Relatorio de gestao_2010_INGLES.indd - Efacec

Mr. Luís Filipe Pereira during the APDC Event
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technological areas and its positive impact on our planet’s
sustainability.
• Efacec was one of the fi rst worldwide companies to have
quick chargers for electric vehicles certifi ed by the CHAdeMO
Association, based in Japan. The award of this certifi cation
specifi cally allowed Efacec’s chargers to support the European
launch of the new Nissan Leaf in Lisbon, which took place by the
end of 2010.
• In January, Efacec was honoured by the Corporate Citizenship
Awards (awarded by PwC – PricewaterhouseCoopers and AESE),
having received a distinction concerning the “Innovation Initiative
Award”.
• In February, Efacec received the Engineering Academy Award
2009. The Award, presented every two years, distinguishes
private or public institutions, personalities and professionals
from the fi eld of engineering or other related fi elds that, in the
technological and scientifi c scene, have contributed towards the
progress, credit and confi rmation of Portuguese engineering.
• In March, Efacec received the Innovation Award for Sustainability
in Portugal, in the scope of the European Business Awards for
the Environment, under the category of Product 2009, for the
presentation of its SmartGate product, which allows users to
remotely control and automate substations and concentrate data
from the Smart Meters (energy boxes) and send them to the Meter
Management System.
• In April, the Management Merit Award for safety in Construction
Works of VHV (Very High Voltage) Substations presented by REN
(Rede Eléctrica Nacional) for Efacec’s performance in the previous
year, during which the Engineering Business Unit carried out, in
this scope, over 63 thousand hours of work in REN’s facilities
without the occurrence of one single accident.
• In November, Efacec Energia was considered the best company
in the electrical material and precision sector, in accordance
with a study of the 500 Maiores & Melhores (Top 500 companies)
organized by Exame magazine in partnership with Informa D&B
Portugal and Deloitte.
• By the end of 2010, Efacec received once again the Corporate
Citizenship Award, in the category of Industrial Products (this
being the seventh time in 3 years that Efacec was honoured by its
sustainability practices).
• Efacec was distinguished by iPortalMais with an IPBrick Award.
Efacec was honoured with the «iPortalDoc Outstanding Project»
awarded to the solution implemented with the use of the
iPortalDoc tool, which allows the dematerialization of invoices
from suppliers, managing its digital archive, manage the whole
approval workfl ow and on-line access from the ERP used by the
Group.
• Efacec successfully concluded a cycle of certifi cations in the
Environment and Safety Business Units, which belong to the
Energy area (Transformers, Medium and High Voltage Switchgear
and Energy Servicing), by having the Servicing BU certifi ed by
Lloyds, in accordance with Norms ISSO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
Likewise, Efacec Central Europe (located in Romania) obtained
the certifi cation of its integrated Management System for Quality,
Environment and Safety (SGQES), which represents a commercial
advantage.
• The participation in the Energy Competiveness Hub - EnergyIN,
being part of main group of founder members of this hub
comprised by companies at the forefront of the energy fi eld in
Portugal (EDP, Efacec, Galp Energia and Martifer) and taking part