ENGIE Brasil Energia maintains its Integrated Management System certification for the 19th consecutive year
The Integrated Management System (IMS) consolidates information, requisites, and indicators of ENGIE Brasil Energia, certification of which was renewed by Bureau Veritas, after auditing undertaken in August 2023. Among criteria used for evaluation are the NBR ISO 9001 – Management of Quality; NBR ISO 14001 – Environmental Management and ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management standards.
The Company’s hydropower plants have received this certification since 2004, thus in 2023 completing 19 years. For this cycle, the Cana Brava, Salto Osório, Jaguara and Machadinho hydropower plant assets were included in the certification sample in addition to ENGIE Brasil Energia’s headquarters located in the city of Florianópolis. The latter houses the Company’s administrative areas together with the remote activities of a good part of the operation and transmission assets, auditing, and certification of these having begun in 2019.
“We are committed to operating at the highest levels of quality in all our processes, structured on the basis of the best management practices and aligned to ENGIE’s legal and ethical principles. Certification enables us to give our customers, partners, and regulatory organs visibility as to the compliance of our activities”, Eduardo Sattamini, ENGIE Brasil Energia’s Chief Executive Officer comments.
The Company must comply with all prerequisite standards making up ISO norms to qualify for certification. Certification represents a guarantee of agreement with the processes relative to the requirements established by the ISO (the regulator), and also with all applicable municipal, state and federal legislation as well as internal policies and norms.
Bureau Veritas is an independent company offering professional services specialized in the management of Quality, Health, Safety, Social and Environmental management, with more than 190 years of experience in independent evaluation.
ABOUT ENGIE
ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. With its 97,000 employees, its customers, partners and stakeholders, the Group is committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. Inspired by its purpose (“raison d’être”), ENGIE reconciles economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on its key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to its customers. Turnover in 2022: 82.6 billion Euros.
In Brazil, ENGIE, leader in 100% renewable power generation in the country, operates in generation, commercialization and transmission of electric power, gas transport and energy solutions. The Company
has in the country an installed capacity of 12,5 GW, originated from renewable sources and with low GHG emissions, such as hydro, solar and biomass power plants, and windfarms.
With the acquisition of Transportadora Associada de Gás – TAG, ENGIE now also owns the largest natural gas transportation network in the country, at 4,500 km and transecting 10 states and 191 cities.
The Group has a complete portfolio of integrated solutions focused on reducing costs and improving the infrastructure for companies and cities, such as energy efficiency, public lighting, energy monitoring and management.
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.
The company also received in May 2024 the certification Great Place to Work, a recognition which validates the continuous commitment of the company to create a positive and inclusive work environment for all.
The Group is listed on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges (ENGI) and is represented in the main financial indices (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Euro 100, MSCI Europe) and non-financial indices (DJSI World, Euronext Vigeo Eiris – Europe 120/France 20, MSCI EMU ESG screened, MSCI EUROPE ESG Universal Select, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG-X).