Summary of events

1. IPR – GDF SUEZ LATIN AM ERICA
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JULY 3, 2012
▌ RIO+20 Summit
Summary of events
GDF SUEZ AND IPR TOOK ACTIVE PART IN THE
SUMMIT
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) took place on 20-22 June in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. As a global leader in energy and environmental services and as a major private
power producer in Brazil, GDF SUEZ, IPR GDF SUEZ Latin America and Tractebel Energia took active
part at a variety of events during the United Nations Summit.
The Summit brought together more than 100 Heads of States, 193 United Nations member states and
over 100,000 participants, including 2,500 CEOs.
The discussions focused around two specific themes:
 The green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication
 The institutional framework for sustainable development.
Rio +20 was the opportunity to demonstrate the Group‟s commitment to Sustainable Development.
Below you can read more about the events in which the Group participated.
June 16-17
Encantado Music Festival: Music and Contemporary Art
The first edition of the Encantado Music Festival took place in the communities of the urban forest of
Tijuca, a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve. The Festival Encantado showcased the talent and the
potential of local residents, aiming at connecting social innovation and local communities. People from
all over the city participated in the Festival, discovering innovative and positive social, environmental,
and constructive projects such as rooftop agronomy, microcredit, ecological gastronomy, reforestation
and sustainable art.
GDF SUEZ is the founding sponsor of the Encantado Music Festival, which is supported by world class
artists, the French Embassy, NGOs and media organisations.
The festival serves as a catalyst and demonstrates the relationships between the different social
projects of the Group, its internal NGOs and partners in Rio. On 17 June, Gérard Mestrallet visited the
Festival and met with the community leaders of the favelas.

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For further information on the Encantado Festival, visit the website.
June 17
Sustainable Energy and Water Supply in Brazil, French Pavilion
The purpose of this side event was to present the different sustainable solutions developed in the
energy and environment sectors.
The session was introduced by Manuel Colcombet, SVP Strategy, Portfolio and Risk Management for
IPR - GDF SUEZ Latin America, who stressed the growing demand for sustainable utilities in Brazil.
Philipp Hauser, VP of Carbon Markets for IPR - GDF SUEZ Latin America, gave an overview of the
growing energy demand in the country and the different options for developing clean, efficient and
reliable energy production capacities.
Sergio Maes, Operation, Research & Development Manager at Tractebel Energia presented energy
research and development projects with the first pilot wave energy project in Brazil, a prototype which
was displayed at the Athletes Park.
Representing SUEZ Environnement, Marcelo
Gomes, Commercial Director at Degrémont
Brazil, described current and future
sustainable development solutions in the
water sector to meet the needs of a booming
population.
From left to right: Philipp Hauser, Manuel Colcombet,
Marcelo Gomes and Sérgio Maes

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Debate on access to energy and relations with local authorities, Favela Mata Machado
Organised by GDF SUEZ and the NGO Be-Linked, this conference-debate with the communities of Alto
da Boa Vista in the Mata Machado favela dealt with the topic, “Social Innovation and Precarious
Communities”.
At the favela of Mata Machado, nearly 100 participants from the community met to discuss initiatives to
fight poverty and deliberate about the role of companies and social entrepreneurs.
Following talks headed by the community leaders, Françoise Guichard, GDF SUEZ Head of Sustainable
Development, and Bernard Saincy, GDF SUEZ Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and VP of GDF
SUEZ „Rassembleurs d‟Énergies‟, discussed the Group‟s interest in working with social entrepreneurs.
Fabio Rosa, President of the NGO IDDEAS (Institute for the Development of Natural Energy and
Sustainability), and Julio Lima from the NGO Un Techo Para Mí País, described the challenges and
issues of poverty and energy access in Brazil. They also presented their respective partnerships with
the GDF SUEZ programme Rassembleurs d'Énergies and the IPR Flagship Projects, which support local
projects that aim to improve the life quality of communities where IPR operates.
The aim of this innovative debate was to create an open dialogue with communities in order to share
the ideas implemented by the Group throughout the world.
Global Compact and UN-Habitat: session on Urbanisation and Cities
Intervention by Stéphane Queré, GDF SUEZ Vice President of Sustainable Development, about the
theme “Building Partnership for Urban Futures: Leveraging Strengths, Driving Change through Shared
Values”.
June 18
Global Compact France: CEOs and NGOs’ views on innovation for sustainability
Intervention by Gérard Mestrallet on experience-sharing in the area of dialogue with stakeholders,
NGOs and social entrepreneurs.
As part of the United Nations Global Compact Forum, Gérard Mestrallet presented alongside Total CEO,
Christophe de Margerie, and Schneider Electric CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, to discuss innovation on
sustainable development, giving examples of partnerships between their businesses and NGOs. The
purpose of this session was to share their experiences of dialogue with stakeholders, NGOs and social
entrepreneurs, aiming at the promotion of innovative projects and sustainable local development, as
well as the creation of shared value.

