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Pooling of "Corporate Responsibility", "Diversity" and
Social Commitment/RWE Foundation work
- Peter Terium takes on chair of RWE Foundation Advisory Board
With effect from 1 July 2012 the Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Protection, Social Commitment/RWE Foundation and Diversity work of RWE AG will be pooled within a new "Corporate Responsibility" unit. At the same time, oversight of the new division will be assumed by Marga Edens, who is currently head of "Corporate Responsibility" for the Dutch RWE subsidiary Essent. In this new role, she will be reporting directly to the new Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of RWE AG, Peter Terium.
Marga Edens studied law at the University of Utrecht, majoring in private sector law, followed by international post-graduate studies culminating in a Master of Business Administration (MBA). After gaining some initial professional experience as a corporate lawyer, she moved to Essent N.V. in the year 2000. During her time there, she was manager of the Executive Board staff, then head of Investor Relations before assuming the role of head of Corporate Responsibility.
Peter Terium: "The public expects us to come up with
intelligent and comprehensive responses to some urgent
environmental and energy policy challenges. Energy, as our
core business, is an essential part of social policy
discussions and debates. As a company, we are not only judged
on our balance sheet performance but also on how well we as
an employer work with our employees to identify solutions
that enable us to expedite a sustainable energy supply. I am
delighted that we have been able to attract a highly
experienced, skilled and exceedingly dedicated manager in the
form of Marga Edens to this important role. I am convinced
that Marga Edens will make a valuable contribution to
that."
For several years, RWE has been ranked at the top of
prestigious leader boards like the "Dow Jones Sustainability
Index" and the "Carbon Disclosure Project". RWE was also one
of the first German DAX companies to link Executive Board
salaries directly to the achievement of annual sustainability
targets set by its Supervisory Board.
In addition, RWE has made a commitment to double the current
percentage of women in leadership roles of 11% to 22% by the
year 2018. Peter Terium: "To me, the subject of diversity is
a key aspect of the future direction of our Group. But
Diversity is about far more than active promotion of talented
women. We also want to achieve more international
representation in our leadership team and remain attractive
to young people as an employer. This is why we encourage
contemporary forms of work and foster equal opportunities in
family planning. Any company that demands the highest
possible performance from its employees must also create a
working environment that is flexible enough to meet their
different needs."
Furthermore, with effect from 1 June 2012, Peter Terium
becomes the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the RWE
Foundation. The RWE Foundation was set up in 2009 as
successor to the RWE Youth Foundation established in 1998.
Since then it has pooled all the work of the Group in the
areas of education, culture and social commitment linked by
the common theme of "energy". The RWE Foundation, with €60
million of capital, is one of the largest charitable trusts
in Germany. In 2011, grant approvals worth a total of €1.15
million were made to deserving causes. An additional €2.4
million was invested in other charitable projects within the
Group and the "RWE Companius" initiative. The fact that Group
employees perform voluntary work on around 2000 local
projects under this scheme is compelling proof of RWE's
ability to combine entrepreneurial with social
responsibility.
Please direct enquiries to:
Brigitte Lambertz
RWE AG
Press spokeswoman
T +49 201 12 15599
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