ENERGY - Odebrecht Informa

EDITORIAL
Energy that
empowers dreams
and ventures
“With a track record in
the industry that started
in the 1950s, when the
company built dams in
the Brazilian Northeast,
Odebrecht is not only a
provider of engineering
and construction
services but also a
producer and investor.
Through its teams
around the world, the
Odebrecht Organization
is harnessing and
sharing its accumulated
experience and
knowledge to give its
local communities the
best it has to offer.”
Lopes Sebastião and Dilma Marçal. He lives in the Angolan
province of Uíge; she lives in the Brazilian state
of Minas Gerais. Both have only just recently started
using electricity in their homes because their communities
are the beneficiaries of government initiatives involving
Odebrecht.
Gustavo Checcucci and Fernando Chein. Gustavo works at Braskem,
leading the team responsible for managing the energy the company
uses. Fernando works at Odebrecht Energia and is spearheading the
company’s debut in the wind power segment.
And there are more people like them in this issue of Odebrecht
Informa: José Piquetai, from Mozambique, Julio Romano, from Argentina,
Pablo Andreão and José Dalvi, from Espírito Santo, Brazil,
and many others who, one way or another, have seen their lives
change through Odebrecht’s work in the energy sector. They are
either the beneficiaries or the people responsible for making those
benefits happen, and their stories of work and life attest to the fact
that the spirit of service and hope are two sides of the same coin,
and each is vital to the other.
With a track record in the industry that started in the 1950s, when
the company built dams in the Brazilian Northeast, Odebrecht is not
only a provider of engineering and construction services but also
a producer and investor. Through its teams around the world, the
Odebrecht Organization is harnessing and sharing its accumulated
experience and knowledge to give its local communities the best it
has to offer. Whether it is the placement of an outlet, switch or lamp,
the deployment of a wind farm or the construction of an industrial
complex, what matters most is the difference it makes in people’s
lives – wherever they are, no matter how many they may be – people
with dreams and everyday lives, inspired by the belief that life should
be lived to the fullest, with joy, persistence and passion.