AFEA:Celebrating a journey of 40 years in the MICE and Corporate Travel industry

In December 2017, AFEA celebrated 40 years of successful operation in the MICE and Corporate Travel industry. AFEA's 40th anniversary was celebrated with a private event at Barabicu Restaurant attended by all company executives. During the event, the founders and owners of the company, Spyros Nikolakopoulos and Andreas Lignos, had the opportunity to address  a short speech and speak  about the company’s journey and progress during those 40 years. They pointed out that today AFEA is moving forward with new ideas, professionalism and optimism for the future and addressed special thanks to all team members and especially those with the longest existence in the company. Moreover, they underlined that younger members of the two families, the 2nd generation, are  active in the business and are assigned with new roles, a fact that opens up new horizons for the company in Greece and worldwide. "Today we are celebrating 40 years of our successful journey. We are all gathered here today to celebrate this journey, this company and its people and this makes us very happy and proud.” stated the President of AFEA, Mr Spyros Nikolakopoulos.  The CEO of the company, Mr. Andreas Lygnos, stressed out that "AFEA has a very strong team, and this is the most important element of our success. The management team has always placed its people as its top priority.  This is proven by the fact that today we are honouring some of our top executives who have accompanied us in our journey for more than  20 years.Their long-term contribution and all our team member’s dedication to our organization is what we celebrate today"                         AFEA has been awarded with the Gold Recognition Level from EcoVadis for its CSR practices

AFEA received the Gold Recognition Level from EcoVadis for its Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and actions, and as a result is ranked among the top 5% of companies from all sectors worldwide, assessed for their responsible business practices. Throughout 2017, AFEA designed, developed and implemented an integrated Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in cooperation with AIPHORIA Consulting, with the aim to identify and manage issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development practices. The results of AFEA's intensive efforts in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility are significant, accredited by third-party assessment platforms such as EcoVadis. EcoVadis is a collaborative platform enabling companies to monitor sustainable performance of their suppliers. Its methodology covers annually over 30,000 suppliers from 150 sectors, 110 countries and 21 CSR indicators. The system analyzes and evaluates a company’s performance over four major categories: Environment, Labor, Fair Business Practices and Sustainable Procurement. Within the framework of the implemented Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, a number of actions were carried out, such as •    Stakeholders identification and mapping •    Employee training and awareness raising on Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Environmental Management issues •    Development and implementation of an Environmental Policy Additionally, AFEA became a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which is the international initiative of the United Nations which calls companies to take action towards the protection of labor and human rights, environmental protection and anti-corruption. Ms. Dimitra Lygnou, AFEA Corporate Communications & Sales Manager, commented: "This Gold Level Recognition from EcoVadis comes as a result to our commitment to implement responsible business practices with a view to Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. In the next period, we will continue to operate based on our values, actively supporting further integration of sustainable business practices in the tourism industry and offering services that benefit society and the environment. Tags:AFEA