon, Ptolemais, Kardia, co-generation. residential, recreational and Lavrion, Meliti and Atherinolakkos •Achievement of the EMS tar - Aliveri, Lavrion, Keratsini, •The consent of the local com - •Programme for the installation archaeological sites, as well as Thermal Power Plants, as well as get, which lies in the continuous Megalopolis and Rhodes, as well munity. of additional online equipment from areas of exceptional natu - at the Hydroelectric Power Plant quest for enhancement of the as for the Hydroelectric Power for monitoring air pollutant emis - •The region's geomorphologic ral beauty. of Ilarionas, etc.). environmental performance, Plant of Ladonas. sions.

20 21 PPC for the Environment Substations and Extra-High Voltage Transmitting Substations. electricity Furthermore, we create green spaces with fast-growing trees around Extra- e always examine the issues High Voltage Substations, so as to pertaining to the Transmission ensure that the facilities are not per - W System's impact on landscape, ceptible to the human eye. Thus, we groundwater aquifer, flora and fauna, offer to the surrounding area a "green as well as factors such as noise dis - lung" that contributes to its develop - turbance, risks caused by abnormal ment and upgrade. In addition, we plan situations, electric and magnetic fields, to use environmentally friendly electri - man-made environment, land uses and cal equipment of neutral color to new protected areas. Substations and Extra-High Voltage Substations. It is worth noting that the Transmission System has little impact Environmental Management poli - on the landscape, which is, neverthe - cy during electricity transmission less, taken into account during the All Transmission facilities (lines, sub - study. Hence, we do our best to min - stations and extra-high voltage sub - imize it by means of new Transmission stations) are of special nature and Lines (TL), Substations (SS) and Extra- have a long service life of approxi - High Voltage Substations (EHVS). mately 50 years. Given that regula - During the construction and upgrade tions and conditions may be modified of all Transmission Projects, we make several times during their service life, sure that the transmission lines are the Transmission facilities must be painted, so as to reduce their visual constantly upgraded to meet the ever- impact on the environment, and we changing technological and environ - avoid their installation on crests and mental requirements. We have taken all areas where there is an unobstructed the necessary measures during their view of the horizon. Furthermore, trees design, construction and maintenance e implement an upgrade the refurbishment of the boiler •Upgrade of the Condensate are planted along the enclosure of so as to protect the environment. project in order to at unit I of Ptolemais TPP), as Preheating system at Units I Wenhance energy efficien - well as the replacement of the and II of Ag. Dimitrios TPP. cy and energy saving, as well as lignite Electrostatic to reduce specific CO2 emis - Precipitators (ESPs) at Unit III of •Repair and Upgrade of the sions. Through these measures, Megalopolis TPP. cooling towers at Units I and II of Kardia TPP. we aim at optimizing the opera - In parallel, the following projects tion of our Units while ensuring are in progress: •Upgrade and repair of the direct environmental benefits. cooling tower at Unit III of •Upgrade of the old ESPs and The aforementioned measures Megalopolis TPP. also include the application of installation of new ones at Units Best Available Techniques in I, II, III and IV of Ag. Dimitrios •Integration of a Wastewater accordance with the Best TPP. Treatment System at Units I, II Available Techniques Reference •Upgrade of the old ESPs and and III of Megalopolis TPP. Documents on Large installation of new ones at Units •Supply and installation of Combustion Plants. This project III and IV of Kardia TPP. Efficiency Measurement Online provides for the upgrade of Systems at the Units of Ag. steam turbines, cooling towers, •Installation of a flue-gas desul - boilers and auxiliary systems. furization system at Unit III of Dimitrios, Aliveri, Lavrion and Ag. Megalopolis TPP. Georgios TPPs. The main projects that have already been completed are the •Repair and Upgrade of the •Upgrade of the fuel discharge following: upgrade of two steam cooling towers at Units I, II, III assembly with a submarine elec - turbines (Units II and IV of Kardia and IV of Ag. Dimitrios TPP. trically-heated conduit, for the TPP), upgrade of five cooling •Upgrade of the steam tur - receipt of low-sulphur fuel oil at towers (Ptolemais, Kardia and bines as well as of the conden - the Linoperamata and Rhodes Amyndeon TPPs) and various sate preheating system at Units TPPs, in accordance with EU other upgrade projects (such as III and IV of Ag. Dimitrios TPP. Directive 1999/32/EC.

