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Luz Minera is the title of the winning project of the second Public Art Ideas Competition, a competition organised by the EDP Foundation.
Environmental
On 31 May the Oviedo Philharmonic Society is organising a solidarity concert backed by the EDP Foundation, featuring Ukrainian conductor Yuri Nasushkin, in support of Ukraine.
Culture
The National Dance Company presents a new version of Giselle, from the perspective of Spanish romanticism.
Culture
Music has been, is and will be a universal tool of unity, fraternity and peace.
After twelve consecutive years the traditional Christmas concert was held once more at Santander Cathedral, on Sunday 19 December.
Culture
The initiatives will be carried out as part of the EDP Solidaria programme, to the benefit of 90,000 people in Andalusia, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla La Mancha, Madrid, the Community of Valencia, Galicia, Extremadura, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
The program turns around 'bel canto' as a tool for inclusion and personal development, with the purpose of generating emotional well-being and bringing culture and lyricism closer to the chronic patients of the Basque hospital center.
Culture
The programme improves the energy efficiency of 10 vulnerable households in Zaragoza, and brings the energy culture to the entire neighbourhood through an urban mural.
More than 60 galleries, 500 works of art and cultural activities at the 10th FIG Festival, with Portugal as the guest country.
Culture
The measure is part of the focus on sustainability by Museo Reina Sofía and EDP, in an undertaking to promote energy efficiency.
Culture
68 university students, 58 of them from the University of Oviedo, begin their training with energy company EDP today.
Education and Research
Through its Foundation, EDP wishes to consolidate and boost collaboration with the Albéniz Foundation in a bid to broaden its social projects and links to the education and culture sector.
Culture
The Princesa de Asturias Foundation will have 8 electric cars to use for transport and activities during the week of the Princesa de Asturias Awards.
Culture
This is a cultural complex of more than 3,000 m2 in the town square, on which work is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2022.
The EDP Foundation's initiative encourages students to present their ideas so that, following the identification of genuine needs, they can carry out their project and lead it throughout the entire process of execution.
Culture
Los estudiantes podrán solicitarlas entre el 6 y el 15 de septiembre.
Education and Research
Today 138 university students, 65 of them from the University of Oviedo, finish their training at energy company EDP.
Education and Research
The exhibition Three Magnum Women: Eve Arnold, Inge Morath and Cristina García Rodero brings the Niemeyer Centre the prestige of the world’s leading photographic agency, with the assistance of the EDP Foundation.
Culture
Commitment to culture, diversity and inclusion are
hallmarks of the EDP Foundation, and so it is collaborating with Eidabe in a Basque play: "Piztu! EmakumeON energía", meaning "Switch on women power".
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation rounded off the 2021 EDP Foundation Academy at a ceremony where the organisations were the star attraction, and at which two of them related in first person the long journey they were compelled to make to adapt to the new situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EDP Foundation is supporting the implementation of i4case, a sensor that works like a fingerprint reader and measures parameters such as blood oxygen and heart rate.
The EDP Foundation publishes its Activity Report for 2020, the year of COVID-19 and probably the most difficult year that an increasingly globalised world has had to face.
The installations will generate annual savings equivalent to the average electricity consumption
of 25 households and avoid the emission of 40 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.
This initiative, which is organised by Ayuda en Acción, is aimed at raising funds to support children and adolescents at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
Edu Zapata, the charity fund-raising athlete, will run 3 marathons, 3 days in a row, around 3 emblematic buildings in Bilbao: San Mamés, the Basilica of Begoña and the Arriaga Theatre.
The EDP Foundation and EDP have reached an agreement with Cáritas to install photovoltaic installations for self-consumption at this charity organisation’s sites throughout Spain.
Culture
Total aid for the initiatives comes to 600,000 euros.
Women’s voices will be the protagonists of part of the programme dedicated to pop music, but it will also host two special events linked to Basque music.
Culture
In November of 2019, the EDP Foundation signed a framework partnership agreement with GREFA—a group for the rehabilitation of native fauna and its habitat. This non-governmental, non-profit organization is dedicated to the study and conservation of nature and wildlife.
Environmental
All these initiatives are described in this report, which is also available in the Publications section on the Foundation’s web page.
Students who wish to carry out their work placements at EDP will be able to apply for one of the 78 grants that will be provided, from the 1st to the 15th of September
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation grant programme is the leading internship scheme at Oviedo University and the energy company allocates one million euros each year to running the initiative
Education and Research
The digital contest will present a challenge to young people with 20 ‘Trivial Pursuit’ questions in four tournaments in June. Primary and secondary school pupils may enrol free of charge up to 29 May at 14:00 h.
Education and Research
39 school children from Ribera de Arriba received the devices today.
In view of the exceptional situation nationwide brought on by the COVID-19 health crisis, Spain’s Samaritans Helpline has set up a new professional advisory and action service for the elderly.
