“With relatively little effort, you can make a big change for people.”
With our business activities, we want to speed up the energy transition to keep our planet livable. In fact, the three well-known Ps of corporate social responsibility, People, Planet and Profit, form the basis of our business. We conduct our business sustainably out of conviction. This mentality is reflected in our business attitude and our corporate culture. PVO International is much more than an organization with a profit motive.
At PVO it is all about the people as the driving factor of the organization. And you have to take good care of them. We do this by offering an environment where people can work with pleasure, use their talents, develop themselves and add value. And all this within a dynamic environment in which we do business together.
Within our organisation, we actively create awareness and space to work together for a sustainable society. We believe that job satisfaction increases when you can share what you have received. By sharing knowledge, resources, time and/or money, you give others an opportunity to grow. Inside and outside the organization.
Based on this idea of growth, PVO supports enterprising foundations and parties who selflessly dedicate themselves to people and the environment. We connect with parties who are driven by entrepreneurship and passion and support them with time, resources, commitment and financial means.
That is why we have chosen to invest in projects that are close to our hearts and where we can make connections based on our entrepreneurship.
PVO International has a selective range of renowned solar brands. The products we supply contribute to a better environment because they can be used to generate green energy. We also consider it important that these products are recyclable. That is why we have joined a collective collection system that recycles our discarded solar panels and inverters: Stichting Open.
Stichting Open is a government-registered collective take-back system that takes care of the collection and recycling of discarded electrical and electronic equipment, or e-waste.
On our Recycling page, you will find information about how the recycling process works.
Since September 2018, PVO International is officially recognized as a learning company in Transport and Logistics. This recognition by the Dutch “Samenwerkingsorganisatie Beroepsonderwijs Bedrijfsleven” (SBB) makes it possible for students to do practical internships in our warehouse. In addition, we have also received this recognition for the Marketing and Communication department.
As a company, we are very proud of this and we are happy to pass on our knowledge and offer the opportunity to gain practical experience.
Interested in an internship at PVO International? Check whether we still have a vacancy at Stagemarkt.nl.
Read more about a trainee post at PVO here.
We have always had the idea of knowing a project and / or people on every continent that we as PVO can support. We connect people and fulfil our goal of taking care of this earth and the people who live on it. The Mabel’s Cottage foundation, located in Sierra Leone (West Africa), was looking for help to realize an off-grid solar power system to improve their energy supply. PVO supports this project by arranging and financing the requirements for the off-grid solar system.
The Mabel’s Cottage Foundation aims to improve the position of teenagers in Sierra Leone. In particular, vulnerable, single, pregnant teenagers and their child helping them to build a future and to become financially independent.
In 2016 they started, together with the home, in Freetown to set up a bakery that would allow Mabel’s Cottage to self-fund the care and education of the teens. But it also provides employment to carers, bread sellers and bakers. In this way, they now work entirely independently. Only in the event of calamities and larger projects, such as solar power system, will the Foundation be called upon.
Learn more about Mabel’s Cottage
We like to support projects in which other parties selflessly commit themselves for one another. One of those organisations is the MoVu Moldova Foundation, a small foundation with enthusiastic volunteers offering support, help and development opportunities to the weak in Moldova. Moldova is by far the poorest country in Europe. Moldova’s economy depends mainly on agriculture. However, due to climate change, there are many challenges for the agricultural sector, such as rising temperatures, less rain and longer periods of drought.
Through projects, the foundation makes things possible for the people in Moldova that are otherwise out of their reach. These projects aim to provide direct help and alleviate distress. They also want to bring about developments of a permanent nature.
Read more about MoVu Moldova here.