22 23 PPC for the Environment

uring the System's main - stations operate today in vari - tional and national regulations tenance and upgrade, all ous major European urban that integrate the results of the D national and EU Directives areas. Their supply is effected scientific research on human and laws are taken into consid - underground, given that it is protection, it may be stated eration so as to minimize the impossible to pass high voltage that the electric and magnetic environmental impact arising overhead lines in densely popu - fields of the industrial frequen - from its operation. Additionally, lated areas. cies emitted by our facilities we adopt state-of-the art tech - Similar closed-type substations present no health hazard, since nologies, which are already have been in operation in Athens they are constantly below the applied in European countries. since the early 1970s. Today, limits set forth by the strict Maintenance is scheduled in there are seven such substa - national and international regula - periods when it shall have the tions in Athens and one in tions. least possible impact on crops. Thessaloniki, all of which oper - The use of appropriate vehicles More specifically, the magnetic ate with remarkable results. allows for the minimization of field values, which have been the the impact on crops. In spite of the high cost subject of scientific research Nevertheless, in case that dam - involved, we intend to construct during the last 15 years for their age is caused to the farms, we more substations of that type in potential impact on human pay the legal indemnification. densely populated areas or in health, are tens to thousands of areas which are likely to devel - Smaller Substations times inferior to Regulations op in the future. Moreover, since limits. The increased city demand for 1994, a part of the open type high quality electric power, as substations (20 kV side) has Nevertheless, in cases of com - well as the need for minimizing been installed within buildings. plaints, we carry out measure - visual nuisance, resulted in the ments of the fields on the spot. construction of new closed-type Electric and magnetic The measurements carried out high voltage substations (locat - fields so far fully confirm our calcula - ed within buildings). Such sub - In accordance with the interna - tions.

24 25 PPC for the Environment Actions for the protection •Air quality measurement sta - Objectives and of the environment on the tions Perspectives of the islands •Noise reduction projects Distribution Division We have carried out •Harmonious integration of the The objectives of the environ - Environmental Impact buildings into the landscape mental policy implemented by Assessment Studies for all the the Distribution Division include power plants which are located •Tree-planting operations near the following: Power Plants on the islands and come under •Integrated approach to envi - the Distribution Division. •Certification of all Power ronmental issues right from the Moreover, we have received Plants with regard to CO2 planning and designing phase of from the competent authorities emissions. the Distribution network. (Hellenic Ministry for the Furthermore, we have carried •Enhancement of internal com - Environment, Physical Planning out appropriate studies on the munication and training, as well and Public Works, District liquid industrial waste produced as improvement of the environment. For instance, we use low- Authorities, Prefectures) by the plants and we have con - Supplying our noise transformers to reduce noise dis - Corporation's environmental approved Environmental Terms structed adequate treatment image. turbance, as well as bundled cables, for their Operation, so as to systems so as to ensure their customers which allow for minimum alterations to take all necessary measures purification. Keeping abreast of all technical the natural environment. In parallel, in aiming at the protection of the and social developments, PPC Finally, through special training Harmonization with the areas of high aesthetic value, we con - environment, as provided for by Distribution Division shall keep struct either compact substations or and briefing programmes, the up developing its policy and international, European and Greek the Greek and EU law. In this competent personnel are in standards underground network, in collaboration context, we have completed business activity taking with local authorities. position to successfully manage numerous projects such as: account of all environmental cri - In our effort to guarantee the reliable all environment-related issues. teria. operation of the Distribution Network, Measures for the protection of wild always with respect towards the envi - fauna and of the country's natural ronment, the materials and the equip - resources ment we use fully comply with PPC We cooperate with environmental asso - Distribution specifications in force, as ciations in scheduling pilot interventions well as with the corresponding on the facilities located in areas where European and international standards rare bird species live. Such a project has (CENELEC and IEC respectively). been carried out at Chalastra of Furthermore, the design and construc - Thessaloniki, in cooperation with the tion of the Distribution network always Greek Centre of Wild Animal Sheltering, take place in accordance with the where special insulating materials have respective Hellenic (KESYGHE, KEHE) been installed in medium voltage net - and international regulations. work so as to prevent and minimize stork injuries. Islands connection project The protection of the country's natural Within the framework of the islands con - resources is achieved through a series nection project, the submersion of sub - of preventive measures such as tree marine cables allows for the substitution pruning, clearing of the adjacent vege - of autonomous power plants, thus tation around selected poles, installation resulting in highly important advantages of bundled cables, installation of syn - such as: thetic insulators (where necessary due •Reduced oil dependence to increased air pollution), installation of phase separators in low voltage net - •Improved service quality work, installation of bare conductors in •Improved voltage quality areas with strong winds or large open - ings, as well as systematic supervision • Reduced number of blackouts of the network with ultra modern Aesthetic interventions on infrared cameras. Distribution network Finally, we implement an integrated pro - We make various aesthetic interventions gramme for managing hazardous or in order to ensure that the distribution non-hazardous waste in accordance with network blends harmoniously with the the law.

