Alpiq Czech Republic

Our social responsibility

At Alpiq, we are also involved in terms of social responsibility. We focus on three main areas.

We care about the environment

Clean energy

Like many companies, Alpiq is committed to providing affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy sources. We generate electricity from hydro, nuclear and renewable sources. In 2019, we sold our only two coal-fired power plants, Kladno and Zlín, which reduced the carbon footprint of our power plant portfolio by more than 60 percent.

Environmentally friendly recycling

We have been participating in the Green Company project, which primarily focuses on the collection of end-of-life corporate electrical equipment and batteries. Our greenhouse gas emissions for 2023 are 91 g CO2/kWh, a significant decrease compared to 2022, mainly due to a 38% reduction in CCGT - "Combined Cycle Gas Turbine" - production. This is a power generation technology that uses a combination of gas and steam turbines to achieve higher efficiency and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, waste sorting is a common part of our daily life at Alpiq Prague.

Reducing plastic consumption

In recent years, we have replaced water in plastic bottles with long-life water dispensers. This gives employees access to filtered water without increasing plastic consumption. We also do not use disposable plastic utensils in the workplace.

Charity projects

On the initiative of our employees, we have been supporting non-profit organisations working in the fields of the environment, social sphere and education since 2011. These are areas that are close not only to our employees, but also correspond to the long-term vision of our company.

Each year, we provide assistance to selected organisations in the form of financial and material donations. In addition, whenever possible, individual projects include activities in which our employees can personally participate. We prefer long-term cooperation, thanks to which we are able to understand the needs of our partners well, choose appropriate forms of assistance and organise joint activities in order to bring maximum benefit to the donors and joy to our employees from volunteer events.

The Alpiq Group provides generous funding for charitable projects; the specific implementation, allocation of funds and forms of assistance are decided by the employees. The Donation Ambassador Committee, which is also made up of our employees, oversees compliance with the established rules.

Our support is currently directed to the following organisations

• Klokánek
• Mobilní hospic Strom života
• Národní park Šumava
• Spolek Mokřady z.s.
• Zvíře v nouzi
• Lékaři bez hranic
• Semiramis z.ú.
• Hvězdný bazar
• Nadační fond Zlatý oříšek

Energy for business

In the Czech Republic, the Alpiq Group is represented by two companies: the wholesale company ALPIQ ENERGY SE, which operates on the electricity and gas markets in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Alpiq Services CZ s.r.o., the so-called Alpiq Centre of Excellence, which provides services to other companies in the Group.

Company data

The Swiss based Alpiq Group has more than 100 years of tradition and almost 1,300 employees. We are one of Europe's leading energy companies, operating almost all over Europe. Our revenues amounted to more than CHF 8 billion in 2023. Alpiq controls large hydro, gas, nuclear and renewable power generation resources with an installed capacity of more than 5.7 TW and an annual production of almost 17 TWh.