Since the Performance Pact was launched at the end of 2014, ENGIE has supported around 20 or so high-level athletes during their preparations for the most prestigious international competitions. Throughout their careers, these supported athletes have notched up impressive wins on the international stage. Team ENGIE falls within the social component of the Impact Together programme.
From left to right: Elodie Clouvel (Modern Pentathlon), Luka Mkheidze (Judo), Madeleine Malonga (Judo), Raphaël Beaugillet (tandem Paralympic cycling), Pauline Ado (Surfing), Fabien Lamirault (Paralympic table tennis), Emmanuelle Mörch (Tennis fauteuil)
Since 1992, the Group has supported high-level athletes. It initially focused its efforts on two well-established sports – women's tennis and athletics, with the emphasis firmly on talented young people. The majority of these have gone on to become highly regarded in their respective disciplines – such as Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo, Jean Galfione, Stéphane Diagana, David Douillet and numerous others. One of the most notable is Alex Caizergues, our kitesurfing champion and current holder of the world speed record (107.36 km/h).
The Group wanted to refocus its Team on athletes competing in the most prestigious international sports events. ENGIE thus became one of the first companies to sign up to the Performance Pact – an initiative launched in 2014 by France's Ministry of Sport designed to boost France's performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Group has now supported numerous athletes, in line with its regional approach and its commitment to developing sport.
After Rio and Tokyo, ENGIE decided it would once again be supporting around ten French athletes in their preparations for the Paris Games, as part of its long-term commitment to French sport – something in which it has been an active partner for more than 30 years. Seven athletes qualified, winning six medals (including two golds) and garnering a great deal of support from ENGIE employees, during their preparation, as well as during the Games themselves.
On the back of this achievement and of its honouring its own commitments, ENGIE has reasserted its support for seven athletes as they gear up for the world's next biggest sports event in 2028.