ENGIE Brasil Energia announces the winners of the 1st edition of the Call for "Energy to Education" Social Responsibility for projects focusing on reducing truancy and on the development of new competences and skills for teachers and/or students. The hope is that the scheme can have a positive impact on eight thousand students through the medium of 30 initiatives, which will be distributed in 12 states where the company has its operations.

In all, ENGIE received an enrollment of more than 150 proposals through the call for projects. These were submitted by associations, schools and students, the proposed actions having as beneficiaries children and adolescents at the elementary and/or junior high school level, as well as those projects with actions which have a range of beneficiaries involved with professionalizing studies and/or directed towards the development of teachers for example.

The complete list of the winners can be accessed through engie.com.br/editaleducacao/

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ENGIE is the largest private-sector power producer in Brazil, operating in generation, commercialization and transmission of electric power, gas transport and energy solutions. With an installed capacity of 10 GW from 69 power plants, which stands for about 6% of the country's capacity, the Company has nearly 97% of its installed capacity in the country from renewable sources and with low GHG emissions, such as hydro, solar and biomass power plants, and windfarms.

With the acquisition of TAG, ENGIE now also owns the largest natural gas transportation network in the country, at 4,500 km and transecting 10 states and 191 cities.

The Group is also among the largest distributed photovoltaic generation companies in the country and has a complete portfolio of integrated solutions focused on reducing costs and improving the infrastructure for companies and cities, such as energy efficiency, public lighting, energy monitoring and management. With 3,000 employees, ENGIE's turnover in Brazil in 2020 was R$ 13.3 billion.

The Group´s turnover in 2020 was of 55.8 billion Euros. The Group is listed on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges (ENGI) and is represented in the main financial indices (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe) and non-financial indices (DJSI World, DJSI Europe, Euronext Vigeo Eiris - Eurozone 120/Europe 120/France 20, MSCI EMU ESG, MSCI Europe ESG, Euro Stoxx 50 ESG, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG, and Stoxx Global 1800 ESG).

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