26 27 PPC for the Environment Developing research

More specifically, within the framework of devel - e test, control and Ensuring waste man - oping a central solid waste management policy, analyze all materials, we proceeded to the design, planning and envi - W machinery, expend - agement control ronmental licensing of an adequate Industrial ables, supplies and equipment Waste Management Site at the deposition areas in our 16 modern laboratories e give top priority to the successful and of the Kardia exhausted mine, at the region of at the Tests - Research and environmentally correct management of Kozani. Site selection was based on factors such Standards Center. Furthermore, W the waste produced by our business as the proximity principle, which is a fundamental we are involved in activities activities, in accordance with the relevant law. principle of the national and European community such as accreditations, inspec - legislation on waste management. tions of the delivered materials We carry out special studies and we support all and equipment, expert opinions, our units in detecting, locating and managing haz - This Site is the only authorized site in Greece where industrial waste management is carried out applied research, updating of ardous and non-hazardous waste, as well as in the specifications and calibra - in perfectly insulated cells. keeping up-to-date records on PCBs, asbestos tion of measuring devices. products, Ni-Cd batteries etc. In compliance with the environmental terms, vari - Our laboratories provide solu - ous important infrastructure works have been We put special emphasis on the alternative man - tions to environmental prob - carried out at this authorized Industrial Waste agement and recycling of waste. To this end, we lems in compliance with the Management Site. Furthermore, we have taken have established full cooperation with authorized Greek legislation and EU direc - companies. In the year 2006, significant progress measures for the Site's control and surveillance. tives . was made towards the alternative management In order to ensure the environmentally correct of waste. management of the industrial waste produced in Moreover, special emphasis has been put on the our facilities at Megalopolis region, we have through 33 projects, which, in •The C2H and ISCC projects: training - briefing of the competent personnel already launched studies necessary for the envi - Participating in the year 2004, contributed to a Innovative In Situ Technology with regard to the control - detection and man - ronmental licensing of a suitable industrial waste total minimization of CO2 emis - for Solid Fuel Gasification with agement of all hazardous and non-hazardous management site, which is scheduled to operate EU Voluntary sions corresponding to 7949 simultaneous CO2 release. waste, through manuals, training videos, seminars within the area of an exhausted mine at kton CO2 equivalent. The new •The RECOFUEL project: etc. Megalopolis region. Programs report for the years 2005-2006 Demonstration of direct Solid shall be published in autumn Recovered Fuel (SRF) co-com - "Energy Wisdom" Program 2007. bustion in pulverized fuel fired e participate in the Innovative research pro - power plants. "Energy Wisdom" pro - grams for co2 capture and •The LIGPOWER project: W gram of EURELECTRIC storage installations of improved Communicating our actions (Union of the Electricity In PPC, we keep up with the cleaning equipment - reduction Industry). This program, which of boiler fouling - enhancement environmental developments in e ensure the promotion of PPC's environmentally-friendly activity, both was launched on the initiative of of performance and availabili - CO2 capture and storage. In within and outside the company, in every prestige campaign, in the the European electricity compa - ty. W brochures we publish, in the audiovisual material we edit, as well as by nies participating in EURELEC - this context, we participate in organizing relevant events. The Annual Environmental Report, which was first pub - TRIC, aims at improving energy innovative research projects •The DRY COAL project: inte - lished in 2003 and has been updated ever since with fresh material, description efficiency, as well as at reduc - aiming at the direct or indirect gration of an innovative of our activities and a report on the achievement of the Corporation's goals as ing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emis - reduction of CO2 emissions, method for pre-drying lignite regards environmental protection, represents one of our fundamental communica - sions. Each one of the partici - such as: into TPPs - improved perform - tion principles to which we consistently remain true. ance. pating companies is called to •The CASTOR project: post- All this material has been uploaded to PPC's website (www.dei.gr), together with present the actions-measures it combustion CO2 capture, The aforementioned projects has taken from 1990 onwards, the Corporation's press releases and environment-related announcements. By transport and storage tech - are funded by the Research aiming at a measurable keeping abreast with the modern business communication trends, the present nologies. Fund for Coal and Steel, under brochure offers us the means to continue this great effort since, apart from the improvement in energy efficien - the 6th Framework Program for activities aimed at ensuring environmental protection, it also presents various cy, as well as at the reduction •The ENCAP project: pre-com - Research and Technological other actions that confirm the Corporation's social awareness. of GHG emissions. PPC already bustion CO2 capture technolo - Development and Demonstration participates in the program gies. (FP6).

