- Under the slogan 'Madrid flies', Envera recognizes Madrid's companies, represented in Madrid Foro Empresarial, for their efforts to bring Spain's economic engine to its full potential.
- Envera's people with intellectual disabilities together with the companies of the capital star in the exciting images that illustrate the months of the almanac.
- For the first time in Metro's history, Envera's students with intellectual disabilities will carry out work training practices in its facilities, as a result of the determination of the President of Madrid.
Madrid | December 2, 2021
The Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, presided over the presentation this morning of the Envera 2022 Solidarity Calendar, which features the cover with people with intellectual disabilities from Envera and the president of Madrid Foro Empresarial. The event took place at the headquarters of the Madrid Business Confederation (CEIM) and is part of the commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is celebrated tomorrow.
Under the slogan 'Madrid flies', Envera has paid tribute to the determination and resilience of Madrid's business fabric in the face of Covid19. José Antonio Quintero, president of this non-profit organization, explained at the presentation that "we, who have never had it easy, are well aware of your daily effort to move forward, of your courage to overcome the hard trials with which this terrible pandemic has shaken our world, of your spirit of resistance to keep your jobs, to reinvent yourselves, to not throw in the towel, to win this battle".
Quintero also stressed that "there is no better social policy than job creation" and emphasized the business need for CSR "to be in society and in the market", as well as the value of public-private and inter-institutional unity to face the enormous challenges of this crisis.
An example of all this, in addition to this cooperation with private companies and the City Council of the capital, is the agreement between Envera and Metro de Madrid, "whereby, for the first time in the history of this great public company, people with intellectual disabilities, students of Envera, will carry out work training internships in its facilities. I am deeply grateful to the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the Regional Minister of Transport, David Pérez, for their permanent support in favor of the most vulnerable and equal opportunities, as well as their determination to make this possible".
For his part, Hilario Alfaro, president of Madrid Foro Empresarial wanted to "thank Envera for its gesture towards Madrid companies, which are a fundamental part of the economic and social engine of the capital".
Martínez-Almeida congratulated Envera and Madrid Foro Empresarial for their Solidarity Calendar with which "to remember every day of the year the importance of inclusion" and closed the event by assuring that "people with disabilities are an example of overcoming for everyone, inspiring us to be better, with the aim of achieving a Madrid without barriers".
Throughout the months, people with intellectual disabilities Envera accompany the Mayor himself, on the cover, and companies from different sectors such as Iberia, SAROT, ADEPESCA, Bestway, ACOTEX and Paco Cecilio, Join Up, Taberna Los Gallos, Colegio Nuestra Señora de Santa María, Zardoya Otis, Hotel Wellington, Palacio de la Prensa, Super 8, Grupo Metalia and IFEMA, Mapfre and Ibercaja, starring exciting images of a solidarity calendar, whose benefits will go to the social and labor inclusion of people with disabilities in Envera. The calendar can be purchased for 3 euros at the entity's headquarters (in Madrid, Colmenar Viejo, Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife and Gran Canaria) as well as at Envera Inclusion Point in the Islazul Shopping Center (Madrid), Carrefour Ciudad de la Imagen (Pozuelo de Alarcón) and Carrefour Prat (El Prat de Llobregat).
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About Envera
Grupo Envera is a non-profit organization founded 45 years ago by Iberia employees, parents of people with intellectual disabilities, whose transparency is accredited by the Fundación Lealtad, and which serves about 5,000 people with disabilities each year in its early care services, infant and juvenile neurodevelopment, training, job placement, occupational and day centers, residences and guardianship.5,000 people with disabilities in its early care services, child and youth neurodevelopment, training, job placement, occupational and day centers, residences and guardianship; it employs more than 800 people in its special employment centers and trains more than 300 athletes (it belongs to Special Olimpics); it has the support of 250 volunteers and has a hundred collaborating entities. The following are patrons of its Tutelar Foundation: Iberia, Airbus, Unisys and Hilario Alfaro (president of Madrid Foro Empresarial). It has centers in Madrid, Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and Inclusion Points in Madrid, Pozuelo and El Prat.
Among its recognitions, it has the Gold Medal of the City Council of Colmenar, the Justice and Disability Award granted by the General Council of the Judiciary; the recognition of the international conference Zero Project on behalf of the Government of Spain for best practice in sustainability and inclusion; Award of the 13th Global CSR/Sustainability Week 2021; the 2019 National Award for Excellence in Labor Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities, and Sustainable Business 2018 in the Influentials Awards of El Confidencial.
Envera leads the CSR table of Madrid Foro Empresarial and works on Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic element of competitiveness and differential value in the customer experience, impacting 11 of the 17 SDGs of the UN's 2030 agenda.
