ORMAT'S SUSTAINABILITY MISSION

Students at ORT Ormat High School have an opportunity to work at the Ormat manufacturing facility as part of their professional training and receive hands-on guidance from employees. 

For instance, students trained in the heat exchange department received certification as professional welders, enabling them to enter the workforce as experienced workers after graduation.
Approximately 20% of manufacturing employees at the Yavne facility are graduates of ORT Ormat High School, including those who have been promoted to management positions and continued their academic studies in engineering, with the support of Ormat.

In Honduras, we continue our partnership with CAMO (Central American Medical Outreach), which provides medical services to local communities.

In 2022, we partnered to provide a range of health services and goods to over 200 people, including dental care, ophthalmology care and glasses, hearing care and hearing aids, and women’s health care.

We’re also partnering with the Honduran Health Ministry to rebuild and equip the Community Health Center of Azacualpa.

Many of the communities surrounding Ormat’s Olkaria III geothermal complex are remote and isolated. These rural locations limit access to quality education, with the most significant impact on girls. We sponsor students and supplement their tuition across educational levels, with a focus on supporting girl students.
The program, which has been in place since 2003, continues to operate, and several graduates are currently employed at the local Ormat geothermal facility.

In the surrounding villages of the Orzunil geothermal power plant in Guatemala, we contributed to a wide range of infrastructure improvement projects in 2022 to support local community development.

At the Ortitlan geothermal power plant, we work with the Orpacaya Trust to contribute to the development of the five surrounding communities. Activities include reforestation projects at local parks, the donation of materials to build a playground, as well as building materials for a school terrace, community park, and improvements to train tracks that connect two of the communities.

In Honduras, we work with the local municipality of La Unión on an entrepreneurship program that supports residents in establishing new sustainable businesses. In 2022, 20 new enterprises were created, and many of them were women-owned.
The program celebrated its fifth year with a community-wide celebration attended by approximately 500 people, and many small businesses that were created through the program provided services and goods for the event, including logistics, decorations, food, and more.

At the Orpower4 facility in Kenya, Ormat partners with the local Health Ministry to provide free mobile clinic services to local communities, where health centers may not be easily accessible. In addition, we donated hospital beds, handwashing stations, cleaning detergents, and other health supplies to a community clinic.

In partnership with the Naivasha sub-county Health Management team, we sponsor integrated medical outreach programs for common ailments, ENT services, dental care, HIV/AIDS checkups, cancer screening, family planning services, and more.