OMV supports "Licht ins Dunkel" with EUR 50,000

Dec 21, 2011

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December 21, 2011 - 10:00 am (CET)

  • OMV raises EUR 50,000 from Advent calendar sales
  • Support to be given to "Österreichische Kinderfreunde" project to help socially and structurally disadvantaged children in urban centres

OMV has been a reliable partner of "Licht ins Dunkel" for more than ten years, and this year is again taking part in the annual fundraising event organised by the charity organisation. The company has raised EUR 50,000 from the sale of a specially created Advent calendar that was available at all OMV filling stations in November. For the first time, the proceeds will be donated to a selected project: the socio-cultural local community work of Austrian children’s charity organisation "Österreichische Kinderfreunde". The project seeks to integrate young people in urban centres into the cultural and social life of their local community. Trainee educationalists provide recreational and learning supervision for children and adolescents from socially and structurallydisadvantaged families, and advise on the prevention of conflict and violence. 

OMV has maintained an intensive partnership with the "Lichtins Dunkel" charity organisation for more than ten years, and is again participating in a charitable event this year. For this purpose, Advent calendars were sold at Austrian OMV filling stations for EUR 5 each, and all proceeds from the sales were donated to "Licht ins Dunkel". Thanks to the positive response from customers, it was possible to raise EUR 50,000 this year. For the first time the sum will be allocated to a specially selected project.

OMV supports "Österreichische Kinderfreunde" project
The project that has been selected provides support for socially and structurally disadvantaged young people in urbancentres. Through its diverse leisure activities, the Kinderfreunde project aims to integrate children and adolescents with difficult social backgrounds into the social and cultural life of their community. This integration is achieved through support from trained leisure educationalists in parks, playgrounds and community centres or via joint activities such as climbing. The educationalists also help children and adolescents with school and learning difficulties,and those who have difficult relationships with their parents or are in trouble with the police. The project also serves to prevent addiction and violence by demonstrating alternative ways to resolve problems and different forms of leisure activity. 

Donation is traditionally handed over on December 24
The donation of EUR 50,000 will be handed over on December 24 at the traditional "Licht ins Dunkel" Gala at ORF by Harald Joichl, Head of OMV’s Filling Station Business in Austria and Germany. "Children are our future. With the support of the project, we want to show socially disadvantaged children and adolescents in Austria how they can engage productively in the social and cultural life of their community. With "Österreichische Kinderfreunde", we have found a partner that has the necessary skills and network to support the integration process at a local level," says Joichl, who is convinced of the project’s success.

Background information:

OMV Aktiengesellschaft
With Group sales of EUR 23.32 bn and a workforce of 31,398 employees in 2010, OMV Aktiengesellschaft is one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies. In Exploration and Production, OMV is active in two core countries Romania and Austria and holds a balanced international portfolio. OMV had proven oil and gas reserves of approximately 1.15 bn boe as of year-end 2010 and a production of around 287,000 boe/d in9m/2011. In Gas and Power, OMV sold approximately 18 bcm of gas in 2010. In Refining and Marketing, OMV has an annual refining capacity of 22.3 mn t and as of the end of September 2011 approximately 4,700 filling stations in 13 countries including Turkey. In Austria, OMV operates a 2,000 km long gas pipeline network with a marketed capacity of around 89 bcm in 2010. With a trading volume of around 34 bcm in 2010, OMV’s gas trading platform, the Central European Gas Hub, is amongst the most important hubs in Continental Europe. OMV further strengthen edits position through the ownership of a 97% stake in Petrol Ofisi, Turkey’s leading company in the retail and commercial business.

Sustainability
OMV is a signatory to the UN Global Compact, and an active supporter to the values enshrined in its Code of Conduct. These include a strong sense of responsibility towards the social and natural environment, especially in economically weak regions.OMV continuously addresses economic, environmental and social issues related to its business in a responsible manner. The company reports on its activities in a sustainability report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines.