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October 25th 2023
📣 Husk Power Systems, one of our portfolio companies, securing $100mln from leading investors to electrify 1,400 new communities in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Congratulations to Manoj Sinha and his teams 🙌
August 24th 2023
ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES a le plaisir de présenter son rapport d'impact 2022. Ce rapport met en lumière les efforts réalisés par les entreprises que nous soutenons pour relever les défis climatiques et sociaux 🌍.
March 27 2023
🎉 ENGIE ENERGY GATHERERS obtains the renewal of its B Corp certification.
After the first B Corp certification obtained in 2019, which rewarded its action in impact investing, Rassembleurs d'Energies obtained its renewal in 2023 with a score of 139, up from the score of 111 obtained. in 2019. This distinction rewards the efforts of the teams and their commitment to continuously improve their action on stakeholders to deliver a positive impact.
ENGIE ENERGY GATHERERS is the first Group entity to date to become part of the B Corp community. Like its status as a company with a mission since 2021, this commitment demonstrates the fund's desire to pursue its continuous improvement approach by confronting the most demanding international standards.
B-Lab France #positiveimpact #responsibleinvestment
April 17 2023
April 17, 2023, ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES invited 6 entrepreneurs from its portfolio to present their company to the employees ofENGIE. This second edition was an opportunity to show how the local solutions deployed by the companies present respond to the various challenges of the energy transition while prioritizing the social and environmental impacts for all stakeholders.
Alon Rosen, member of the steering committee of ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES, Dean and Professor "Innovation and Management" at theParisTech School of Bridges who moderated this exchange underlined how much the business models presented (from the circular economy to the energy recovery of waste through low-tech innovations were complementary and responded to the main challenges of the energy world Some 150 Group employees present in the room and connected remotely were able to discover these innovative solutions and interview the entrepreneurs present.
December 12 2022
📣 ATEC and ENGIE's business unit Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) have signed a long-term agreement to purchase up to 11.5 million tonnes of Gold Standard Digital MRV carbon credits in Bangladesh and Cambodia using ATEC's patented IoT eCook devices.
This is the first major agreement signed under Gold Standard's new measured methodology - recently ranked as the most accurate of all stove methodologies by the University of California, Berkeley.
#Carbon credits #energy transition #clean kitchen
👉Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ebvCrFVM
September 9th, 2022
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of #solarenergy frontrunner PEGAfrica. The landmark move will expand our customer base to 3.5 million people, open access to new markets in 4 West African countries and makes Bboxx one of the largest utility services networks on the continent.
Bboxx will benefit from PEG Africa’s operational and credit experience while PEG customers will be able to take advantage of Bboxx's super platform, seeing them gain access to new products, services, and digitalisation with Bboxx Pulse®.
Bboxx and PEG are excited to combine our strengths and common goals to help more people unlock their potential.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3qdRvE5
#transforminglives #unlockingpotential
September 2, 2022
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies supports the start-up Enerpro Biogaz, a specialist in decentralized methanation
ENGIE Energy Gatherersfinalized a seed investment in the French start-upEnerpro Biogasto support it in its development.
Enerpro Biogaz is a French company whose core business is the design, supply and distribution of modular and decentralized anaerobic digestion systems for small and medium-sized farms and small agri-food industries.
Thanks to its solutions, Enerpro biogaz allows its customers to treat and recover different types of waste on site (manure, slurry, etc.) independently viacompact biogas units who provide the production of biomethane and its recovery via individual cogeneration (electricity self-consumed or injected into the network and heat production).
The units are designed so that the farmer can finance the installation, operate it himself and generate significant additional income,with a doubling of the farmer's income via the contribution of the equivalent of an additional minimum wage.
Enerpro's solutions enable customers to reduce their environmental footprint primarily by recovering waste that emits greenhouse gases without resorting to significant transport of materials and by producing organic fertilizers which replace chemical fertilizers.
Finally, Enerpro Biogaz offers an innovative solution for treating agri-food effluents such as wastewater from breweries and whey from the methanation process. These solutions make it possible to purify effluents directly on site, even to recycle part of the treated water and reuse it for non-critical uses.
Enerpro Biogaz aims to create 12 jobs over the next two years.
For RDE, this is the first investment in the renewable gas and methanisation sector in France.
Some examples of impacts:
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For the EnerSilo 40KW solution: production of 328,000 electrical kWh injected into the network, 225 t eq CO2 avoided per year
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For the EnerKub solution (Brasserie Nao client): 43,000 m3 of wastewater treated per year with the objective of recycling and reusing 50% of the volume
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EnerSilo solution (GAEC Ormeau)
July 29, 2022
ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES is proud to have been named one of the B Corp Best for the World™ 2022 for the third time in the customer category!
Great recognition of our support for more than 10 years with entrepreneurs (our "clients") who work every day to respond to major social and environmental issues 🙌
Congratulations to our 2 entries also named Fonciere Chenelet et ilumexico
#ActWithEngie ENGIE B Lab Europe B-Lab France The French Impact #BFW2022
May 11th 2022
🚀 Today Cyclo Power Factory changes its name and becomes Wattsgood!
Since mid-2021 ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES has been supporting the growth of this #ESUS accredited start-up whose vision and values we fully share.
Because our energy can preserve our planet's energy, we wish Wattsgood a long life and success
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#SportResponsable #Sensibilisation #Sobrieté #climatechange #transitionenergétique #ess #sporttech #tech4good
#ActwithEngie #Engie #Maif #fondationsolarimpulse
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February 4th 2022
💸 Sistema Biobolsa / Sistema.bio announces investment to scale impact.
#cleanenergy #lowcarbon #impactinvesting
👉 Press release : https://lnkd.in/daRu68QX
December 22, 2021
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies supports the start-up TEEBIKE, a player in sustainable mobility combining circular economy and inclusion.
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies is pleased to announce the completion of a seed investment in the French start-up TEEBIKE. This is the fund's first investment in the theme of sustainable mobility. Rassembleurs d'Energies will support TEEBIKE in its development and growth in France and Europe to participate in the dissemination of this model of green and inclusive mobility.
TEEBIKE offers the first electric, connected and universal front wheel that electrifies the bike you've always loved. With its electrified wheel solution, Teebike combines a product that is easy to install , without the need for a professional, and rooted in a logic of circular economy, everyone can reuse their bike and transform it reversibly into an electric bike.
It is therefore a second electric life that is made possible for the bike you have always loved, by generating less CO2 and less waste .
TEEBIKE is also active in the reconditioning of bicycles, while promoting integration . Indeed, the company recovers bicycles intended for the recycling center and reconditions them after having trained people in integration within the framework of a partnership with the Apprentis d'Auteuil.
Through this partnership with the Apprentis d'Auteuil, a hundred integration jobs will be created by the end of 2024.
This project thus combines strong environmental and social impacts :
Environmental impact: gain of 100kg of CO2 between the Teebike solution and the impact of the production of an electric bike
Impact on waste limitation: 20kg of waste recycled per Teebike wheel (average weight of bikes recovered)
Social impact: creation of 9 jobs including 8 in integration by reconditioning workshop
December 22th 2021
ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES is very proud and excited to see ENGIE and its portfolio company ATEC* International sign Gold Standard carbon credits purchase agreements from biogas projects in Cambodia up to 2028 .
#lowcarbon #TransformingEnergyAcess #RenewableEnergy
November 3rd 2021
🌍 ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES is proud to contribute to the development of a shared approach on #ImpactFinance by signing the pledge proposed by@Finance for Tomorrow ! Support the committed actors by signing the pledge! !
👉LINK https://lnkd.in/dd8CM5cQ
#ImpactFinance #COP26 #ClimateChange
#GreenFinance #SustainableFinance
September 21st 2021
[💸Fundraising] The social enterprise SOLAR BROTHER raises €500k to accelerate its development in France and abroad.
