Genneia was chosen as one of the three best companies in the Corporate Citizenship Award from the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AMCHAM) in the category Initiatives Sustainable Processes for Large Companies. The company presented the case of the Rawson Wind Farm (PER) that the company owns in the city of Rawson, Chubut. This is a project that addresses the entire array of sustainability:
- Environmental: reduce CO2 emissions and accompanying policy of climate change mitigation promoted by the United Nations Organization through its relevant agencies .
- Cost: generates significant foreign exchange savings to the country to avoid import the fuel; increase the installed capacity of power generation; diversifies the energy matrix; generates local employment; contributes to the development of the Patagonia region and the country.
- Institutional Socio-: diffuses the features and benefits of renewable energy, raising awareness about its importance .
For 17 years, AmCham awarded annually Award Corporate Citizenship (PCE) in order to recognize companies whose management is focused on sustainability and have processes, products and innovative services in line with this concept. Since its inception, the award has received more than 1200 presentations and more distinguished 90 companies around the country.
In 2015, a total 82 companies presented their cases in Amcham, record number of participants, which meant that 55 percent more than last year .
The selected criteria for evaluation category in which Genneia were distinguished:
- General aspects of the initiative
- Relevance and contribution of the initiative to the business
- social and environmental results obtained with the initiative
- Management initiative
- Possibilities of replication and continuity
The jury was composed of Maria Marta Fidalgo (Associate Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia), Ernesto Pirillo (Coordinator of the Commission for Environmental Studies at the Faculty of Engineering UBA) and Mario Smith (Director of the Graduate Environmental Management Universidad Austral).
The ceremony was presided over by Juan Manuel Vaquer (President of Dupont and Amcham) and was attended by the Ambassador of the United States, Noah Memet .
- Cost: generates significant foreign exchange savings to the country to avoid import the fuel; increase the installed capacity of power generation; diversifies the energy matrix; generates local employment; contributes to the development of the Patagonia region and the country.