- The company reinforced its commitment with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Social initiatives impacted over 6 million people throughout the year;
- The company kept its growth strategy in renewables through Enel Green Power and has taken the leadership in solar and wind power generation in Brazil;
- Energy efficiency initiatives reached 51,440 MWh of saved energy.
Niterói, June 13th 2018 – Enel, the largest energy distribution group in Brazil, presents is initiatives developed in 2017 and the results achieved in its Annual Sustainability Report. The report compiles several initiatives undertaken by the company within its strategy and the group’s commitment to the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, aiming at strengthening and expanding its business. Furthermore, for the first time the report consolidates operation data for all the group’s companies in the country: Enel Brasil and Enel Green Power, its renewable energy division.
“Our growth and sustainable development are guided by the commitments agreed as part of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This way, in 2017 alone we expanded our renewable energy management and expanded actions involving the community. In total, we benefitted more than 6 million people through social and Shared Value Creation projects, a significant result for the company,” says Márcia Massotti, Enel Brasil’s Head of Sustainability.
Through its renewable energy subsidiary, Enel Green Power Brasil, in 2017 alone the company reached significant growth in installed energy capacity across the country, corresponding to half of the Group’s growth in renewable sources globally. Furthermore, the conclusion of major wind generation projects – Delfina, in Bahia –, the launch of the country’s largest solar park in the Northeast region – Nova Olinda, in Piauí – and the acquisition of the Volta Grande hydroelectric plant, merged with Enel in record time, also deserve mention and reinforce even more the company’s positioning.
The expansion in the renewables sector is in line with Enel’s main pillars to continue with the commitments undertaken aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Globally, the company has specific targets for four of these goals: SDG 13, focusing on fighting against climate change, the actions focus on SDG 4, quality education, SDG 7, clean and accessible energy, and SDG 8, decent jobs and economic growth.
In this context, the company has developed a Shared Value Creation approach in the relationships and projects targeting the communities in which it operates. The sustainability projects have been strongly contributing to this goal, being responsible for 52% of all those whom the Group benefits on a global scale, in access to energy initiatives, in which the company has reached nearly 1 million people in Brazil since 2015. In total, the 252 projects undertaken over the last year in the country benefitted 6.8 million people and generated 2.4 million BRL in income for these communities. Furthermore, the energy efficiency initiatives have added up to 51,440 MWh in saved energy in the year.
The data presented in the report reinforced the increase of Brazil’s strategic importance within Enel Group, with important investments and the expansion of its presence in the country through Enel Distribuição Goiás (formerly Celg) acquisition. With this, the company ended the year with around 10 million customers served across the country.
Enel has also reinforced its commitment with sustainability and development in sector initiatives, featuring collectively and strategically at several events and entities. Among the highlights are “Shared Value Leadership Summit” in Nova York, with the presence of global CEO Francesco Starace; the VII Seminar on Matrix and Brazilian Energy and the 13th Brazil Energy and Power, organised by Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), as well as hosting the third Climate Finance Dialogue of the Global Compact’s Energy and Climate workgroup, gathering specialists to discuss companies’ and organisations’ access to financial resources targeting the low-carbon economy.
- To access Enel Brasil 2017 Sustainability Report, click here
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