We are partners of development because we respect the rights of all people, as evidenced by the actions we carry out around these issues.
GRI (103-1) Being profitable, sustainable and having a long-term projection for our operations is part of our contribution to the Corporate Strategy. At Celsia, we work with communities and other social actors in the territories where we are present and we join as key allies in their development. In this way, we consolidate relationships of mutual benefit, convinced that this is a transparent manner to generate value and guarantee the viability of assets and new projects.
GRI (103-2) We materialize Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy through our Social Policy, which is implemented and led by the Socio-Environmental Management Team and the Foundation Team. This policy contains the principles of relationship for social management and is based on three pillars: respect, transparency and building trust. From this, we positively impact and communicate to the communities in the area of influence of our assets and new projects, intervening in four strategic lines:
Community infrastructure, health and environment, and culture, recreation and sports.
Environmental-education processes, educational infrastructure, student scholarships, provision of educational implements and school kits, and strengthening of skills for teachers.
Education and training in entrepreneurship and life skills, strengthening of grassroots organizations, productive projects and citizen participation mechanisms.
Electrification of our own resources, management for electrification, actions that promote energy efficiency and improvement of internal networks.
Our goal and commitment is that all the actions we undertake in the framework of our social management continue having 100% coverage of our operation centers and new projects.
Taking our Social Policy as a guide, at Celsia we design, implement, accompany and evaluate actions that contribute to the development of the neighboring communities of our power plants and new Company projects.
To ensure that these actions have a high impact, generate value and are consistent with the Corporate Strategy, we focus on four strategic lines of social investment. Thus, Social Policy is the tool par excellence to guide our work in terms of social investment and corporate citizenship; it describes the guidelines that guide the decisions we make and the actions we prioritize, as well as the explicit declaration of implementing these actions, having the communities as allies in generating shared and inclusive value.
This line promotes and develops energy-efficiency practices and helps disadvantaged populations to access this service through traditional electrification process, with their own resources or Government funds, or with the use of alternative energy projects. So the Organization:
We make new projects viable to deliver more energy to our Stakeholders (communities and clients):
5669.86 GW/h/year
to contribute to the optimum operation of our assets.
45,722 km
of distribution network to expand territorial coverage
46,866 new clients
which represents higher income to the Company.
The energy-access actions in 2021 represented multiple socio-environmental benefits:
25% more investment
in projects, compared to 2020. We invested COP 862,220,404.
More than 442 people
benefitted in internal-network improvement projects in seven municipalities in Tolima and Valle del Cauca.
1,022 beneficiaries
of energy-access projects and internal-network improvement.
With these investments:
During 2021, in our Access to Energy action line, we achieved the following results:
COP 862,220,404 in investments
More than 442 people
benefitted through the improvement of the internal networks of their homes, in seven municipalities in Tolima and Valle del Cauca, Colombia; also contributing to the electrical safety of the homes and the optimization of energy consumption.
180 people
benefitted through the development of rural-electrification projects in Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
We increased the installed capacity by 3.61% MW.
5,669.86 GW/h/year
generated to contribute to the optimal operation of our assets.
2,307 km
more in our distribution network.
46,866 new clients served.
This line promotes and develops energy-efficiency practices and helps disadvantaged populations to access this service through traditional electrification process, with their own resources or Government funds, or with the use of alternative energy projects. So the Organization:
This line contributes to the strengthening of the capacities of the communities through their leaders, seeking their empowerment in their development, self-management, social control and the care of natural resources.
The development of this line allows the Company to:
Community-development actions contribute to the viability of the business, the development of projects and the operation of assets, evidenced by the following indicators:
388 communications received
All complaints were resolved in a timely manner, thus avoiding conflicts in the relationship and affectations in the operation of assets and the development of new projects.
26 complaints
related to the comprehensive management of projects and assets (of these, 24 were associated with projects, due to concerns in the construction stage and prior consultation, and two associated with the operation).
143 dialogue spaces
for community participation. We increased these spaces by 35%, compared to 2020.
120 ethnic communities
in the prior consultation process.
Community-development actions represent more socio-environmental benefits, which are evidenced by the following indicators:
Generation of capacities in the communities of the areas of influence, for the development of their productive, management, leadership, entrepreneurship and self-employment processes, for the generation of income:
23 processes and/or productive projects supported
based on the agricultural and livestock vocation of the territories.
28 programs
of strengthening developed grassroots organizations. We increased strengthening programs by 43%, compared to 2020.
47 base organizations
strengthened. This was increased by 44%, compared to 2020.
Contribution to the economic and social development of the territories:
22,870 beneficiaries
of community-development projects. We increased the number of beneficiaries by 34%, compared to 2020.
COP 14,840,764,659 invested
in community-development projects. We increased our investment by 63%, compared to 2020.
During 2021, in our Community Development action line, we achieved the following results:
COP 14,840,764,659
in investments.
