Gek Terna - Strengthening our social footprint

STRENGTHENING OUR SOCIAL FOOTPRINT

GEK TERNA Group actively supports the local and broader society through initiatives and actions that contribute to social resilience and prosperity. Its strategic objective is to establish long-term relationships with the residents and stakeholders in the areas where it operates, based on trust and mutual benefit. To this end, it combines the initiatives we undertake with the needs of the area concerned and aims for an open dialogue with stakeholders.

The Group improves the daily life of local communities, supports the younger generation, contributes to the care of socially vulnerable groups and strengthens the local economy and entrepreneurship, while always being present in the face of crises and emergencies.

The Group implements a social support program that reflects the organization’s commitment to Sustainable Development principles in order to strengthen its business activities, meet stakeholder needs and protect the well-being of the local communities. In 2023, the Group’s social contribution through sponsorships, donations and infrastructure projects, in the areas where it operates, amounts to €11.6 million.

This year's social support program focused on:

Supporting the new generation of scientists, the "Skillful Generation"

By truly believing in Greek youth and their ability to shape the country's future generation of scientists, GEK TERNA Group is making a long-term and multifaceted investment in the future of domestic infrastructure and energy sector. Through an integrated and targeted set of actions called "Skillful Generation", the Group actively supports innovation, education and training, offering resources, knowledge, skills and tools to support a new generation of engineers who will shape the future.
Prominent among the relevant actions of the "Skillful Generation" Program is the exclusive sponsorship of GEK TERNA Group to the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) for the establishment of the first Professional Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in "Infrastructure and Construction Project Management". The Postgraduate Program is offered by the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA in partnership with the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of NTUA. The Postgraduate Program is fully funded by GEK TERNA Group with a total amount of half a million euros for five years initially.
Furthermore, the "Skillful Generation" Program in 2023 supported university and school innovation teams such as: the TUCer (Technical University of Crete eco racing) team of the Technical University of Crete, the Lamborgenius team of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras, Greco Racing Tea - F1 in Schools of Anatolia School, the Robotics Research and Innovation Team "PanEll - Robotica. gr" based in Patras, Greek Champion for 2023 and the Robotics Team NROBOGEN based in Amphilochia.

Supporting local communities

A significant part of the Group's social contribution involves the construction of local infrastructure projects in all regions of the country where it operates, as well as the support of vulnerable social groups, sports and cultural clubs, etc. through numerous sponsorship programs.

Transformation of the 115th Combat Wing into a green aviation facility

Through the initiative and donation of GEK TERNA Group in 2023, the transformation of the 115th Combat Wing in Souda into a Near Zero Carbon Emissions Airport was completed and constitutes the first green aviation facility with a high level of clean energy use and sufficiency/autonomy globally. The airport’s electricity demands are now 100% covered by RES (Net Zero Energy Airport), utilizing a photovoltaic power generation system connected to an energy storage system with lithium-ion batteries. At the same time, a smart Energy Management System was developed to ensure the uninterrupted and seamless management of the energy produced and consumed.

Reconstruction and rehabilitation of areas affected by natural disasters

As part of the major efforts for the reconstruction of the areas affected by the summer wildfires of 2023, the Group assumed the contract for the rehabilitation of Mandra-Magoula region, undertaking the financing of the design and construction of erosion control works, amounting to €1 million. Moreover, from the very first moment the disastrous storm “Daniel” broke out in Thessaly, the Group, showing increased reflexes, rushed to the side of the local community, providing personnel and machinery from neighboring TERNA construction sites in the broader region. The provision of assistance to the affected areas and in particular to the municipalities of Karditsa, Mouzaki, Domokos, Sofadon, Meteora, Trikala, Argithea and Metsovo, included water pumping operations in flooded houses and evacuation of residents, restoration of road sections, cleaning of streams and ditches, loading and transportation of dead animals from stables and fields, cleaning of debris on roads and properties.