For the EDP Group, social impact is part of its essence and purpose, which is why it consistently promotes corporate volunteering, investing resources and equipping its organization to provide its employees and other stakeholders with the means to actively contribute to this mission in a continuous, transformative, and impactful way.
Keeping up with the main trends in Corporate Volunteering, the Executive Board of Directors of EDP has approved a new strategy for the Volunteering Program, ensuring greater alignment with the EDP Group's social impact strategy and seeking to address the needs of local communities while also meeting the interests and motivations of employees. This strategy results in a new mission, which materializes in the promotion of a just energy transition and a more global Program, with an increasing number of global initiatives across the various countries where EDP is present.
The EDP Group's Volunteering Policy establishes EDP's vision and commitments regarding corporate volunteering, defining the principles of action in the different geographies where it is present and regulating the duties and rights of Volunteer employees, as well as the responsibilities of the management team. This Policy aims to define the general principles of the EDP Group's Volunteering Program, whose objectives are:
- Strengthen the EDP Group's commitment to the community, as well as the spirit of solidarity and mutual help among EDP employees;
- Promote greater engagement of the employees with the EDP Group;
- Develop skills such as collaboration, teamwork, leadership, creativity, among other soft skills, integrating the learning experience of employees;
- Promote a culture of social responsibility and corporate citizenship, creating opportunities for social innovation;
- Collaborate for the sustainable development of the countries where the EDP Group is present;
- Address the challenges in the social, environmental, and corporate governance axes, aligning its actions with the Group's sustainability and social impact strategy;
- Comply with EDP's strategic values, aiming to improve the quality of life for current and future generations.
See the EDP Group's Volunteering Policy in full: