IBERSOL • 2023 Integrated Management Report

PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES In 2023, Pans & Company in Portu- gal supported the organisation of various initiatives promoted by dif- ferent entities in some of the com- munities where the brand is present, by offering meals: - Six initiatives promoted by BEST (Board of European Students of Technology), in their Porto, Lis- bon and Coimbra offices. Best is an international, non-profit, non- governmental organisation that promotes the development of tech- nology students. These centres organise technology competitions (EBEC Challenge), workshops (BEE) and summer courses for tech- nology students in their respective cities; - National Mechanical Engineering Reunion, organised by FEUP; - Biology Days at the ISA organised by NuBisa; - Eighth Sports Medicine Course organised by the Faculty of Medi- cine of Porto; - Support for the UNIR association, in the Algarve, with meals for its members during a visit to Porto; - Supporting the Salvador Association in a fundraising event. Pans & Company supported these initiatives with a total of 1,724 meals that were cooked in various restaurants in each city. In Spain, Pans & Company cooperates with the SCI Madrid NGO in its “sandwiches on the street” volunteering project. As part of this collaboration, sandwiches are donated to a group of people at risk of social exclusion almost every Wednesday throughout the year. 230