CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The corporate social responsibility of Folli Follie is defined by the managements commitments against the employees, the shareholders, the clients, the suppliers, and the society at large. In a wider sense, these stakeholders constitute the family, in which Folli Follie grows, operating with responsibility and respect.

Culture has been a major feature of the social contribution of Folli Follie; strong association with cultural institutes and organizations that promote culture and art, is considered to be an act of major social and national importance, since it safeguards the priceless heritage of each country and supports the efforts of artists. In the past Folli Follie has sponsored cultural events, such as the first Kabuki Theatre which took place in Athens Megaron Hall of Music and the concert of the Greek singer Dionyssis Savvopoulos at the Benaki Museum in Athens. Naturally, our philosophy regarding culture and the arts applies globally; in October 2005 Folli Follie was most honoured to support the best female artist of all time and UNICEFs International Goodwill Ambassador, Mrs. Nana Mouskouris farewell concert in Hong Kong. In May 2007, during the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakogianni to China, Folli Follie sponsored the one and only concert of Mrs. Alkistis Protopsalti at the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The activities of Folli Follie extend to long-lasting charity initiatives throughout Greece, covering the needs of schools, non-profit institutions and NGOs that involve children, the tenderest part of society. As for the rest of the world, Folli Follie sponsors or donates to various charitable causes dedicated to public welfare, such as the Cancer Fund in Hong Kong or dedicated to child care and the protection of children, such as the Smile Angel Foundation in China. Folli Follie continues to demonstrate its sensitivity to issues of social solidarity that are not direct business actions but topics, which the company feels a great responsibility to bring to the publics attention. In June 2008 FolliFollieGroupdeliveredanumberofworkstoArtemidavillage, MunicipalityofZacharo, Prefecture of Ilia, Greece, as acontribution of social solidarity after the destructive wildfires that affected the wider area of western Peloponnese in August 2007.