28 29 PPC for its employees

The number of employees working today for PPC is approximately 26,000. Acting on the belief that people and their prosperity are inextricably linked to the unim - peded qualitative and quantitative corporate performance, we eagerly adopt strategies and policies that prove our social commitment to PPC personnel.

such as noise and chemical factors Training Department seeks to ing programmes for PPC Top priority to measurements, in order to deal with Training and provide high-quality training employees. In addition, it hazardous factors and we take all nec - services to all personnel, in encourages the participation of occupational essary measures in accordance with career devel - order to meet the modern train - PPC personnel in conferences the law. ing demands and PPC's specific and seminars organized by health & safety •We have ceased the use of materials opment of business targets. external education bodies. that affect the ozone layer (i.e. HALLO N Today, the Training Department Furthermore, the Training e give top priority to issues fire extinguishers, solvent thrichloroethane). employees is also responsible for the Department is entrusted with pertaining to the protection of Company's internal training pro - the management of PPC's our employees' health and •We implement a hazardous waste W he policy aimed at the grammes, as well as for the Central Library; a fully comput - management policy focused on the col - safety at work. training and professional participation of PPC employees lection, temporary storage and dispos - erized library that constitutes The high importance we give to our Tdevelopment of PPC in other training programmes an information centre of key al of hazardous waste. More precisely, health care policy is proved through employees is implemented by which are organized by external to date about 250 tons of PCBs, 195 importance, not only for the the following actions: the Training Department. education bodies. tons of Ni-Cd batteries, as well as 40 Company's personnel but also •We systematically provide preventive tons of asbestos have been success - The Training Department first These internal training pro - for all those who are interested medical check-ups for our employees. fully disposed of. started operating in 1950, in grammes, which represent the in having access to its rich parallel with PPC, so as to guar - Department's main activity, are material (professors of Higher •We assign Safety Technicians & •We purchase special containers that antee the initial and continuing focused on the following the - and Technical Education Occupational Physicians to all Units. comply with international standards for training of PPC technicians. matic fields: Technical Matters, Institutes, students etc). The the collection of hazardous waste (both •We equip the Mines and Power Plants Management and Organization, library counts about 10,000 liquid and solid). Furthermore, we pur - Today, the Department runs with ambulances and nursing staff. Economics, Information book titles (technical, financial, chase special containers for the collec - seven Training Centres: two in Technology, Health and Safety literary etc.), as well as 400 •We integrate safety compliance in tion of alkaline batteries and we con - the city of Athens and five in the production procedure, putting spe - at Work. During the last three titles of magazines. struct special areas for the temporary the cities of Kozani, Ptolemais, cial emphasis on personnel briefing and years, more than 13,400 individ - Furthermore, it has a multime - storage of hazardous waste. Florina, Megalopolis and Aliveri, training. uals (483,000 man-hours) have dia room equipped with televi - all of which are fully equipped •We ensure the management of non-haz - sions, videos, PCs, internet •We are always prompt in supplying participated in these pro - with modern laboratories. access and educational films, our units with high quality equipment ardous waste, such as waste mineral oils, grammes, whereas in the first It is worth noting that the train - while there is also the possibility and materials relating to safe work SF6-contaning equipment, batteries and semester 2006, the number of practices. lead, and we construct special areas for ing simulator which operates in training man-hours amounted to to connect to other libraries. their temporary storage. Northern Greece for the per - 110,000. PPC's Central Library supervises •We ensure that all safety rules and sonnel of power plants is the •We have already established the The Training Department coop - and supports the operation of safe work measures are applied. most modern in Europe. guidelines on the organization of the erates with the Greek 110 branches throughout •We carry out Occupational Risk Company's open-air storage areas, in Within the framework of the Manpower Employment Greece. In addition, it is respon - Assessment Studies in order to record cooperation with the competent Units, new business plan 2006-2010, Organization (OAED) in financing sible for purchasing and sending the risks, to prevent eventual accidents so as to minimize the adverse effects which aims at transforming PPC post-graduate and post-high books to the libraries of remote and to improve the working conditions. arising from the management of waste into a modern, internationally school study programmes, as areas, promoting, thus, its social •We carry out various measurements, mineral oils. competitive corporation, the well as foreign language learn - role.

