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AFRICA
SUSTAINABILITY
APPLIED IN RWANDA
THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSION IN THE ACTIVITY’S FOCUS
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RUANDA
S ince 2015, Mota-Engil in Rwanda has been implementing a policy of social responsibility in line with the pillars of the Group. As an example, and throughout 2019, an extensive and diversified programme was developed within this scope, highlighting actions to promote environmental and social sustainability, materialised through support to social and humanitarian institutions and direct support to local communities, through initiatives, such as the promotion of inclusive sports events and even voluntary actions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
With regard to initiatives aimed at promoting environmental sustainability,
Mota-Engil Rwanda has implemented activities, such as the collection of industrial oils, use of water treatment and recovery systems, sorting of waste with separation of paper and plastics
for subsequent processing, as well as ensuring the internal adoption of laws and procedures related to environmental policy in force in the country.
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Within the scope of the support
to social and humanitarian institutions, essential goods were distributed to users of the paediatric services of Kigali Central Hospital.
In a cross-cutting practice of relationship and interaction with the local communities in which Mota-Engil operates, this concern was also a central axis of the operation
in Rwanda during 2019, with a series of activities such as awarding scholarships to eight children from a deprived neighbourhood of Kigali, covering all their school expenses for the current school year, as well as supporting social awareness campaigns on HIV – AIDS.
RWANDA