These resources are aimed at the students most affected by the digital divide.
The EDP Foundation Academy is open to all NGOs in Spain, which need more support than ever in these times, as they are essential providers of care for the most disadvantaged.
The EDP Foundation will contribute more than 40,000 euros to this Project.
The EDP Foundation is taking part in this initiative, which is aimed at providing users with access to accurate information.
Through the EDP Solidarity programme, the energy company's foundation will promote projects that improve people's quality of life
The window for submitting initiatives will be open between March 1 and 31 on the www.fundacionedp.es website
The event will be held today, Wednesday 26 February, at the Madrid National Music Auditorium
Culture
The exhibition, which will open in Avilés on 20 February, showcases the artist’s etching excellence.
Culture
The points obtained can be exchanged for gifts or donated to launching charity projects run by different NGOs. These are what are known as “responsible points”.
Since 2014 they have received more than 130,000 euros and 1,300 computers
The Asociación de Pescadores Fuentes del Narcea and the EDP Foundation organise the first release of trout into the Narcea
Environmental
The University of Oviedo and the EDP Foundation present an environmental project carried out on the Gijón campus
Environmental
Mandolin and cello will feature in the first concert of the year with Fernando Barroso and Margarida Mariño
Culture
The organisation’s challenge was to get 6,000 presents
The Gernikako Arbola solidarity marathon is a charity event sponsored by the EDP Foundation in support of the role of sportswomen.
The Schola Cantorum choral society is starting its traditional round of Christmas concerts in Asturias this Saturday. With the assistance of the EDP Foundation, the society will be starting its tour at the San Pedro Parochial Church in Grado on Saturday 14 December at 21:00 h.
Culture
The proceeds from El Diario Vasco's Christmas solidarity concert go to the Association of Oncology Children's Parents in Gipuzkoa (ASPANOGI), a non-profitmaking entity which seeks to improve the conditions of children suffering from cancer and their families.
50 students from the Elena Sánchez Tamargo School, in Pola de Laviana, have participated in the restocking of the Nalón River in the town itself.
Environmental
The programme grants 600,000 euros to organisations in Asturias, Madrid, the Basque Country, Aragón, Andalusia and Galicia for initiatives in relation to energy efficiency, rural development, social exclusion and care for the elderly.
95 students from the University of Oviedo to complete their studies at EDP this year
Education and Research
The Princesa de Asturias Foundation is to receive six 100% electric cars for its activities
Culture
Izaskun Simón introduced the meeting with three international researchers
Education and Research
The event was sponsored by the EDP Foundation
The initiative of the Artium Museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz is sponsored by the EDP Foundation
Culture
The EDP is sponsoring this festival, which starts on September 30 in San Sebastian
Culture
Violinist Jorge Jiménez will open the season organised by the Niemeyer Centre on October 27
Culture
13 concerts coming up, featuring some of the world's best soloists and symphony orchestras
Culture
The EDP Foundation will set aside 600,000 euros for the various actions
Students can apply for them between the 4th and 15th of September
Education and Research
This year’s edition of the Santander International Festival ended with a concert by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which is closely linked to Cantabrian conductor Ataulfo Argenta. The performance, sponsored by the EDP Foundation, was conducted by Jonathan Nott.
Culture
The concert, held at the Kursaal Conference Centre in San Sebastian, is sponsored by the EDP Foundation.
Culture
This academic year students from more than 30 specialities joined the programme
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation will be allocating 30.000 euros to this Project to improve energy savings by deprived families
It will take place on July 19, August 2 and 9 and will feature internationally renowned musicians. The Church of Santa María de Valdediós will host the 9th Villaviciosa Organ Cycle, with three concerts that will take place on July 19, August 2 and 9 at 8:30 pm.
Culture
The EDP Foundation extends its reach to secondary schools and incorporates an innovative application with teaching units and games
Education and Research
Digital platform patrimoniuindustrial.com has the backing of the EDP Foundation
Culture
On Sunday 14 July Basque beaches will be the venue for a solidarity event to collect funds for the victims of this chronic illness
Almost 400 participants in the El Abra-Getxo Marina Swimming Event
32 social enterprises took part in the sessions, which were rounded off with a master class on strategic alliances by the President of EDP Spain
The EDP Foundation is sponsoring the challenge of sports personality Edu Zapata, who will be running this distance around Cruces Hospital to collect funds for the Hospital Support Programme
The Foundation will be helping out at a seminar in Gijón on 28 May, ‘Inspiring Women in Science’.
Education and Research
The event will be on 28 May at Madrid's Teatro Real.
Almost 4,200 people have benefited from the agreement.
This solidarity race brought in a total of 2,375 euros for the solidarity association "Déjame tus piernas" (Lend me your legs)
The "Eco-visionarios" exhibition will be at LABoral (Gijón) on 24 May. The EDP Foundation is sponsoring this international exhibition project, which makes use of the most transversal contemporary art to address new environmental challenges. The exhibition is on until 26 October.
