The agreement signed by Indesit and the trade unions as part of the restructuring of the Refrontolo plant pursuant to the group's international framework agreement, provided the second largest home appliances producer in Europe with the Sodalitas Social Award (see our article No. 080473) for the best project regarding the valorization of human capital. Greatly combining the trade unions and the local authorities, the results - deemed especially satisfying - led the group to repeat the test during a restructuring in Great Britain. (Ref. 080617)
“With any industrial initiative, there is no valuable economic success if it is not linked to the commitment for social advancement.” This was the motto of Aristide Merloni, father of the founder and current chair of Indesit Company, Vittorio Merloni, who carries on his father’s work in his commitment for corporate social responsibility as well. After establishing a European works council in 1996, Indesit, which was then still called Merloni Elettrodomestici, was the first multinational company in the metallurgy sector in Europe to sign an international framework agreement (December 17, 2001), based on the principles of the protection of the environment and the respect of the fundamental rights at work established by the ILO.
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