ENGIE signs up to the Business Coalition for Racial and Gender Equality
On March 21, ENGIE Brasil is to hold the event “Race and Gender – Inspirational Stories with Paulo Cézar Lima and Daiana Costa”. The theme is the intersectionality between race and gender and has the aim of covering the company’s Diversity and Culture initiatives incorporating the theme and their impacts on people and the organization.
Within the scope of International Women’s Day and the DE&I (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion) event, ENGIE will also announce during the event that it is signing up to the Business Coalition for Racial and Gender Equality. ENGIE Brasil’s Chief Executive Officer, Maurício Bähr, will sign the adherence agreement during the panel session.
The speakers will address an audience of ENGIE’s employees based in Rio de Janeiro at the event, beginning 9:00 a.m. to be held in the auditorium of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
The event will include the ex-soccer player Paulo Cézar Lima, popularly known as Paulo Cézar Caju, who will speak about his career in sport as a black man and share the challenges he faced throughout his time as a player. Caju is a protagonist in the theme of racial diversity.
During the panel, Daiana Costa, external communications supervisor at Jirau Energia (the company which operates the hydropower plant of the same name in Rondônia and in which ENGIE holds a 40% stake) will speak about her experiences. She will examine her perspectives in society as a black woman and corporate communications professional. Finally, there will be a discussion on questions of race and gender and the reasons why it is necessary to talk about these themes.
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).