Our memberships
Our cooperation with other companies under the auspices of NGO or industry-wide initiatives is yet another indication of just how committed to honouring our responsibilities we are. RWE has greatly enlarged the scope of this type of cooperation in recent years.
Our involvement in various bodies and associations enables us to share our expertise and – in umbrella organisations, in particular – to uphold our interests.
Membership of the e8
RWE is a founding member of the e8, a group in which the world’s leading electric utilities work together on concepts for sustainable power generation.
Information will be available soon.
Membership of other organisations
The Demography Network (ddn)
Objective: to share information and experience on demographic change with other companies. RWE joined in October 2007.
ddn (www.demographie-netzwerk.de)
Deutscher Investor Relations Verband (DIRK)
Objective: to implement standards for communications between corporations and the capital market
German Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC)
Objective: to implement and disseminate the results of the work of the WEC
econsense – German industry’s forum for sustainable development
Objective: to promote sustainable development through dialogue with policymakers and NGOs. RWE co-founded econsense in July 2000.
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Objective: to continue the development of globally recognised standards of sustainability reporting. RWE joined in August 2006.
Global Reporting Initiative (www.globalreporting.org)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Germany
Objective: The ICC is a global body that represents business interests. It is organised in national sections and has already drawn up several pioneering codices for responsible business practices.
ICC Deutschland (www.icc-deutschland.de)
Energy Efficiency Initiative
Objective: to promote the efficient use of energy both in business and in private households. The initiative was launched by the German Energy Agency together with RWE and other energy suppliers. There is no formal membership.
Initiative Enegieeffizienz (www.initiative-energieeffizienz.de)
Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF)
Objective: to run trials of the Kyoto climate protection mechanisms in developing and newly industrialised countries (World Bank project). RWE joined in January 2000.
Prototype Carbon Fund (http://carbonfinance.org)
Business initiative “Diversity as an opportunity”
Objective: to create a prejudice-free working environment. RWE joined in March 2007 (by signing the Diversity Charter).
Vielfalt als Chance (www.vielfalt-als-chance.de)
Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”
Objective: to compensate former forced labourers and do reconciliation work. RWE joined in August 2000.
