Our corporate social responsibility

Our mission statement is 'Everyone’s sustainable energy'. In a sustainable world, everyone is a participant. As part of our social engagement, we support vulnerable groups in society. Which is why Eneco also helps in other ways. Particularly now. Read here what we do.

Eneco Clean Beach Cup

Every year, no less than 5 to 14 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the sea. This is bad for people and the environment. That is why Eneco is calling for less plastic and other rubbish and, in collaboration with Belgian and Dutch surf clubs, is organising a major beach clean-up: the Eneco Clean Beach Cup on Sunday 12 September 2021. Our goal: beaches in Belgium and The Netherlands free of litter. This beach-cleaning action makes people reflect. How do we want to treat our planet? How can we contribute to a sustainable future for the young generations? Dealing with sustainability means more than sustainable energy. It is dealing sustainably with life within the boundaries of an earth.

In addition to raising awareness of the waste issue, we also want visitors to have a relaxing day. Cleaning up one's own environment is also a possibility. This can be done with the free 'Weplog' app, which indicates which streets are in urgent need of cleaning.

Download the poster here.

Read all about the Eneco Clean Beach Cup and sign up here

Eneco supports research into the influence of the coronavirus on children

The Co-Kids research into the influence of the coronavirus on children has started! Eneco supports this important initiative of the Sophia Children's Hospital and Erasmus MC. After all, children are our future and play a major role in a more sustainable society.

The aim of the research is to gain more knowledge about how often the coronavirus occurs among children, how it spreads within the family and what possible risks there are, such as overweight and asthma. This will enable the researchers to find ways to improve protection of vulnerable children and their families against the virus.

Meals for Rotterdam residents

Our head office in Rotterdam is not fully occupied due to the measures relating to the corona crisis. Most employees work from home. This created an opportunity for Eneco and our in-house caterer Eurest to work together with foundation Isaak & De Schittering.
The chefs of Eurest prepared 200 meals a day. These were donated to the food centre Isaak & De Schittering, which offered them to Rotterdammers with a small wallet. In this way we helped the growing number of people for whom it was even more difficult during the corona crisis to provide for their own basic needs.

Eneco part of the Nederlandse Schuldhulproute (NSR)

Debt is a huge problem in the Netherlands. In recent years, Eneco has therefore worked hard to structure services for customers with payment problems. To ensure that our customer's debt does not need to become a problem. To provide these customers with even better and perhaps earlier support, Eneco has joined the Nederlandse Schuldhulproute (Netherlands Debt Relief Route). The NSR is a national infrastructure in which businesses, government and debt relief organisations work together to get people debt free by helping them get a grip on their financial and personal situation.

Laptops for disadvantaged young people

Eneco Belgium supports vzw DigitalForYouth.be, a foundation that collects old laptops and refurbishes them for disadvantaged young people. Because of coronavirus, many young people are doing their schoolwork at home. And that requires a computer. Unfortunately, disadvantaged young people often do not have access to a computer at home. This could cause them to fall behind in their education. Eneco supported the foundation with a sum of € 144,000. And brought the foundation to the attention of our customers. Eneco doubled every donation.

Crowdfunding for Hamburg relief in corona crisis

As an important green player on the German energy market, LichtBlick used its reach and visibility to set up a crowdfunding platform in support of four inspiring Hamburg initiatives. Donations from customers were doubled to a maximum of € 20.