22,870 people benefitted
More than 1,920 people benefitted
thanks to the strengthening of 47 base organizations in Valle del Cauca, Santander, Cauca, Tolima and La Guajira, Colombia, through the development of 28 training, awareness processes, alliances and/or endowments for the development of their community management.
23 productive processes and/or projects
promoted, which contributed to the development and consolidation to strengthen the agricultural and livestock vocations of 35 communities in Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Cauca, Córdoba and Tolima, Colombia, contributing to self-employment, income generation and food sovereignty.
More than 143 spaces promoted
for the participation and dialogue between communities and companies, which allowed community participation within the framework of the development of our new projects and the operation of our assets, among which the development of prior-consultation processes with 122 ethnic communities in the areas of influence of the new projects in the Departments of La Guajira, Sucre and Bolívar, Colombia, stands out.
388 communications received
related to the comprehensive management of projects and assets, in the framework of the operation and the development of projects in Colombia and Central America. Of these, 26 corresponded to complaints, of which 24 were associated with projects in the development stage due to concerns and dissatisfactions regarding construction activities (El Tesorito Thermal Power Plant) and due to requests for inclusion in the prior consultation (Tolú Viejo Line Project) and two corresponded to the operation (one in T&D in Valle Sur, Colombia, and one in CH Prudencia, Central America). All the complaints were resolved in a timely manner, thus avoiding conflicts in the relationship and affectations in the operation of assets and the development of new projects.
This line contributes to educational quality, improving schools in energy and water and training teachers to teach better. With all this, the Company stimulates local economic development, which – in turn – promotes a greater demand for energy, strengthens relations with the community, generated better commitments that guarantee a favorable environment for the development of operations and fosters a sense of ownership and sustainable relationships by contributing to the education of children and adolescents, who become community leaders in the medium and long term.
The actions to promote education represent the following benefits for the business, which we demonstrate with the following indicators:
256 employees
Participated in Corporate volunteering sessions, related to promoting education and the well-being of the communities, 34% more, compared to 2020.
1,159 hours invested
in Corporate volunteering activities related to promoting education and the well-being of the communities. The management of this project has allowed us to strengthen the pillars of the Celsia Culture and the Organizational climate, through its link to the actions promoted by Corporate volunteering.
143 dialogue spaces
for community participation. We increased these spaces by 35%, compared to 2020.
120 ethnic communities
in the prior consultation process.
The actions to promote education represent the following socio-environmental benefits, which are evidenced by these indicators: Generation of school management and leadership capacities in the communities of the areas of influence.
24 jobs
generated locally with the development of the Foundation’s school-infrastructure work.
500 teachers
Trained who demonstrated greater school management and leadership.
7 educational institutions intervened in infrastructure that improved school environments.
75,277 beneficiaries
of educational programs and projects, 44% more beneficiaries, compared to 2020.
COP 3,857,944,107 invested
in educational programs and projects, 26% more, compared to 2020.
12 educational projects
executed through the Enciende, Language and Mathematics, SEE Learning and School Strengthening Programs.
During 2021, in our Promotion of Education action line, we achieved the following results:
24 jobs
generated locally with the development of the Foundation’s school-infrastructure works.
500 teachers
beneficiaries of teacher qualification and school-strengthening programs.
7 schools transformed:
thanks to the improvement of their infrastructure, we provided safe, healthy conditions for 2,051 students and 98 teachers.
COP 3,857,944,107
in investments.
75,277 people
benefitted.
12 educational projects developed,
aimed at teacher training and school strengthening, among which Language and Mathematics, Reading Club for Teachers, Alliance for Educational Quality in Buenaventura and SEE Learning (citizen and socio-emotional competencies) stand out. Likewise, through Enciende, we improved school environments and we contributed to the well-being of the educational community of seven schools.
256 voluntary employees
in Colombia and Central America joints our volunteering activities.
1,159 hours
were invested by volunteer employees in Colombia and Central America, of which 511 hours were worked by employees from Colombia, which implied an investment of COP 16,283,526 from the Company.
These are our short-, medium- and long-term challenges:
Enciende Program: A Celsia Colombia Foundation program that aims to contribute to the creation of more conducive, healthy and safe teaching environments for learning by making improvements or adjustments in the schools located in its areas of influence, in aspects such as electrical networks, kitchens, bathrooms, dining rooms, rooves, green areas, the installation of drinking-water filters and the beautification of walls or façades with paint.
Geographic-Information System (GIS): A set of specific components that allows end users to efficiently create queries, integrate, analyze and represent any type of referenced geographic information associated with a territory.
ReverdeC: Celsia’s voluntary program that seeks to contribute to the restoration of the hydrological basins in the Departments of Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Tolima, Colombia, through the planting of 1,000,000 native trees annually for 10 years.
Works for Taxes: A mechanism of the Colombian Government in which companies can pay up to 50% of their income tax through the execution of projects that contribute to the development of communities.
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