30 31 PPC for its employees

or dangerous duties. work-related accident). •Soccer, basketball and chess and periods. Additionally, it has a Motivation Employees teams. strong presence in the country's •To the employees who are Moreover, we may issue salary musical events, either through •Excursions both inside Greece efficient or have increased advances to facilitate our independent appearances in con - and rewards and culture and abroad, as well as training duties, within the framework employees or to help them certs and choir festivals, in excursions (i.e. excursions to of an incentive policy aiming meet urgent needs. Greece and abroad, or by per - mechanisms at the qualitative and quanti - e encourage and sup - Power Plants). port the work of various forming along with other remark - tative improvement of the Moral rewards •Dance team with free dance able choirs, orchestras and com - Special allowances work carried out by the W cultural associations We reward all exceptional on- whose members are active and lessons. posers in cultural halls such as Company's personnel. the Athens Concert Hall, the n the case of employees duty services, outstanding retired PPC employees. •Theatre team with free the - Thessaloniki Concert Hall and who fall under specific service performance, as well atre lessons. The purposes of the 20 the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. I Personnel Categories, who as all distinguished community have special skills or provide autonomous associations vary, Cultural - sports associa - actions. In addition, in our promoting numerous activities Today, PPC's mixed choir and their services from a specific tion of PPC personnel of strings orchestra count about 50 position, under special circum - effort to further praise our such as arts and sports or even Thessaloniki nature-oriented activities. active members. It is called stances or to a specific place, employees, we announce the It was founded in 1972. Today it "Musical Ensembles" and oper - we pay special allowances, award to all PPC Personnel. With the support of these asso - counts approximately 750 ates under the responsibility of either because we are obliged Incentives for employee ciations, several festivals and members: PPC employees or the Communications Department. to do so by the law or by events, such as theatre per - participation in company pensioners, as well as other As from May 2005, the choir's choice, as incentive or reward. formances, dance festivals, artistic direction was entrusted activities friends outside PPC. Its activi - For instance, we pay exhibitions, sport events, excur - ties include: to the well-known conductor allowances: sions etc., are successfully Kostis Konstandaras. Whenever PPC issues shares, •Publication of the magazine we offer to our employees the organized each year throughout •To the personnel who work Greece, not only for our "Thessalonikis Revma". possibility to buy stocks at a in Power Plants, many of which employees but for the benefit •Mixed choir that gives various privileged price paid in 12 are located at far distant of local societies as well. concerts both in Greece and Employee monthly instalments through a regions, as compensation for Below, we give a brief presen - abroad. the extremely hard working salary deduction system. tation of the cultural, nature-ori - benefits Furthermore, we make sure that •Chess and Table Tennis conditions (unhealthy environ - ented association of PPC Learning Academy. ment, high professional risk, special tariffs or terms are employees, "PHYSSIOLATRIS", Loans for everyday needs noise etc.). established for our personnel as which counts the biggest num - •Basketball and Soccer teams. We help our employees meet ber of members in Attica, as •To the personnel who work regards the services provided •Training courses on Dietetics every-day needs by giving well as of the "Cultural and at Sites, as compensation for by our subsidiaries, such as and Nutrition, in cooperation them loans at interest rates Sports Association of PPC Tellas. with the Prefectural Committee which are lower than those of any additional expenses they Personnel of Thessaloniki", incur (temporary settlement or for Popular Education (NELE) of the market. More precisely, Incentives for our children which ranks among the most Thessaloniki. double residence costs, excep - Financial rewards and we grant loans for the pur - as well representative associations in chase, construction, comple - tional charges, travel expenses benefits Northern Greece. •Latin and European dance les - etc.). Each year, we organize a small sons. tion or repair of an employ - We reward all exceptional celebration at PPC Headquarters Physsiolatris ee's first residence, for wed - •To the personnel of Thermal services offered by our PPC's Musical Ensembles ding and childbirth expenses, where we honour the children of It encourages and promotes and Hydroelectric Power employees in dealing with as well as for children's stud - our employees, with small gifts several cultural and artistic PPC's mixed choir was founded Plants who are not permanent emergency service needs, out - in 1978 by a group of PPC ies in higher education insti - standing employee efficiency and rewards, for their perform - activities. It contributes to the residents and have no private - enhancement of its members' employees who shared their love tutes which are located out - ly-owned residence (residence and performance, as well as all ance during the previous school for Choir singing. side an employee's city of distinguished community level of knowledge and the allowances). or academic year. We draw up a broadening of their cultural hori - residence. Furthermore, we actions. Additionally, we offer list with the children's names and Ever since, under the guidance grant loans in case an •To the Electronics-Technicians financial benefits in case of zons by promoting culture, arts, of the Conductors Ioannis performance per educational love for nature, ecology and employee's blood relative of Overhead Transmission Lines, emergencies concerning our Thanopoulos, Christophoros dies, as well as loans for dam - to the personnel of medium volt - employees' private life (i.e. level, as well as with the depart - sports. It includes activities Zissopoulos and Konstandina such as: ages caused by fire or flood, age network and to the divers financial benefits are given to ments where their parent works, Papathanassiou, the choir has for moving expenses etc. All who install submarine cables, as the family members of an and we announce this list to all •Publication of a bimonthly studied a rich repertoire of of these loans are paid off compensation for their heavy employee who died due to a employees. informative magazine. works from different composers through salary deduction.

