With record enrollment, ENGIE’s Call for Education–related Proposals selects 36 initiatives for receiving R$ 10 thousand each
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The fourth edition of the Call for Education-related Proposals selected 36 initiatives, covering schools located in 29 cities in 12 states in the Brazilian federation. This year’s call for proposals, which received a record 272 enrollments, prioritized projects involving mental health and those incentivizing Portuguese language and mathematics disciplines, important in driving the evolution of the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB). Each project which is selected will receive R$ 10 thousand.
See all the winning projects in: www.engie.com.br/editaleducacao/
The call for Education-related Proposals is to incentivize and finance projects benefiting children and adolescents at the elementary and junior high-school levels in both private- and public-school networks. Among the criteria for selection are viability, innovation, coverage, and replicability. Out of the 36 projects selected this year, 30 will be supported in full by ENGIE Brasil Energia and the other six by partners Voltalia and Portonave. The relative resources will be transferred to the winning institutions before the end of the year.
“We are convinced education transforms. And it is very gratifying to see the positive impact that these projects have on the formation of so many youngsters, protecting the mental health of our children and adolescents in such complex times and contributing to the construction of a solid educational base which will make the difference irrespective of the particular professional area they may wish to pursue ”, point’s out ENGIE Brasil Energia’s Chief People, Processes and Sustainability Officer, Luciana Nabarrete.
The previous three editions of the call for education-related projects sponsored by ENGIE impacted more than 15 thousand children and adolescents in the municipalities where the Company conducts its operations. The expectation this year is to be able to proactively impact about eight thousand people.
“The call for proposals has grown year after year. For this particular edition, we saw an increase of nearly 20% in the number of enrollments, clear recognition of the initiative’s importance. And through the partnership with other companies, we have been successful in constructing a veritable chain of goodwill”, adds Social Responsibility Manager at ENGIE Brasil Energia, Luciane Pedro.
The involvement of other companies is conducted through the Goodwill Partnerships program, launched by ENGIE with the invitation to customers and partners of different sizes and from different sectors to engage in initiatives of social responsibility.
See more in: www.engie.com.br/parceriasdobem/
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With 2,800 employees, ENGIE’s turnover in Brazil in 2023 was of R$ 11.7 billion. ENGIE trades on the B3 through its energy generation and trading company, ENGIE Brasil Energia, under the ticker EGIE3. In addition to being a B3 Novo Mercado component, the Company is one of the very few companies that have been listed in the Business Sustainability Index since its creation in 2005. In 2021, ENGIE Brasil Energia was included in the Carbon-Efficient Index (ICO2), made up of IBrX 100 companies that are most transparent in terms of GHG emissions reporting and how they are preparing for a low-carbon economy.
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