The company promotes active leisure. One example of such activities is the ECO-Health program existing since 2014.
Support for sport
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Physical activity and a healthy life style are the areas that KGHM has been supporting for years, both locally and at the level of national events.
Since 2019, the CSR program called “Copper Competition” has been pursued, which provides annual scholarships to athletes for exemplary sporting achievements and efforts to improve their results. In 2022, such support was provided to as many as 27 athletes from all over Poland, including 14 from the Copper Basin itself.
KGHM’s support can also be enlisted by organizers of local sports events, such as regional runs and events held for residents of the Copper Basin. Over the years, KGHM has supported “Cross Straceńców” (Cross-Country Race of Desperados), “Biegi Wilczym Tropem” (Wolf’s Trail Run) and other similar initiatives.
In 2022, another edition of the “Prepare together with us” program was an important initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle and sports among KGHM employees and residents of the Copper Basin. Participants were able to take advantage of free running training and prepare for a competition – “Bieg o Lampkę Górniczą” (Street Run for a Miner’s Lamp) under the guidance of professional athletics coaches. Participants also received advice from a physiotherapist, a nutritionist and training programs.
ECO-Health
ECO-Health is an initiative that has been promoting active leisure activities since 2014. It is aimed at employees and residents of the Copper Basin of all age groups – children and adolescents, adults and seniors.
The program’s efforts to advance include regular activities: Nordic Walking for adults, recreational gymnastics for elderly citizens, and swimming lessons for children. So far, more than 250 people aged 55-80 have taken part in three editions of the project for seniors.
The important area of activities under the program are: medical testing and prevention. One of them is the screening project for KGHM employees carried out by the Group company, Miedziowe Centrum Zdrowia.
CT scans include:
- early detection of lung cancer,
- diagnosis of emphysema,
- assessment of calcifications in the coronary arteries.