SOLAR BROTHER's ambition is to disseminate this clean and innovative technology to as many people as possible, by opening up its technology to emerging markets and by committing to an ESUS approach, is fully in line with the Rassembleurs d'Energies strategy. #technology #solar #energy
We wish them every success 🎉
July 15, 2021
🎉Of the 4,000 certified B companies in the world, ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES is one of the top 5% of B Corps in the field of impact of customer satisfaction! The service offered to disadvantaged customers is indeed at the heart of our mission. We owe this success to all the companies we support and who work daily to offer sustainable and affordable solutions to more than 5.5 million beneficiaries. We dedicate this “Best For The World™” recognition to the committed entrepreneurs we support and congratulate all our colleagues #BFTW2021 . -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ #responsibleinvestment
July 12, 2021
QARNOT is invited to the Elysée!
The Director General and co-founder, Miroslav Sviezeny, intervened on the stage of the Great Exhibition. Find his speech here.
June 25th 2021
Axibio measures the impact of the deployment of its offer in a high school. The results confirm the benefit of this virtuous innovative solution.
June 18th 2021
It's not everyday that a company is recognized as an industry leader on the global stage. Today, Husk Power was spotlighted in the annual REN21 Global Status Report (GSR) on renewable energy. Husk growth was singled out as a clear indicator that the #minigrid sector is starting to achieve scale. Husk is grateful to its funders including FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank Swedfund International Shell and ENGIE RASSEMBLEURS D'ENERGIES for helping them to get here.
June 9, 2021
Engie Rassembleurs d'Energies is pleased to announce its second seed investment in
Cyclo Power Factory . This start-up created in 2017 has set itself the mission of creating a community of eco-athletes against climate change and fuel poverty. The technology, embedded in cardio training equipment, transforms sporting effort into green electricity which is then reinjected into the network. The sporting experience becomes fun and serves to raise awareness of energy sobriety and eco-gestures. A percentage of the income is donated to associations fighting against fuel poverty. The solution can be deployed at events, in gyms or schools. Thanks to its ethical remuneration, its limited lucrativeness of capital and its democratic governance, Cyclo Power Factory aims to obtain ESUS approval by mid-2022.
December 2020
Husk Power Systems, the leading rural energy company operating renewable minigrids in Asia and Africa, announced that it has achieved two industry firsts: surpassing 100 community minigrids, and serving more than 5,000 micro-enterprise customers.
Husk Power has demonstrated its resilience by achieving zero service disruption and providing emergency financial support to existing and new customers during the pandemic .
December 2020
ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies, closed its first “early stage” investment in France with Axibio. This social start-up collects and processes biowaste in order to value it into biogas. Axibio provides an integrated short-cycle solution that participates in the methanation value chain throughout the entire French territory. Its integrated digitized solution enables to monitor waste collection, to track how it is valued and report food waste indicators. Within schools that it reaches, Axibio also raises awareness on food waste and climate change.
June 25th 2020
On 25 June 2020, ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies invited the entrepreneurs of its portfolio to participate in a virtual interactive Entrepreneurs' Lab. The second edition of the Entrepreneurs Meeting was a success as over 15 entrepreneurs of RDE’s portfolio joined from all around the world from Australia to America through India, Africa and Europe. The various sessions covered the reflexion over RDE's "Rasion d'Etre" and "Purpose", the entrepreneurial responses to the recent crisis, carbon compensation and innovation spirit within the enterprises of the portfolio. The various worshops mobilized both skills and knowledge from ENGIE employees, from external partners and from the entrepreneurs in an attempt to demonstrate the benefits of collective intelligence to overcome challenges.
April 2020
How firms and social businesses are facing Covid-19 crisis : the example of Qarnot Computing.
For a week now, in partnership with Groupe Casino, Qarnot has been actively participating in the Foldingathome initiative to support research on the Covid-19. They offer more than 200 high performance servers from ScaleMax, the two companies' joint venture dedicated to intensive computing.
