Sustainability

More than a simple goal, continuing to grow while meeting the challenges of sustainable development is a pledge we made to our stakeholders.

We want to continue to be leaders in environmental business management, implementing the best practices and investing in renewable energy. We are committed to the environment and to creating social value and contributing to citizenship and the quality of life of populations. We aim to bring value to our clients, suppliers and other stakeholders.

We are an energy that works towards sustainable development and sustainable lives.

Sustainability is part of EDP’s DNA.

We are in the Leadership of the Energy Transition

We want to help change the world by 2030

Principles of sustainable development

The immense and multiple challenges we face require a demanding corporate policy. These are the mainstays of our work.

Economic and social value

Eco-efficiency and environment

Innovation

Integrity and good governance

Transparency and dialogue

Human capital and diversity

Energy access

Social development and citizen

Economic and social value

It continuously creates value for shareholders

It optimizes resources and reduces risk exposure

It fosters service excellence and anticipates customer expectations and needs

It builds environmental and social aspects into planning and decision-making processes

It actively contributes to a better quality of life among local communities

Eco-efficiency and environment

It fosters the use of renewable energy sources and cleaner, more efficient energy technologies

It fosters energy consumption efficiency

It manages the impacts of activities, seeking a positive environmental balance

It actively contributes to the preservation of the environment and biodiversity

It fosters the improvement of environmental management practices within the chain value

Innovation

It fosters innovation and creativity, both in the search for new market opportunities and in the improvement of processes

It fosters collaborative practices at all design, production and service delivery stages

It fosters research, technological development and knowledge management

Integrity and good governance

It complies with legal provisions and established ethical and moral standards

It respects and promotes human rights

It ensures an inclusive, principled and competent business governance

Transparency and dialogue

It ensures an open and trusting relationship with all stakeholders

It promotes consultation and communication channels for all stakeholders, considering their contributions and expectations

It reports economic, environmental and social performance data in a transparent and objective manner

Human capital and diversity

It fosters integrity, rigor, individual responsibility and teamwork

It fosters skill development and recognizes excellence and merit

It improves the health conditions, safety and well-being of employees

It ensures equal opportunities by rejecting abusive and discriminatory practices

It fosters employee satisfaction and motivation

Energy access

It fosters reliable, safe and quality energy access

It adapts trade policies to the market's social specificities

It ensures equal access to energy and energy systems

Social development and citizen

It fosters social innovation, maximizing the activity's positive impact on society

It supports social and cultural initiatives, guided by transparent assessment criteria for the social return of invested resources

It cooperates in the sustainable development of local communities

partnerships

We are focused on sustainability

We are hand in hand with several organizations that are dedicated to sustainability in the environmental, economic and social aspects.

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Transparency builds trust

We know that relationships are based on transparency. For this reason, we share all reports and publications related to the business and energy sector.