Our values, our projects: #Sarasforschools
Being an integral part of and a point of reference for the community is one of the core values of the Saras Group.
This value is embedded in our corporate policy, which focuses on the ethical and educational implications of our work: alongside the economic objectives, the Group also pursues social and environmental objectives to improve the welfare of the local territory in a sustainable manner.
Today, socially responsible companies have duty to identify and implement human capital development best practicesand scenarios.
Our main goals in this area are to promote business awareness and design training activities for young people, to build a bridge between classroom learning and real-world experience and foster social development focused on the themes of work, sustainability and economic growth.
WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
The Saras Group has partnered with all levels of education, from primary school to university.
Since 1999, we have partnered with university under a Memorandum of Understanding, which is regularly renewed, covering the exchange of knowledge and skills to promote scientific and technological innovation and retain young talent on the island.
The Group’s contribution to the scientific community stems from the store of knowledge from its industrial operations: production processes, environmentally friendly methods and technologies, commercial and financial management within the global economy, themes related to Industry 4.0.
The exchange of skills and know-how between the company and the university spans a range of activities: traineeships, scholarships and internships offering students practical experience to complete what they learned from lectures, seminars, thesis drafting and postgraduate courses; participating students are mostly from the Faculty of Engineering, but also from other fields of study.
Together with several university departments, we organise hackathons (digital marathons) for undergraduates and recent graduates in several disciplines, to develop projects in the areas of: energy resource management, robotics, artificial intelligence and IoT.
Scholarships
The Group, joining a project by the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC), helps to offer scholarships to the best engineering graduates who decide to pursue their postgraduate studies in Sardinia. This is a way to help to stem the ‘brain drain’ from Sardinia.
Through its workers’ club (Cral), each year Saras awards scholarships to the children of employees who have distinguished themselves at school: in 2019 more than 50 students received the grant.
Our programmes for secondary schools.
The Group participates in business awareness and work experience schemes for high school students by the Ministry of Education.
Between 2013 and 2019, more than 600 students visited the Sarlux industrial facility, and in the last 5 years more than 1000 took part in business simulation, soft skills and orientation seminars; participants were able to get to know the world of work and, in particular, to observe the complex system of skills and technological innovation of a large industrial group. We have held a number of conferences and seminars on the topics of safety, the environment, production processes, ICTs and business organisation, and exploring the themes of Industry 4.0 and innovation in the refining industry.
Many of our projects include highly motivating competitions, in which students can work on and experiment with ideas and technologies related to innovation or current topics such as sustainable mobility.
In our programmes for primary schools, the main focus is on preventing early school leaving.
For over 20 years, the Saras Group has supported students at the Sarroch State Comprehensive School by purchasing school textbooks and tablets and by funding dedicated computer rooms, to support the education of people and help them to be prepared for the digital future that awaits them.
The Saras Group is one of the main European oil refining operators, and is also active in the electricity generation sector. Directly and through its subsidiaries, the Group sells and distributes petroleum products on national and international markets. In addition, the Group produces and sells electricity through its subsidiaries Sarlux Srl (IGCC plant) and Sardeolica Srl (wind farm). The Group also supplies industrial engineering and research services to the oil, energy and environmental sectors through its subsidiary Sartec Srl.