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| The GDF SUEZ group and its employees rally to help Haiti. |
The success of the GDF SUEZ company project also depends on the membership and commitment of its employees for its socially responsible company values. This is the reason why the Group encourages employee initiatives by supporting their humanitarian volunteer projects.
Aquassistance: Access to water
Aquassistance is an international solidarity organization comprised of
The organization was created to address the precarious condition of millions of people worldwide in terms of water and environmental issues.
Aquassistance is organized to intervene in all cases where the services of water and environmental experts are required. Most projects involve development assistance (village water systems, sanitation, collection and treatment of solid wastes). Aquassistance has also acquired considerable experience in producing drinking water in disaster-relief situations. It has accordingly developed compact equipment and participates several times a year in relief efforts in regions struck by natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes. For example, in 2008 it took part in such efforts in Gonaives in Haiti and the Sichuan region in China; in 2009 it was present in Bangladesh and at Padang in Indonesia.
Aquassistance has no ulterior motives; its sole concern and raison d’être is to provide assistance to people in distress.
| Aquassistance in a few figures | |
| Created in 1994, Aquassistance has approximately 800 members. | |
Actions to help developing countries
CODEGAZ is a humanitarian association comprised of GDF SUEZ employees. It provides help to populations in Fourth World and developing countries in the fields of health, nutrition, education, and training.
The association puts its members’ skills to use in local projects, and its work generally involves the passing on of know-how and the creation of jobs.
| CODEGAZ: based on one conviction | |
| The activities of CODEGAZ are based on one central conviction: The success of humanitarian projects depends on the support of the local community and the involvement of local participants. | |
Energy Assistance: Access to enegry
The members of Energy Assistance volunteer to carry out humanitarian projects in their field of competence: energy.
The first aim is to put their expertise in the field of energy to the benefit of communities where this essential commodity does not exist. The association intend to perform humanitarian projects with the same concern for quality they have for their professional activities.
The help can be provided in a wide range of services such as economic assessment, technical design, equipment supply, assembly, operational training, transfer of know-how, etc.
Their essential concern is ensuring sustainable development from technical as well as economical point of view. Whenever feasible, they give priority to the use of renewable energy sources. They have competences in wind, hydro, solar as well as fossil generation.
Examples of projects they can realize include: electricity distribution networks, connection of remote communities to the grid, generating sets for water pumping stations, health centers, schools, orphanages etc.
| Energy Assistance at a glance | |
| Energy Assistance was created in 2001 and has over 200 members. It has recently conducted several operations, such as securing an electrical supply to hospitals in Burundi and Congo, the electrification of dispensaries in India and Mali. | |
| Encouraging employee initiatives | |
| GDF SUEZ supports the actions carried out by its employees and encourages their social initiatives and mobilization for emergency situations, both in France and internationally. | |
