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46 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 7 MAY 2017 Events Winner of Social Innovation Challenge announced The Social Innovation Challenge: Enable and Engage competition launched last year encouraging the public to come up with in- novative ideas for the elderly and people with disability continued this week as the awards were pre- sented. The competition organised by the Edward de Bono Institute at the University of Malta in collab- oration with the Parliamentary Secretariat for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Age- ing was sponsored by MAPFRE Middlesea and MAPFRE MSV Life. The challenged encouraged the general public to identify so- lutions to areas relating to the quality of life of persons with dis- ability and the elderly, On Monday 24 April, the Par- liamentary Secretary for rights of persons with disability and active ageing Justyne Caruana (pictured right), awarded the winning entry to Dr John Mary Farrugia, who came up with an innovative mo- bile phone designed specifically to assist the elderly in their daily life. Addressing the event, Caruana said that the government is al- ways open to new ideas that lead to greater efficiency and effec- tiveness and that allow the elderly and people with disability to bet- ter integrate within society. "We are constantly looking for ways to engage within the community and we are happy to collaborate with The Edward Debono Institute to encourage innovation, which is an impor- tant value within the MAPFRE Group," Norman Mifsud, Chief Officer HR & Corporate Services at MAPFRE MSV Life said. The sponsorship was part of the CSR Programme of the MAPFRE Group in Malta, in which the Group helps out the community through sponsorship and volun- tary sessions. Local councils register significant improvements with GreenPak Well-designed recycling pro- grammes generate significant re- sults. Recently released figures for Local Councils that have adopted GreenPak's innovative approach for rewarding recycling performances are showing substantially improved recycling rates across all localities. After transferring their waste collection and recycling services to GreenPak, Sliema reported a staggering 28.5% improvement in its recycling efforts (see table). St. Julian's improved its recycling per- centage by more than 24%, report- ing a 65.7% recovery rate. Likewise, Qormi delivered a 68.7% recovery rate, an increase of more than 20%. B'Kara registered a recovery rate of 64.1% from 44.9% while Mosta's re- covery rate registered an increase of 18% for a of 64.9% result. Referring to some of the high per- forming localities, GreenPak Coop CEO Ing. Mario Schembri, said: "The Maltese community is re- sponding well to GreenPak's drive towards recycling more. Finding the right balance between providing free services and rewarding for per- formance is working well in many localities. Large localities present great challenges but also great op- portunities. Increasingly, Malta's so- ciety is becoming diverse and reach- ing a higher number of residents and keeping on increasing recycling levels demands constant attention. These challenges and opportunities have strengthened our resolve to provide communities with better re- cycling programmes and solutions. "We make it a point to engage eve- ry Local Council in order to address their specific needs and provide tailor-made solutions," added Ing. Schembri. "The migration of eight (8) Local Councils to GreenPak that we have witnessed in the last three years, making our scheme the larg- est collection and waste recycling one in Malta by far, is testimony to our superior service, and the quality with which we deliver." The separated materials collected from these localities are sent for re- cycling in a renewed push towards increasing the recovery of packaging materials in a more sustainable way. Moreover, GreenPak have always endeavoured to instil the aware- ness within communities to recycle more plastic, metal, glass and paper through the wide range of services it offers, from recycling bags, kerbside collections, bring-in sites and spe- cific material collections such as for glass being held every first Friday of each month, irrespective of whether it happens to be a public holiday or not. The collections frequency run throughout the week and, in locali- ties with high commercial activity, GreenPak provides collections from shops and small businesses even on Saturdays. GreenPak runs a 'free recycling bag' programme which is distributed to each household in an effort to encourage 'Recycling on Tuesdays'. Established in 2004, GreenPak runs waste recovery compliance schemes, authorised by the Envi- ronment and Resources Authority (ERA), in accordance with EU legis- lation. GreenPak also operates the WEEE Recycle Scheme, while in recent weeks it has launched Malta's national battery collection scheme called Batree. Organised as a Coop- erative Society, GreenPak is entirely funded by companies whose trade contributes towards the generation of waste. During its forthcoming AGM, GreenPak will report to its members the results of its opera- tions and present the audited ac- counts for 2016. For further inquires regard- ing the new collection schemes, bring-in-sites and other informa- tion of interest, one can call Green- Pak on tel: 2166 0233 or email info@greenpak.com.mt Kindred's legal and responsible gaming teams best in class Kindred Group (previously Unibet Group) secured three important awards at the Global Regulatory Awards hosted by Gambling Compliance in Lon- don. The awards are a recognition and validation for all the hard work and professionalism dis- played by the Kindred Group's Legal and Compliance team. "I am delighted that we have won the award 'Best Legal Team of the Year', 'the GambleAware Award For Outstanding Individ- ual Contribution To Responsible Gambling' and 'the Most Signif- icant Contribution to Responsi- ble Gambling Research'. I am so proud of the Kindred Legal and Compliance team. We have all worked hard to meet the strict regulations in all markets we op- erate in. This award shows that for Kindred Group it is crucial that we not only meet require- ments, but also exceed them. This is how we as a team and as a company build on trust", Ewout Keuleers, General Counsel at Kindred Group, said. Kindred Group was nomi- nated in 9 out of 11 categories. The Global Regulatory Awards is hosted by the industry publi- cation Gambling Compliance as part of their ten-year anniver- sary where excellence in compli- ance and responsible gambling is celebrated. "These awards are a true testa- ment to our Group values and the strong compliance culture we have within Kindred. Ever since our foundation as Unibet over 20 years ago, we have chal- lenged the status quo in search of a better way. It is this mindset that has allowed us to improve the customer experience, while at the same time building a safer and more secure gambling envi- ronment", Kindred Group CEO Henrik Tjärnström said. Kindred Group has been a leader in the online gambling industry for the past 20 years, always working to comply with local regulations and to raise the bar in terms of industry compli- ance and responsible gambling. As a Group, Kindred is regulat- ed in 11 EU Member States and during 2016 completed 27 regu- latory audits. The company has lead the industry in using tech- nology to increase compliance levels while maintaining a posi- tive user experience by imple- menting e-verification systems and developing our proprietary PS-EDS (Player Safety Early De- tection System) product. The group is also exploring how Ar- tificial Intelligence can be used to further improve within areas such as detecting signs of prob- lem gambling.