Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH

Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (EVV) is a German municipal holding and service company based in Essen, in the heart of the Ruhr metropolitan region. It is a 100 percent subsidiary of the City of Essen and functions as the city's holding entity for its utility and transport participations. Within the so-called Konzern Stadt Essen — the municipal group that bundles the city's commercial activities — EVV acts as a service provider, steering unit and consultant for its shareholdings and for the city administration itself. EVV's central business field is the supply of heat, electricity and gas. Through its participations, most notably the Stadtwerke Essen utility, it helps ensure that households and businesses in Essen have access to energy and related services. The company describes itself as a service provider, an impulse-giver and an innovation driver, and it positions itself as a co-designer of the energy transition in Essen. The city aims to become climate-neutral by 2040, and EVV states that together with its subsidiary Stadtwerke Essen it is working to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, accelerate the shift to renewable energy and help shape the energy transition — for example through municipal heat planning. Beyond traditional utility holdings, EVV is active in newer business fields such as smart city initiatives, fibre-optic network expansion and renewable energy projects. These activities are intended to advance innovation and future-oriented topics in Essen. The company also provides corporate governance functions: it publishes an annual declaration of conformity with the Essener Kodex für gute Unternehmensführung, the code of good corporate governance adopted by the Essen city council on 27 April 2016 for the city's participations. It maintains a whistleblowing system for reporting suspected rule violations and implements the human rights and environmental due diligence requirements of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, LkSG), which entered into force on 1 January 2023. As a municipal company, EVV is not listed on a stock exchange; it is wholly owned by the City of Essen and operates under public-law and municipal governance rules. Its role is therefore both commercial and public-interest oriented: it manages the city's stakes in energy and transport businesses, supports the city's climate and infrastructure goals, and provides administrative and advisory services within the municipal group. The company communicates with the public through its website, evv-essen.de, where it reports on its business fields, participations and current developments such as the fibre-optic build-out in Essen.

Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (EVV) is a municipal company of the City of Essen in Germany's Ruhr region. It was established as a holding and service entity for the city's participations in the utility and transport sectors, and it is wholly owned by the City of Essen. Within the municipal group known as Konzern Stadt Essen, EVV performs service, steering and advisory functions for its shareholdings and for the city administration. EVV's central business field has been the supply of heat, electricity and gas, delivered through its participations, most prominently the Stadtwerke Essen utility. Over time, the company's role expanded beyond traditional utility holding to include newer fields such as smart city initiatives, fibre-optic network expansion and renewable energy projects. These activities align with the City of Essen's goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040, a target EVV states it pursues together with its subsidiary Stadtwerke Essen by reducing fossil fuel consumption, accelerating the shift to renewables and contributing to municipal heat planning. In the area of corporate governance, the Essen city council adopted the Essener Kodex für gute Unternehmensführung on 27 April 2016, a code of good corporate governance for the city's participations. EVV publishes its declaration of conformity with this code and maintains a whistleblowing system for reporting suspected rule violations. The company also implements the requirements of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, LkSG), which came into force on 1 January 2023, covering human rights and environmental due diligence in global supply chains. As a 100 percent subsidiary of the City of Essen, EVV is not publicly listed and operates under municipal ownership and public-law governance. Its activities are closely tied to the city's infrastructure, climate and energy policy objectives. The company communicates with the public through its website, evv-essen.de, where it provides information on its business fields, participations and current developments, including the fibre-optic build-out in Essen.

• The Essen city council adopts the Essener Kodex für gute Unternehmensführung, the code of good corporate governance for the city's participations, which EVV follows.

• The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) enters into force; EVV implements its human rights and environmental due diligence requirements.

• Insolvency proceedings involving ruhrfibre begin, prompting numerous public inquiries about the fibre-optic build-out in Essen, which the City of Essen and EVV address.

Municipal holding and service provider for the City of Essen, acting as a co-designer of the energy transition and an innovation driver for the Ruhr metropolis.

• Municipal holding and management of utility participations

  EVV acts as the City of Essen's holding entity for its participations in the energy and transport sectors, providing service, steering and advisory functions.

• Heat, electricity and gas supply

  The central business field of EVV, delivered through its participations such as Stadtwerke Essen.

• Municipal heat planning

  A component of the energy transition in Essen, pursued together with Stadtwerke Essen.

• Smart city services

  New business field through which EVV drives innovation and future topics in Essen.

• Fibre-optic network expansion

  A new business field related to digital infrastructure in Essen, connected to the ruhrfibre build-out.

• Renewable energy projects

  Projects supporting the shift to renewable energy and the city's climate neutrality goal.

1. 1Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (EVV) – official websiteevv-essen.de
2. 2Corporate Governance – EVVevv-essen.de
3. 3Wikidata: Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbhwikidata.org