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schools using solar panels was
completed during the year despite
the difficulties linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Involving employees and partners
The Foundation encourages Rexel
employees to get involved in its
projects by being ambassadors
in their countries or by sponsoring
a community project, in line with
the positioning of the Foundation.
For example, in collaboration with
the Rexel Foundation, the Rexel France
teams decided in 2019 to support the
Café joyeux project that consists in
the creation of a new place employing
disabled people in Versailles. Its
opening, initially planned for 2020,
will not take place until 2021 because
of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of the
Group's entities also gave their support
to collective and solidarity initiatives by
providing products, equipment, or skill
sponsorship free of charge.
175,000 people have benefited from the actions of the Rexel Foundation for a better energy future since its creation in 2013.