Social Management
Management of the social dimension in Copel is performed based on identification of risks, impacts and opportunities, prosing improvements, as well as defining goals that help composing indicators for integrated management of people, suppliers, communities surrounding the undertakings, customers and actions in society.
At each new undertaking, environmental studies are made as part of the licensing process, in a periodicity varying according to the complexity of the project. The results that substantiate socioenvironmental programs, which, in addition to the mitigation and compensation nature, seek to sensitize surrounding communities on correlated themes.
The Sustainability Policy sets the general guidelines for engagement with stakeholders, which reflect on the importance of dialog and transparency, considering the demands, priorities and expectations of each.
Other internal policies related to the topic are: NPC 0104 – Integrated Corporate Risk Management Policy, NPC 0309 – Sponsorship Policy.
Copel’s participation in the selection of sustainability indices portfolios of the stock exchanges of São Paulo and New York is a form of assessing the Company’s performance in this sense, as well as of rendering accounts relative to socioenvironmental commitments assumed.
Social Dimension Indicators and Targets
Copel’s performance in the social dimension is examined through a series of indicators and goals set between the areas and top management, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with legislation in force, sustainability in all dimensions – social, economic and environmental; and valuing the Company’s intangible assets.
Each area of the company sets its own indicators and targets on an annual basis, and currently, these results are attached to an individual development plan, which may result in variable benefits granted by the company to its employees.
Opportunities Social Dimension
Copel, based on its public commitment to promote economic growth with sustainability, invests in an integrated and transparent management, aligning market processes and trends with the expectations and needs of its stakeholders.
The integrated risk management model adopted by Copel seeks, in addition to enhancing the positive social impacts, to reduce to the maximum, the negative social impacts, anticipating mitigating measures whenever necessary.
Risk Management - Social Dimension
Copel manages social risks by monitoring the conditions of the licensing process for its facilities and through programs developed by its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company also manages the risk to the population’s safety, due to the use of electric power, by means of programs to inform and sensitize the impacted communities.
Impacts - Social Dimension
Copel, in the development of its activities, seeks to mitigate the negative impacts arising from operations and enhance the positive impacts, building alternatives together with the community and the government to act in situations of social relevance and boost development in a responsible manner.
Supplier Management - Social Dimension
The management of suppliers and partners, an elementary part of the supply chain, is an important pillar of corporate responsibility regarding environmental, social and governance dimensions.
Copel’s suppliers vary according to the business and include power generators and transmitters, manufacturers of materials, heavy machinery, service providers, among others.
Through strategies and contractual requirements, Copel improves the management of its production chain and optimizes resources for the benefit of the community, so as to incorporate into internal and external relationships values that enhance citizenship, dialogue between the parties, ethics and transparency.
ESG Compliance - Social Dimension
Copel develops programs, projects and actions that benefit the community, the environment and the internal public, reflecting the socially responsible behavior it has assumed towards society.
Internally, it grants benefits, in addition to legislation, to its employees, encourages increased education levels, promotes professional advancement programs and ensures the health and safety of its workers.
Externally, it carries out social investments, minimizes the negative impacts of its activities, enhances positive impacts, and promotes programs that aim to improve the population’s quality of life.
