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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.

Zowiezon's 50th solar roof celebrated

The 50th Zowiezon solar roof was festively put into use at SWS de Stroming in Middelburg. There was a party dance by preschoolers on the square and two upper school classes followed an energy lesson given by our colleague. The students also entered into a conversation with Henk Zielstra (Chairman of the Board of Archipelscholen Foundation), Brigitte Vos (Eneco) and Niels Van Der Sandt (Director of the Foundation Schooldakrevolutie, literally School Roof Revolution Foundation) about solar panels and sustainable energy.

This animation contains interesting facts about what Zowiezon has achieved so far.

Stichting Schooldakrevolutie has been offering free and independent advice and guidance to school boards in the Netherlands for years. In Zowiezon, Eneco and Schooldakrevolutie have been working together since March 2021 to unburden schools in primary and secondary education in making them more sustainable.

The 50th Zowiezon solar roof was festively put into use at SWS de Stroming in Middelburg.

Cleaning action with impact

Eneco Clean Beach Cup '23

On the first Sunday of spring, the 14th edition of the Eneco Clean Beach Cup took place. Main locations of this beach clean-up were Scheveningen and Blankenberge, but beach litter was cleaned up at 26 locations in the Netherlands and Belgium. Surfers, sailors, family, friends and colleagues rolled up their sleeves. Despite the rainy weather, no fewer than 3,291 volunteers collected 5,283 kg of litter.

Cleaning the beaches is of great importance as our oceans are rapidly turning into a huge plastic soup. Plastic pollution has disastrous consequences for the health and biodiversity of beaches and oceans. A relatively invisible but dire consequence of plastic pollution what starts on our beaches.

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Eneco Clean-Up Walk

In order to leave a habitable planet to our children and the generations thereafter, we must treat the Earth in a sustainable manner and live within its natural limits. The amount of litter in our living environment continues to increase. Eneco is tackling this issue together with the national hiking organisation KWBN. The aim of the Eneco Clean-Up Walk on 21 and 22 October 2023 is to make the hiking trails and the area around the trails litter free.

See how you can join here

Eneco supports UNICEF Covid campaign

UNICEF is committed to the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe. Eneco supports UNICEF’s Covid campaign by means of a donation, because while we are in the process of administering the third (booster) dose, many people at locations across the world have not even received a first dose yet.

Eneco’s donation enables UNICEF to carry out the preparations that are necessary to administer a vaccine to around 17,500 people. UNICEF’s activities also include providing support for information campaigns, providing protective clothing and oxygen supplies, and purchasing ultra-cold vaccine transportation containers.

Fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the world will give children room to grow again. UNICEF started this global campaign at the beginning of 2021. Eneco is glad to be of help.

Eneco supports the initiative of the Dutch National Disaster Relief Fund

Eneco wishes to support the victims of the floods in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. This is why we are making a donation to the initiatives of the Dutch National Disaster Relief Fund and the Red Cross in Belgium and Germany aimed at offering aid in the flooded areas. (nationaalrampenfonds.nl)

Map of the Netherlands, Belgium and part of Germany

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.

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.

Community involvement