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In 2009, the OAFB worked with Direct Energy volunteer teams on two gleaning projects, to pick fresh crops which are left on the land once the harvest has completed. In Ontario, it is estimated that over 25 million pounds of food remain on fields each year; this product is normally disposed of or tilled back into the soil.

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In 2008, Direct Energy helped the OAFB to launch Esurio, a collaborative, online student-led and peer-reviewed academic journal. Esurio brings students together with a community of influential academic and community advisors before a broad cross-sectoral audience. In this way, Esurio represents a nexus and platform for discussion between the academy, the community, and students interested in issues related to hunger and poverty.

As a journal supporter, Direct Energy also awards honourariums to each issue's contributing student researchers. Please visit the inaugral issue of the journal at www.esurio.ca, which features an invited contribution by Direct Energy CEO Deryk King entitled Energy Poverty Is Poverty.

About Direct Energy

Direct Energy is one of North America’s largest energy and energy-related services providers with over 5 million residential and commercial customer relationships. Direct Energy provides customers with choice and support in managing their energy costs through a portfolio of innovative products and services. A subsidiary of Centrica plc (LSE: CNA), one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, Direct Energy operates in Texas, the northeastern United States and across Canada.

In 2008, Direct Energy committed over CAD $1.8 Million in cash, product and service donations to charitable organizations across North America, raising an additional $200,000 for charitable causes through employee led fundraisers across all lines of business.  With a focus on skill based volunteering and creating lasting social impacts in the communities they operate, Direct Energy focuses their philanthropic support within the areas of Energy Poverty, Climate Change, helping to find long-term solutions to homelessness, and supporting their employee volunteers with a robust portfolio of charitable programs.

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