Q2 2021 CSR Update — Women's Day Outreach, Bird Monitoring & Stakeholder Engagement

Building on the first-quarter momentum, the second quarter of 2021 brought a defining milestone for our community engagement: a multi-stage outreach campaign in Ras Ghareb City that extended from International Women's Day in March through National Egyptian Women's Day. Alongside, our operational team closed out a strong opening to the year — over 195,000 work-hours without a single lost-time injury, registration of the wind farm under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and an annual substation overhaul completed twelve days ahead of schedule.

Street Campaign on International Women's Day

Beginning on International Women's Day and concluding on National Egyptian Women's Day, our CSR representative met with women across Ras Ghareb City. Each visit opened with a short briefing on Ras Ghareb Wind Energy and the role of the project in the local economy, followed by a structured discussion and an information-gathering survey designed to surface the priorities, needs and concerns specific to women in the city.

The visits closed with an informal luncheon and laid the foundation for the company's evolving CSR and Stakeholder Engagement Plans. The same survey instrument is now being used to monitor the effectiveness of subsequent CSR actions and ensure they remain anchored to what the women of Ras Ghareb actually told us.

Bird Monitoring Training with RCREE

The Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREE) led a practical, on-site session at the wind farm focused on bird migration observation. The training was complemented by a theoretical module delivered to the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) on monitoring methodology and shut-down-on-demand procedures — the operational protocols that allow turbines to pause for sensitive bird passages.

Stakeholder Site Visit

The Chairman of the Ras Ghareb City Council visited the project site for a tour covering the central control building, the substation area and the wind farm itself. The visit closed with a presentation on project progress, operational performance and the next stages of the company's community programme.

Operational & Safety Highlights

• 195,000+ work-hours with zero lost-time injuries recorded by the end of Q1 2021.
• CDM registration: the wind farm was successfully registered under the Clean Development Mechanism in March 2021.
• Substation & balance-of-plant maintenance: the annual cycle, performed by ABB between December 2020 and January 2021, was completed twelve days ahead of schedule.
• GWO training: Global Wind Organisation safety modules delivered for staff who had not previously qualified, and refresher training for all others.
• Scholarship programme: support continued for eleven students, with regular follow-up on academic results.