One of the highlights of the Company\u2019s sustainability policy is its springhead preservation program involving more than 1.5 thousand households in the protection of 1.8 thousand springs from the North to the South of Brazil. \u201cFor us, water is a resource to be nurtured, it is an asset and therefore a raw material for harnessing hydroelectric power\u201d, Sattamini says.<\/p>\n

Among the benefits arising from this initiative are the improvement in the quality of the water consumed in communities from Bahia, Cear\u00e1, Goi\u00e1s, Rio Grande do Norte, Paran\u00e1, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina to Tocantins with the consequent reduction in the level of sickness among children and adolescents. The Springhead Protection Program was one of the schemes receiving accolades in the 2017 ANA National Waters Agency awards.<\/p>\n

ENGIE is also an active player in hydrographic basin committees, producing and distributing saplings in forestry nurseries and raising fish fry of native species for replenishing fish stocks in rivers. In November, the Conservation of endemic species of ichthyofauna in the Igua\u00e7u River project, conducted in partnership with Universidade do Oeste do Paran\u00e1 (Unioeste), was awarded by the American Chamber of Commerce, Rio de Janeiro (AmCham Rio).<\/p>\n

Another environmental initiative recognized by Amcham Rio was the Mercury toxicity biomarkers used in the hydroelectricity sector in Amazonia project, developed by the Energia Sustent\u00e1vel Brasil (Jirau HPP) consortium in which ENGIE has 40% stake. The team responsible created an environmental detection tool for monitoring the impact of small opencast mining activities on water quality in the area of influence of the reservoirs.<\/p>\n

Since 2005, ENGIE Brasil Energia has been a component of the Corporate Sustainability Stock Index, a tool used by B3 for an annual comparative analysis of the performance of companies with stock exchange listings from the corporate sustainability aspect. In January, the Company was included in the business publication, Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking as one of the one hundred most sustainable global companies in the world, being placed 52nd among nearly 6 thousand publicly listed companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World Water Day has a special meaning for ENGIE. The largest private sector generator of electric energy in Brazil, the company is responsible for an area of 1,016 km2 of reservoirs, the waters of which are harnessed by 11 hydroelectric plants operating nationwide. In 2017, financial compensation for the use of these hydric resources resulted in the payment of royalties worth R$ 124.4 million to the Federal Government in nine states and 63 municipal districts. \u201cIn addition to generating financial resources, we encourage multiple use of these reservoirs on a sustainable basis, balancing conservation of the biodiversity with touristic and leisure interests in the regions in which they are located\u201d, comments ENGIE Brasil Energia\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Eduardo Sattamini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15486","imprensa","type-imprensa","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tipo-release-renewables"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n