Social Balance

Commitments Forged with Time

The commitments of Tigre to the different types of public with which the company is related were forged with time. Social Responsibility is one of the features of the personality of the Company – i.e. it is part of its DNA.
The founder of Tigre, João Hansen Júnior spoke about and practiced enhancing the value of people and involvement with communities. With the creation of its own clinic and storehouse, to facilitate the daily activities of the collaborators, among other benefits, the Company, from the start, was already innovating also in this practice, today so widespread in the business world.

Human Habitat

As the company sees it, the human habitat is where people live, where the natural elements and those built by man must be integrated to maintain life and to have a balanced development of society.
Besides this clear perception of the world and environment, Tigre focuses its actions on seeking the solution to a great problem, in Brazil and Latin America, which receives little attention from succeeding governments: the issue of Sanitation. For the company, Basic Sanitation is related to health, the environment and the quality of life.
Tigre S/A stands out for its production processes and for manufacturing products which aim to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life, by means of sustainable solutions, which transcend the concept of the product:
Innovating infrastructure – guarantees quality of life
Sustainable agriculture – irrigation systems which reduce the consumption of water and power
The dream of your own house – solutions which rationalize and facilitate the building or revamping of the residence.

 

Relationship of Value

With the Tigre World, the Company establishes a relationship of value with more than 250 thousand professionals of the sectors where it acts. In 2006, 80 thousand professionals were capacitated through some type of training offered by Tigre. The João Hansen Júnior Training Center trains approximately two thousand new installers per year – they are youths who, from 15 years onwards, have a profession with a large demand in the work market.
Innovating also in services, with 40 hours of daily attendance, by telephone, the Internet and personally. All this  dedication to the customer and consumer contribute to making the brand the one which is most remembered by 80% of Brazilians, according to Datafolha.

Government and Society

The leader and reference in its sector, Tigre is aware of its social commitment and defends the idea of the  universalization of sanitation. Besides the personal leadership and representative aspect of its executives, the company is linked to entities of representation such as Asfamas and Abramat and participates in strong movements  defending water and sewerage, with the Non-Governmental Organizations Água e Cidade (Water and Town) and Trata Brasil (Treat Brazil) and also, in America, Movimento Fluir (Flow Movement), which aims to contribute, with ethics and transparency, to obtain the goals of the millennium in drinking water and sanitation

Community: An Innovating Project

The Carlos Roberto Hansen Institute (ICRH), more than the materialization of the dream of the former president of Tigre, is the continuity of his line of thinking and work. It summarizes and unites the posture of a business group which has placed people in first place and that has always enhanced the value of its community.
The ICRH arose from the need that the Group perceived to systematize, record and disclose the actions of  relationship with the community. With a minimum functional structure, it acts as a catalyst of financial and human resources (voluntary).
The Carlos Roberto Hansen Institute has contributed to forming the citizen of the future, focusing on the development of children and adolescents. The efforts are concerned with obtaining resources for investments in education and culture, besides promoting health, by means of the universalization of basic sanitation. The Institute inherited from Tigre its historical social vocation and increased the impact of its actions, through the management of the relationship with the community. Learn more about the ICRH at the site http://www.icrh.com.br/.

 

Place where People are Happy

The great challenge of the Corporation is to continue growing, with happy people, who have pleasure and pride in working at Tigre. This is why the company defends and practices a policy of open doors, with full communication and transparency. It is thus that the company stimulates people and acknowledges in a true manner that they are what really make the difference.

 

Main Figures

Tigre social investments – 2007

Internal Social Indicators (Food, Social Security, Health, Education, day nursery, etc)	R$ 71 million
Environmental Indicators (investments in operation and special projects)	R$ 832 thousand
External social Indicators (Sanitation, Combating hunger, Health, etc)	R$ 3.3 million
Taxes (except social charges)	R$ 384 million