Energy blog Energeia reports this on Thursday. Van Heijst reports to the site that he was affected by the loss of life.
Gazprom Energy Netherlands is part of the Russian Gazprom Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. Until recently, the group provided 17% of all gas deliveries in the world.
Sytse van Heijst, head of Benelux at Gazprom Energy.
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Gazprom is active in the Netherlands with large corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises and services such as many water boards. Like more than a hundred municipalities, they tried to get rid of their contract with Gazprom in recent days, in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Boycott
Sanctions from the US and the European Union hit Russian companies. More and more Dutch companies are saying goodbye to their investments in Russian state-owned companies and projects. Shell withdrew this week from its projects in which it collaborates with the Russian state.
On the Zuidas, law firm Houthoff is cutting off its contacts with the Russian Federation and associated persons ‘because of the acts of war in Ukraine’, it reports.
Pension fund ABP says it wants to divest all its remaining interests in Russia. Dutch investment banks have also stopped cooperating.