ENGIE is among the five best renewable energy companies with startup relationships
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The largest private sector energy company in Brazil in electric energy generation, commercialization and transmission, transportation of gas and energy solutions and infrastructure, ENGIE was selected among the five leading renewable energy corporations with startup relationships, according to the Top 100 Open Startups platform ranking.
The result is an indication of the effort ENGIE has made in furthering initiatives for fostering the innovation chain in the country, bringing benefits for both company and partners.
“Innovation is part of ENGIE’s strategy and plays a critical role in the transition to a carbon neutral world. To be recognized as a corporate leader in Open Innovation serves to reinforce our vision that innovation is strengthened through collaboration. At ENGIE, we promote innovation through inhouse programs, across all our units and teams in Brazil and globally, through partnerships with startups, universities and other agents in the ecosystem”, says Mauricio Bähr, ENGIE Brasil’s CEO.
The CEO also makes a special point of highlighting the importance of the joint effort of ENGIE’s partners and employees. “We have been successful in developing a wide range of ideas, opinions and knowledge. In this way, we develop innovative solutions for making ENGIE a leader in the energy transition, supporting our clients in their own energy transitions and fostering innovation in the ecosystem of which we are a part”, he concluded.
ENGIE also makes a special point in supporting the innovation chain through calls for proposals of projects in various segments such as renewable sources, the natural gas chain, energy efficiency and solutions for Smart Cities. Another focus in fostering startups is designed to help the optimization of processes, reinforcing the company’s governance.
Open innovation has been a matter of increasing debate and included by organizations in their business plans, a practice inculcated in ENGIE’s culture.
The 100 Open Startups platform and responsible for the ranking, is a pioneer and leader in open innovation in Latin America and has published a selection of companies that most practice open innovation with startups in the country in 2020 based on data generated by the market itself. After a record number of agreements signed between corporations and startups, the platform now includes some of the biggest names.
Besides ENGIE, Raízen, Neoenergia, Solví and CTG were ranked as the five best in the renewable energy category.
Criteria
In the Renewable Energies category, the ranking identified 32 corporations that practice open innovation with startups in Brazil, 19 of these involving relations developed with startups for the first time in the past year. In all, sector corporations set up 420 business relationships with 213 startups in the period, a growth of 145% compared with the 2020 edition.
Together in 2021, the 420 business relationships were responsible for directly negotiating business worth approximately R$ 52 million as opposed to R$ 13 million in 2020. The indirect impact in terms of benefits for both sides and the sector as a whole, certainly is many times greater than this amount. In relation to the partners, the larger part of the resources were destined to the IndTechs (22%), ProductivityTechs (18%), and AgriTechs (18%) hubs.
100 Open Startup Numbers
According to surveys conducted by 100 Open Startups, the number of open startups increased from 13,092 in 2020 to 18,355 in 2021. In parallel, there was also growth in the number of organizations which actively pursue these small companies – from 2,825 to 4,982.
Again, the number of declared relationships increased from 13,433 in 2020 to 26,348 in 2021, an increase of 96%. In relation to corporations with open innovation agreements with startups, the number jumped from 1,968 to 3,334 – a growth of 69%. Meanwhile the number of startups that have developed relations with corporations rose from 1,310 in 2020, to 2,344 in 2021, an even larger increase of 79%.
“The large corporations were responsible for pioneering the Open Innovation with Startups movement. However, we have seen over the last few years the adherence of smaller companies and representing all value chains, also beginning to pursue innovation in conjunction with startups. This makes the game much more accessible and democratic”, points out Bruno Rondani, CEO for 100 Open Startups. “On the other hand, the entry of more companies in pursuit of relationships with startups also engenders a much more competitive market as well as the creation of more opportunities. More startups lead to more open innovation programs and more innovation”, he finalizes.
For more information: https://www.openstartups.net/site/
Sobre a ENGIE
A ENGIE é referência mundial em energia de baixo carbono e serviços. Com seus 96.000 colaboradores, clientes, parceiros e stakeholders, o Grupo está comprometido em acelerar a transição para um mundo neutro em carbono, através do consumo reduzido de energia e soluções mais sustentáveis. Inspirada em seu propósito, a ENGIE concilia performance com um impacto positivo sobre as pessoas e o planeta se apoiando em suas atividades chave (gás, energia renovável e serviços) para oferecer soluções competitivas aos seus clientes. Faturamento em 2022: 93,9 bilhões de Euros.
No Brasil, a ENGIE, empresa líder em energia renovável do país, atua em geração, comercialização e transmissão de energia elétrica, transporte de gás e soluções energéticas. Com capacidade instalada própria de cerca de 10 GW em 77 usinas, o que representa cerca de 6% da capacidade nacional, a empresa possui 100% de sua capacidade instalada proveniente de fontes renováveis e com baixas emissões de Gases de Efeito Estufa (GEE), como usinas hidrelétricas, eólicas, solares e a biomassa.
A ENGIE é também a detentora da mais extensa malha de transporte de gás natural do país, com 4.500 km, que atravessam 10 estados e 191 municípios, graças à aquisição da Transportadora Associada de Gás – TAG, concluída em 2020.Além disso, a ENGIE possui um portfólio completo em soluções integradas responsáveis por reduzir custos, emissões e melhorar infraestruturas para empresas, como ar comprimido, autoprodução solar local, biogás e biomassa, consultoria e gestão de energia, HVAC e subestações. Nas cidades, atuamos como parceira para tornar os espaços urbanos mais eficientes e sustentáveis, com soluções de iluminação pública, mobilidade elétrica e de district cooling.
Contando com 2.400 colaboradores, a ENGIE teve no país em 2022 um faturamento de R$ 12,8 bilhões.
A ENGIE está presente na B3 por meio de sua empresa de geração e comercialização de energia cujo ticker é o EGIE3. Na B3, a ENGIE integra o Novo Mercado, além de ser uma das únicas companhias listadas no Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial desde o início do ISE, em 2005. Em 2021, a B3 incluiu os papeis da ENGIE no Índice Carbono Eficiente (ICO2), composto pelas ações das empresas participantes do IBrX 100 que possuem maior transparência em relação ao reporte das emissões dos GEE e de como estão se preparando para uma economia de baixo carbono.
O Grupo é negociado nas bolsas de Paris e Bruxelas (ENGI), sendo representado nos principais índices financeiros (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Euro 100, MSCI Europe) e índices não financeiros (DJSI World, Euronext Vigeo Eiris – Europe 120/France 20, MSCI EMU ESG screened, MSCI EUROPE ESG Universal Select, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG-X).