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Gérard Mestrallet, at this session as President of the Global Compact in France, was accompanied by
Fabio Rosa, President of IDEAAS, with whom an agreement had been signed to promote access to
energy for Brazil‟s underprivileged populations.
Official opening of COPPE stand, sponsored by Tractebel Energia
Tractebel Energia, in partnership with Coppe (the Technology Centre of the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro), had dedicated an exhibition space at the Athletes Park, highlighting their expertise in
Research and Development, showcasing the new Tractebel Energia Pecém wave power plant, a project
developed by Tractebel Energia and COPPE, which will be inaugurated in the coming months in the
Northeast of Brazil.
From left to right: Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, General Director of Coppe,
Gérard Mestrallet, Maurício Bähr, CEO IPR-GDF SUEZ Brazil,
Manoel Zaroni, CEO Tractebel Energia
The Pecém Wave Power Plant
See the Tractebel Energia brochure on Sustainable Development.
To see the video about the Pecém wave power plant, please click here.
Launch of FACE Brazil
At the Tractebel Energia/Coppe booth, the International Social Observatory (OSI) and the Foundation
for Action to Combat Exclusion (FACE) organized an event to launch FACE Brazil.
Attending were Gérard Mestrallet as president of FACE, Muriel Morin (Director of Corporate Human
Resources) serving as president of OSI, and Maurício Bahr, CEO of IPR - GDF SUEZ Brazil, as well as
many stakeholders.

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This event was an opportunity for Gérard Mestrallet to highlight the importance of this foundation that
seeks to fight exclusion, and test new solutions of social and professional involvement by encouraging
companies to work with governments and community-based organisations. Gérard Mestrallet pointed
out that FACE is not only a bold and innovative project, but also a broad sphere of activities that allow
corporate players to address ways to prevent and combat all forms of exclusion, discrimination and
poverty.
This event ended with the official signing of the agreement on the creation of the FACE Brazil business
club, which will be chaired by Carlos Werneck.
Launch of FACE in Brazil with Carlos Werneck, CEO Hoteis Marina and
first founder and President of FACE Brasil, and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO
and Chairman GDF SUEZ and President of FACE
Internal dinner hosted by IPR - GDF SUEZ Brazil
The evening of 18 June was the occasion for an informal dinner between the Group‟s delegation from
Paris and the Latin America management which was present in Rio. In his opening speech, Gérard
Mestrallet reaffirmed the strong Group‟s commitments to Brazil.
June 19
This was the last of the “Sustainable Development Dialogue Days” prior to the United Nations Rio +20
Summit (20-22 June). The day ended the extremely challenging negotiations on the fundamental topics
of the Zero draft, which was prepared upstream of the Summit with the contributions of non-
governmental stakeholders, including companies.
BASD Business Day (World Business Council for Sustainable Development / International Chamber of
Commerce and the Global Compact).
The Business Day, organised by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the
International Chamber of Commerce and the Global Compact, included several sessions on key themes
for the Group such as access to energy and water and the green economy.

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The key speakers of the session on „Access to Energy‟ were Gérard Mestrallet, Jean-Pascal Tricoire,
CEO of Schneider Electric and Heikki Holmas, Norwegian Minister for International Development.
Ensuring universal access to energy is one of the most urgent development priorities and one of the
three objectives of the UN Secretary-General‟s „Sustainable Energy for All‟ initiative. The session
provided an opportunity to highlight the essential role played by companies in improving access to
energy, especially in addressing the growing global challenges in this field. It was the occasion of a
debate between political decision-makers, entrepreneurs and main international stakeholders on the
different solutions necessary to meet the needs of more than a billion people throughout the world.
June 20
A green growth action agenda for cities, French Pavilion
Organised by the „Club France Rio +20‟ and GDF SUEZ, this event was a round table with Gérard
Mestrallet as the keynote speaker and as the moderator, Denis Simonneau, GDF SUEZ Director of
European and International Relations. The panelists were Thomas Perianu, Director of Sustainable
Development of SUEZ Environnement, César Ortiz Sotelo, GDF SUEZ Deputy Director at the
International Department, Gilles Vermot-Desroches, SVP Sustainable Development at Schneider
Electric, and Claudio Sales, President of Instituto Acende Brasil.
The discussions were focused around three major themes:
The business opportunities for urban innovation under a green growth approach.
The public policies and regulation required to catalyse business action and investment, and the ways
business and governments can work together more effectively in order to develop innovative urban
solutions.
How to finance the transition to a Green Economy.
June 23
Opening of the Madureira Park
The Madureira Park which is the third largest park of Rio de Janeiro and
the first sustainable park of the city, was inaugurated during the Summit.
Maurício Bahr, CEO of GDF SUEZ Brazil, participated in the inauguration
with the General Secretary of the United Nations, Sha Zukang, the
Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, and Mayor of the city,
Official opening plaque of the
Eduardo Paes. Madureira Park

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Tractebel Energia donated a photovoltaic solar system for the House of Visitors. This is a clean and
renewable technology, aligned with the sustainability concept of the park.
The House of Visitors of the Madureira
Park with the solar panels donated by
Tractebel Energia
Maurício Bahr and Sha Zukang, Secretary-
General of the UN Sustainable
Development Conference
For further information about the Group‟s participation at the Rio +20 Summit, please visit GDF SUEZ’s
intranet.