Last week, the first two tennis tournaments were held out of a total of 12 that ENGIE is supporting under its Impact Together policy!
The Bar-le-Duc Tennis Europe tournament is among the seven most important U14 tournaments in France, and the only one in the Greater Eastern region. This year was the tournament’s sixth edition, and the Group has been supporting it since its very first one. Sofia Drozdenko (RUS) saw off Colleen Adannou Zonon (FRA) in the girls’ matches. Meanwhile, in an all-French boys’ final, Zakaria Azzaz beat Imanol Gosset.
On Friday 31 January, the day before these memorable finals, ENGIE and the charity REBOND held two conferences to raise awareness of sexual and psychological violence suffered by children. At the first one, Angélique Cauchy spoke to a hundred or so schoolchildren. Then as part of a roundtable discussion, around 30 adults listened to what the former tennis player had to say.
On Sunday, a packed crowd watched the all-French final of the Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42. Before the match, spectators got to engage in discussion on the court with Elodie Clouvel – one of the tournament’s sponsors who has been a member of Team ENGIE since 2018. The pentathlete looked back at her eventful Olympic experience (three Games), before starting the match between Elsa Jacquemot and Manon Leonard. After a first set during which nerves probably got the better of her, Manon Leonard won in three sets: 1-6 / 6-3 / 6-4.
During the week of the tournament, ENGIE introduced several initiatives as part of Impact Together, its societal programme. Angélique Cauchy made two contributions with her charity REBOND to raise people's awareness of sexual and psychological violence done to children: on Wednesday, 67 managers and sports coaches listened to her speak, and then on Thursday, around a hundred secondary school children listened to the former tennis player talk about what she had suffered in her youth.
Then on Friday 31 January, initiatives to do with the educational J’Apprends l’Energie (I'm learning about energy) programme and the Employer Brand project were implemented. First of all, two primary school classes got to attend three workshops over a half-day: raising awareness of eco-friendly behaviour, a junior climate fresco, and an introduction to padel tennis. At the same time, a presentation of energy-related professions coordinated by ENGIE Solutions was held at the school for students enrolled on the MELEC vocational studies programme (on electricity and its connected environments).
