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Investing in

communities

Our utility-scale energy plants have
OUR COMMUNITY
the potential to transform the areas 1. 2. 3.
INVESTMENT THEMES
where they are located. ENVIRONMENT, EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION
Based on consultation with ENERGY AND AND AND SKILLS

our project communities, our CLIMATE ENTERPRISE
That’s why we commit to investing a percentage CHANGE
investment strategy has three focus
of our revenue back into community projects
areas, and a cross-cutting theme
around our sites. In this way, we can maximise the
of women’s empowerment. All the
positive impacts, and ensure local people share in
projects we invest in are designed WOMENS’ EMPOWERMENT
the benefits of our work.
to meet at least one of these aims.

Our solar and wind farms are often located

in areas which face development challenges
OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS (2023)
including lacking infrastructure, low levels of
formal education, few opportunities for skilled Employment and enterprise:

37%
employment and insufficient healthcare, and the
Education and skills:
projects we invest in aim to directly address these COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUPPORTED
49%
challenges.
Energy and
environmental initiatives :
14%
In 2023 we invested $3 million, supporting 180

initiatives across Africa, through which we had
over 80,000 participants. OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS (2023)

PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Female participants:
Our approach is guided by national and local
52.5%
regulatory requirements, and involves extensive
Male participants:
and ongoing consultation with community 47.5%

representatives, to ensure we are investing in the Total participants:
80,500
most relevant issues.
JOBS SUPPORTED FOR LOCAL PEOPLE
THROUGH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT