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In Goldair Handling,

                                                                        we acknowledge that

                                                                        corporate responsibility
                                                                       and sustainable                                             1.Message from the CEO                                   G4-1
                                                                      development represent an

                                                                     ongoing effort for all of us,                                 It is with great pleasure that we present the first Goldair   In its annual action plan, the Company has included
                                                                                                                                   Handling Corporate  Responsibility and Sustainable   initiatives that address society and the environment,
                                                                   which can lead to significant                                   Development Report.                                in order to integrate the principles of sustainable
                                                                 opportunities for strategic                                                                                          development and responsible entrepreneurship in its
                                                                                                                                   For Goldair Handling, the Corporate Responsibility   business activity. We are organizing volunteer actions to
                                                               growth and business efficiency.                                     and Sustainable Development Report is a key tool for   support socially vulnerable population groups, as well as
                                                                                                                                   stakeholder information and engagement, as we believe   initiatives to protect the environment through recycling
                                                                                                                                   that the dialog with our stakeholders can add value to the   and coast-cleaning programs. We are also providing
                                                                                                                                   company. In an effort to establish an even stronger focus   sponsorships to Non-profit organizations to support them
                                                                                                                                   on the material aspects that concern our operation in   in  developing  their activities,  and we create conditions
                                                                                                                                   relation to our stakeholders, in preparing the Report we   and opportunities for sustainable development and
                                                                                                                                   have adopted the new version of the G4 Sustainability   prosperity. Our social and environmental actions are
                                                                                                                                   Reporting Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative   aimed at raising the awareness of corporate responsibility
                                                                                                                                   (GRI G4). The adoption of GRI guidelines has been a   and sustainability issues among our personnel and
                                                                                                                                   strategic decision, which ensures that the Report’s overall   at encouraging them to actively participate in all such
                                                                                                                                   content is presented in a way that ensures transparency,   actions.
                                                      Development in                                                               objectivity and comparability.

                                                      new markets by
                                                                                                                                                                                      In Goldair Handling, we acknowledge that corporate
                                                        2020                                                                       Consistently investing in extroversion, Goldair Handling   responsibility and sustainable development represent an
                                                                                                                                   maintains its leading position in South East Europe, as it   ongoing effort for all of us, which can lead to significant
                                                                                                                                   is present in an extensive network of 31 airports across   opportunities for strategic growth and business efficiency.
                                                                                                                                   3 countries. At the same time, it has strengthened its   Despite the challenges which we come up against in our
                                                                                                                                   international presence in Europe and Africa, through   daily  activities,  such as geopolitical  issues,  terrorism,
                                                                                                                                   strategic alliances and the provision of consulting   refugee crisis, domestic politics and economic stability,
                                                    GRI                                                                            services. In this respect, we consider that corporate   and the capital controls, we believe that we have put in
                                                                                                                                   responsibility and sustainable development are the
                                                                                                                                                                                      place the foundations that will enable us to respond with
                                                      G4                                                                           tools that will enable the company to further expand its   consistency to the expectations and requirements of our
                                                                                                                                                                                      stakeholders (employees, customers, shareholders, etc.)
                                                                                                                                   presence into two new markets by 2020, in line with our
                                                                                                                                   strategic planning.                                and that we are in a position to maximize the value we
                                                                                                                                                                                      generate both in Greece and abroad, thus strengthening
                                                                                                                                   Additionally, Goldair Handling, as the first private ground   our efforts to promote a sustainable society.
                                                                                                                                   handling  services  company  in  Greece,  has  contributed
                                       1,442                                                                                       substantially to the creation of new jobs in the domestic   Dimitris Papamichail
                                                                                                                                   market by hiring 1,442 employees in 2016, as well as of
                                          new hires                                                                                a more attractive tourist product, adhering fully to the   CEO
                                                                                                                                   principles of fair competition in the Greek market for
                                            in 2016
                                                                                                                                   ground handling services, which is now fully liberalized.



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