We begin today the extensive presentation of the Energy Evolution 2015 nominations with the Social Responsibility category. Only one of the experts below will be awarded during the Gala on December 3. However, each of the companies and all the people involved in these projects deserve our respect and the widest promotion possible.
E.ON România
Dăruieşte lumină
E.ON Energie Romania donated 100,000 kWh (equivalent in electricity or gas) to 12 schools, hospitals, special centers for children and nursing homes. Carried out during April 6th-25th 2015, the ” Dăruieşte lumină” campaign allowed Romanians, by a simple click on Facebook, to direct a kWh to one of the beneficiary institutions. Tens of thousands of supporters transformed small gestures in a big help.
The campaign raised awareness among a large number of people, as witnessed by the sheer number of bloggers and public figures, celebrities and civic activists who have distributed it in social media. Among them: Andi Moisescu, Teo Trandafir, Irina Binder, Amalia Enache, Gheorghe Hagi, Paula Chirilă, Andrei Gheorghe, Andra and Cătălin Măruță, Ana Morodan and Tony Poptămaş. Also, Vlad Petreanu, Moise Guran and the team from Biziday, Cristian China Birta, Hotnews and the Facebook page of ProTV News wrote about this project.
GDF SUEZ Energy România
Everything starts at home!!
80 children without parental care have now a more welcoming home to enjoy childhood. The social houses in the SOS Children’s Villages Bucharest were renovated and made more energy efficient through the program “Everything starts at home!” funded by GDF SUEZ Energy Romania and carried out in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Romania.
During the two-year project, the thermal insulation of houses and attics was executed, roofs, doors and windows were replaced and heating plants were changed. The energy performance class of the 12 houses has been improved substantially, which means reduced maintenance costs. GDF SUEZ Energy Romania (which has recently adopted the trademark ENGIE) invested EUR 350,000 and involved over 100 employees in rehabilitation works.
“We were happy to support this social project in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages and Habitat for Humanity, energy efficiency representing a priority concern for our company. The project is part of our social responsibility axes to support, on the one hand, vulnerable categories and secondly to encourage energy efficiency measures among consumers of natural gas. In addition, I am proud of the mobilization of our colleagues, who always responded enthusiastically to calls for volunteering and were directly involved in the success of the program”, said Eric Stab, CEO of GDF SUEZ Energy Romania.
Grupul CEZ în România
Oltenia Marathon – 3rd edition
Since its entry in the Romanian market, CEZ Group Romania has developed a number of corporate social responsibility projects in partnership with non-governmental organizations or local institutions and with involvement through volunteering actions of company employees. An example of a large project became tradition is Oltenia Marathon, held from 29 to 30 August, 2015, a sporting event for trail running and mountain biking organized in Râmnicu Vâlcea in each of the past three years.
The competition included in 2015 both participants from counties where CEZ operates, and champions of national competitions. This year, we ran and cycled for premature babies. In order to give these children an extra chance, participation fees paid by each of cyclists and marathon runners enrolled at Oltenia Marathon were completed by CEZ Romania, with a significant amount, to support the Department of Neonatology of Valcea County Hospital. The donation of over EUR 10,000 was used to purchase vital equipment for the life of young children: a blood gas analyzer, a bilirubinometer, two lamps for phototherapy for newborns and other materials.
Hunt Oil Company of Romania
It’s in your power!
In the 2 years as operator of projects carried out in Romania, Hunt Oil Company of Romania evaluated 126 CSR projects proposed by local communities based on discussions and interviews applied primarily for correctly identifying the real needs, specific to each community. According to actual needs identified, sustainability and impact on the community, 42 CSR projects have been selected and implemented in 6 counties (Buzău, Brăila, Ialomiţa, Galaţi, Bacău and Vrancea) in 3 cities (Tecuci, Pogoanele and Adjud), 17 communes and 45 villages.
- Relevant aspects on CSR projects strategy
- Private partnerships with all local communities
- Direct impact in local communities
- Relations with authorities
- International experience
- Volunteering, excellence and team spirit
- Opinion of the representatives of local communities
- Implementing a Follow-up CSR system
- Lessons learned
OMV Petrom
Community Resource Center (CERC)Boldeşti Scăeni
After restructuring the economy, a number of renowned companies were closed after 2000 in the town of Boldeşti-Scăeni, Prahova County, such as: Paper and cardboard factory Cahiro, Foraj Scăeni drilling company, culminating with restructuring Boldeşti Oilfield. Currently, through the activity of oil and gas exploitation carried out, OMV Petrom is still among the leading businesses in the area. Therefore, the company has responsibility towards the community and its employees, most of them members thereof.
The town of Boldești Scăeni is in Prahova County, 15km from Ploiești. From the population of approximately 11,000 inhabitants, approximately 1,000 are Romani people. In the Romani community here, figures are particularly concerning: approximately 30 people are working under labor contracts, the rest living on unemployment benefits, child benefits or as work day laborers, leading to an unemployment rate of about 97%. OMV Petrom inaugurated in 2015 the Resource Center of Boldeşti Scăeni Community- a building constructed in accordance with the highest standards of sustainability in construction, aiming to raise living standards and education of disadvantaged people, especially Romani. Educational activities are addressed to a wide audience: children, pupils, parents and adults in general.
The video presentation of the project can be seen on YouTube here
SNGN Romgaz SA
Green Hospital
The Green Hospital is a CSR project carried out by Romgaz for energy efficiency of the main health care unit in the community – Mediaş Municipal Hospital.
The project aims at improving the conditions of comfort and quality of health services and consists of the installation of a heat pump and three solar panels that will allow the hospital administration to procure energy from green sources.
50,000 euros were used in equipping the contagious diseases unit of Mediaş Municipal Hospital with solar panels and geothermal heat pumps. In this way, the unit will become independent in terms of heat, hot water both in the central heating system and domestic water system, being produced sustainably.
Energy efficiency will reduce annual energy costs by about 10% for Mediaş Municipal Hospital. The savings made constantly can become additional sources of hospital budget on sectors related to the medical act.
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Eight of the best experts in the Romanian energy industry joined to jury the candidate projects and people for the third edition of Energy Evolution Awards!
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