32 33 PPC for its employees Employees and Social Policy recreation continued

Under the auspices of PPC, the Social As an exception to the standard per - Activities Organization for Employees sonnel recruitment procedures, we of PPC & the Electric Energy Branch recruit family members of employees was set up, which offers to the employ - who died on duty and had not yet ees various low-cost opportunities for established a right to pension, as well holidays in summer resorts or for par - as individuals with special needs or ticipation in organized excursions, in Greece and abroad. members of their families. Furthermore, we approve paid leaves in In addition, we run two camps, both for various cases, such as for educational the children and the employees, while purposes, for personal reasons (mar - we finance the holidays of our employ - ees' children in camps which are not riage leave, maternity leave, parental owned by the Company. leave, family responsibility leave), as well as for participation in sports Finally, each December, PPC Board of events, blood donation etc. Directors gives funds to all of PPC service units for organizing a celebra - Finally, in special cases, we give to our tion for the New Year and we give employees the possibility to work on a away Christmas gifts to the children of part-time basis, always in accordance our active and retired employees. with the law.

PPC Personnel Cooperative laborates with large commercial nel a place to live at a minimum We support the Cooperative of stores and Super Markets, cost, even if they already own PPC Personnel, since it is a vital where its members may pur - a house in the wider region. means of protecting the income chase goods in many interest- free instalments. Furthermore, we rent resi - of our active and retired dences to the supervisors of employees. After 65 years of Canteens and Restaurants Transmission Substations at a successful operation, the Each Company Unit has catering nominal rent. Cooperative serves 22,500 centres, that is canteens or members, all of which are active Personnel Transport restaurants. or retired PPC employees. Its Whenever our employees cannot activities focus on the provision The canteens, which are usually use the public transportation of goods and services. run inside the units of urban cen - means to go to work, we under - tres, offer to the personnel light PPC's Cooperative owns four take their transportation to meals, refreshments and bever - large stores in the cities of service units by hiring buses. ages at cost price, without the Athens, Prolemais, Kozani and employees having to leave their Nursery Schools Megalopolis, which offer a wide workplace. As for the restau - variety of products, mobile In Cooperation with the rants, they operate inside most telephony services, car insur - Insurance Organization of PPC of PPC generation units (Mines, ance services and broker serv - Power Plants) and offer monthly Personnel, we run three nursery ices for low-cost purchase of menus at cost price. schools where the children of land plots at summer resorts. our employees are looked after. Its members have the possibility PPC Settlements Additionally, we offer financial to buy the offered goods and We have built privately-owned benefits to the employees who services on credit and then pay settlements both near Power choose to enrol their children to them off through salary deduc - Plants and Lignite Mines. These other nursery schools, which are tion. The Cooperative also col - settlements offer to the person - not owned by the Corporation.

34 35 Editorial team: Coordinators of General Divisions communication correspondents, Strategy & Planning Department, Communications Department

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