Strength in numbers

Because there is strength in numbers, Gaz de France allies itself with other companies in its corporate patronage role.

To celebrate the 30^th anniversary of their partnership, Gaz de France and the company Gazprom supported:

• the promotion of Russian art in France by: 
  • organising a big exhibition at the musée d'Orsay on “Russian Art in the Second Half of the 19^th Century”,
  • publishing the book on Russian art, "Carte d'or de la Russie, les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art russe", distributed to art schools,
• promoting French culture in Russia by creating a French-inspired garden at Gazprom's head office,
• Nicolas Vanier's Siberian Odyssey.

In Egypt, the Group is contributing to the country's economic and environmental development by:

• taking part in Jean-Yves Empereur's project, with the friends of the Centre for Alexandrian Studies for the El Nahib reservoir, 
• publishing books of photographs to promote Egypt's natural heritage.

Community commitment: a Group priority

The Gaz de France Group also works alongside the most deprived populations to provide emergency help.

• In Algeria, the Group made two donations to the victims of the Boumerdès earthquake in 2003: 
  • a donation for the families of employees of SONATRACH, a gas company which is one of the Group's partners,
  • a donation for the people of Algeria, paid to the Fondation de France.
• Through its subsidiary Distrigaz Sud, the Group came to the aid of the victims of the Romanian floods:
  • renovating schools, 
  • building medical dispensaries in three villages particularly affected by the flooding.