For any initiative which aims at accelerating scientific research about COVID-19, Qarnot will offer free computing power.
April 2020
How firms and social businesses are facing Covid-19 crisis : the example of HUSK.
HUSK is mobilized to support rural indian populations in this tough context of sanitary crisis. HUSK team has already completed distributing 2,000 food grain packet to 2,000 families in need accross 40 villages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
April 2020
How companies are seeking solutions to the Coronavirus crisis: the example of Frontier Markets
A pioneer in the last mile distribution business in India, the company has adapted to ensure the survival of its business while helping the Indian population in this exceptional health crisis, using its existing network of Sahelis (women entrepreneurs) to distribute essential products.
Read more on the American Indian Foundation website
March 2020
With Qarnot computing, ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies turns data into a free heat source for social housing
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies has completed the acquisition of a minority stake in French company Qarnot Computing through its fundraising operation, alongside with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Casino participations France, and A/0 Proptech.
Created in 2010, Qarnot is the first company to have developed a computing heater using microprocessors as a heat source, allowing to reduce by 80% the carbon footprint of HPC (high performance computing) operations, and providing a free source of heating for social housing. This acquisition manifests the willingness of ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies to support companies promoting circular economy
December 2019
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies, the ENGIE B.Corp corporate fund, acknowledges the climate emergency and signs the B Lab climate Manifesto. This ambition notably aims for carbon neutrality by 2030.
Rassembleurs d'Energies undertakes to disseminate within its organization a philosophy and behaviors in line with the objectives and will endeavor to promote them among its stakeholders.
This approach is aligned with the investment strategy of the fund which promotes low-carbon solutions for the benefit of the greatest number through the acquisition of shares from committed social entrepreneurs.
November, 27th, 2019
ATEC* Biodigesters (ATEC), an Australian Social Enterprise, has raised US$1,600,000 in a Series-B equity round to rollout the world’s first PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) model for biodigesters as well as to expand its operations from Cambodia to Bangladesh.
he investment was made by a consortium of investors, led by ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies and consisting of Fondation Ensemble, IIX Growth Fund and Phitrust Asia.
September, 18th, 2019
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies has finalized the acquisition of a minority stake in a fundraising event organized by Gecco, a company in the social and solidarity economy sector that collects and recovers waste from the catering sector in the North of France for more than 10 years. Gecco has established a local sector for the recovery of used food oils in biofuel and bio-lubricant.
News "Les Echos" of October 09, 2019
Created in 2007, the company has developed with the University of Lille-I a process for the transformation of used cooking oils into biofuel. With € 1.3 million in funding, Gecco is building a new unit that will increase its production capacity from 400 to 5,000 liters of biodiesel per day.
News flash from 4 September 2019
For the second time after 2017, ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies has received the Best For The World award. The list of BestForTheWorld2019 winners, distinguished by B.Corp, was unveiled on 4 September 2019. ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies is proud to be among the top 10% in the Customer category. This category evaluates the impact of a company on its disadvantaged customers and ensures that the products or services offered by the company strive to meet social or environmental challenges (improving health conditions, preserving the environment, promoting the economic activity of individuals or communities, or financing companies engaged in these missions).
Press release of January, 10th, 2019
During the last quarter of 2018, ENGIE's Rassembleurs d'Énergies fund invested in 2 companies: the first, ENVIROFIT, in the diffusion of clean cooking solutions around the world and the second, FRONTIER MARKETS, in the distribution on the last mile of solar appliances in rural areas in India.
On 18 and 19 December 2017, ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies brought together for the first time all entrepreneurs in its portfolio. This meeting was an opportunity for them to exchange their best practices with each other but also to benefit from the expertise and know-how of ENGIE teams who came to participate in the different workshops on impact measurement, governance and control, financing or the legal framework and human resources.
On this occasion Isabelle Kocher, Paulo Almirante and the other members of the investment committee were able to meet each of the entrepreneurs from four continents and discuss with them their business models and their experience in the field of access to sustainable energy for everyone.