We take pride in our Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR
Here at Energia Group our work is embedded in communities across the island of Ireland, and our contribution is driven by our staff. Working with a range of initiatives and programmes of varying sizes and focus, our support over the years has been consistent and will continue into the future to maximise our impact. Examples of formal initiatives supported include Brighter Communities and Helping Hands, in addition to partnering with charities and our Christmas campaigns.
Fundamentally, our community strategy is built on relevance and impact, offering our people and customers the opportunity to support programmes, initiatives and charities that relate to them. We choose initiatives that can be nominated and matched to staff efforts, with a focus on making a positive difference.
Stay tuned to the News section for all the latest CSR and ESG activities at Energia Group and have a look at our latest CSR overview available within Energia Group's annual report found on our Investors page.
You can view the activities and results from financial year 2024/2025 in our latest Responsible Business Report.
Energia sponsorships
Energia is a proud sponsor of culture, sports and charities across the island of Ireland.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands is a scheme that enables staff to take a personal approach to their volunteering, enabling them to support local groups, sports teams and community initiatives that they have a connection with.
Now available to all Energia Group employees, the scheme grants financial support towards purchasing new equipment or running events. In FY25, under the Helping Hands scheme, 230 grants were awarded to community associations, charities, and clubs across the island of Ireland equating to over €24,000 in ROI and almost £51,000 in Northern Ireland of financial support.
Helping Hands has been going far and wide from Belfast to Wexford, to the Glens of Antrim and to the Mid-West of Ireland. A diverse range of groups were supported including the Kjoujin Lurgan Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Loughmacrory Handball Club, Glens Coastal Rowing Club, Strandtown Primary School, as well as other sports clubs and a variety of children’s education settings.
Partnering with Charities
We work with charities across the island of Ireland, and in FY25, some notable examples included the work of Power NI with Age NI to help educate older people on how to save energy at home.
Energia Group staff based in Northern Ireland also supported Age NI and St Vincent de Paul with a charity bag drive to help stock their charity shops. Over 100 bags were donated by staff – a very practical way of supporting our local charities. Energia also continued to develop a positive relationship with MABS, Alone and St Vincent de Paul, meeting regularly and supporting customers.
Building on the previous year, in FY25, Energia Group continued its strategic partnership with the NOW Group, a social enterprise that provides a range of services that support people with learning difficulties and autism, helping them to realise their full potential. Working with NOW across several areas, Energia Group focused on being JAM Card friendly, operating as a supply chain partner whilst using their catering service, LOAF, at our offices, and also using the NOW training services for our staff teams.
Volunteering
To further support the volunteering efforts of our people, during FY25 a Group Volunteering Policy was approved, giving all employees the opportunity to volunteer twice each financial year.
Overall, in FY25, volunteers from across the Group spent over 2,000 hours volunteering in their communities through over 60 opportunities. Volunteering efforts focused on helping local food banks, working with Ulster Wildlife, Crosskennan Animal Sanctuary, the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, Habitat for Humanity at its Christmas shop, FoodCloud at its Warehouse Hub in Tallaght, supporting Global Action Plan at its GLAS garden in Blanchardstown, bringing Christmas to children across NI with Cash 4 Kid’s ‘Mission Christmas’ initiative and continued volunteering with Age NI through “check-in and chat” weekly telephone calls with some older people to help them cope with the challenges of isolation and loneliness.
Christmas Campaigns
As part of our commitment to give back to our communities, there is a special focus around Christmas giving. For Christmas 2024, Energia Group donated €40,000 to help foodbanks in Antrim, Belfast, Omagh and Dublin. Food banks provide essential food support for families and individuals in need all year round, but the need is particularly greatest at Christmas. We supply energy to communities all over Ireland and so we believe that we have a role to play in supporting those that might be experiencing challenges in those communities.
Energia Group also donated €30,000 to the Black Santa appeals in Dublin and Belfast. The annual charity event has become known as the Black Santa appeal because of the long, heavy black cloaks worn by participating clergy. All of the money donated to the appeals goes directly to a variety of charities in both Belfast and Dublin supported by Black Santa with a focus in December 2024 on charities who catered for refugees.
Culture and Sports
In FY25, the Group provided ongoing support of the Wexford Opera Festival which is illustrative of our focus on sustainability that extends beyond the energy and engineering solutions our teams provide, but also our awareness of the role played by culture in maintaining thriving communities.
Energia Group is also an advocate for the Irish language in communities all across the island of Ireland and has been a proud sponsor of international language festival since 2017. Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia is open to all, regardless of fluency, and is one of the largest celebrations of the Irish language. Our ongoing support enables the festival to provide resources to schools across Ireland and to host events for families and adults.
Our partnership with Irish Rugby enables us to not only support local communities but also actively engage with them, those young and old, of all backgrounds and interests, where grassroots teams and clubs are central. As such, we continue to work closely with Irish Rugby to facilitate development that recognises the contribution of AIL clubs across communities all over Ireland.
We are proud to be recognised as the title sponsor of both the Men’s and Women’s All Ireland League (AIL) and All-Ireland Junior Cup, which we have held since 2019.
Get in touch!
If you are interested in partnering with Energia Group (Power NI or Energia) for a Charity Partner opportunity, please do reach out to us and we will consider your appeal.