Culture
The company will work with companies that already formed part of EDP Solidaria.
The EDP Foundation is collaborating with the L.E.V. Festival or Laboratory of Visual Electronics in the patronage of an audiovisual installation inside the Church de la Laboral in Gijón, renamed for the occasion as Espacio Fundación EDP – Iglesia de la Laboral. The work is ‘Melting Memories: Engram (data sculpture)’, by the artist Refik Anadol
Culture
The organisation wanted to recognise the awareness shown, pushing initiatives that promote improved quality of life, reducing inequalities and making inroads into building a more just, equitable and socially responsible society.
Culture
They are sponsoring the project “Environmental information agents on protected natural spaces” of the Fundación Oso de Asturias (Asturias Bear Foundation)
16 fun runs will take place at the same time in Asturias on the 17th of February .
This meeting format allows the audience to interact with creators.
Culture
The collaborators can take part in the draw for five sets of two tickets.
Culture
The EDP Foundation will be launching the "EDP Solidarity 2019" programme on the 1st of March. All interested individuals and groups will be able to provide further information and submit projects via the Foundation website.
The EDP Foundation has for yet another year been responsable for donating all of this income.
Points earned for being an EDP customer can be exchanged for gifts or donated to launch charitable projects, thanks to the programme "puntos responsables".
EDP Solidaria will be earmarking 600,000 euros to carry out social initiatives in Asturias, Madrid, the Basque Country, Aragon and Andalusia to support social, cultural, environmental, educational and research projects.
The children’s opera was performed at the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao.
Culture
The Board of the EDP Foundation has approved a new organisational structure.
The Asturian director, Tom Fernández, has directed the documentary, which is produced by the Regional Government of Asturias and RTPA.
Culture
This is an activity promoted by the Fishermen's Association and Friends of the Nalón and the EDP Foundation.
Environmental
It will take place at the Teatro Nuevo Apolo (New Apolo Theatre).
Culture
The activity, which enjoys the collaboration of the EDP Foundation, was organised by the Pescadores Fuentes del Narcea (fishermen's association of the Narcea).
Environmental
Culture
This is a competition for primary school students in Asturias celebrating the 2018 Covadonga Centenary Anniversaries.
Culture
155 students
from the University of Oviedo are taking part in more than 30 specialities
155 students from the University of Oviedo are taking part in more than 30 specialities.
Education and Research
POEMAD will take place between October 15 and November 4.
Culture
The Princess of Asturias Foundation now has six electric vehicles for their movements during Awards week.
Culture
The celebration of ikastolas (primary and secondary schools in the Basque region) took place on Sunday October 7 in Urretxu-Zumárraga
The Avilés cultural centre will host three concerts scheduled for the last quarter of 2018
Culture
The event will be held on October 7.
The amount contributed to the initiatives will total 600,000 euros.
Visit Joaquín Vaquero’s stained-glass windows at the EDP headquarters.
Culture
The EDP collaborated in this mountain bike ride in Carreño, Asturias.
The EDP Foundation launches its scholarship programme for the 2018/2019 academic year, which is now known as the Martín González del Valle Scholarship.
Education and Research
It is available for both and Android and iOS devices.
Registration will be open until the 12th of September.
The EDP Foundation supports the 67th edition of the event.
Culture
The Primer of the Principality and the CEO of the bank and Chairman of the EDP foundation sign the partnership framework agreement.
The company will maintain its commitment by supporting the symphony event with the RTVE Symphonic Orchestra, featuring pianist Barry Douglas.
Culture
The entity shall collaborate with Fundación EDP to improve the efficiency of homes belonging to vulnerable families.
Since its launch in 2014, this initiative has made it possible to donate more than 60,000 euros and 1,019 computers to more than 50 entities.
Registration is open until June 1.
The EDP Foundation will take part in the round table on responsible business and the strategic management of Corporate Social Responsibility.
The first edition of the 'Training courses for responsible, sustainable bear tourism' is aimed at active workers.
Environmental
The exhibition on the Asturian architect, “Joaquín Vaquero Palacios. The Beauty of the Huge. Asturias, 1954-1980” was one of the most visited in the museum’s history.
Culture
The initiative raised 11,000 euros for various entities.
Runners throughout the country will cover the 21.097 meter course.
The interest of the EDP Foundation with the EDP Solidaria programme lies not only in financially supporting social projects that have a potential social or environmental impact, but also provide them with tools to maximize the impact.
The exhibition is open to the public until May.
Culture
The EDP Foundation will be one of the sponsors of the 3rd Congress on Migration and Global Change, which will be held in Tarifa on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of September.
Environmental
The recipients were NGOs and educational and cultural centres.
The ICO Museum in Madrid will be housing an exhibition about his artistic work at the Asturian power stations in Salime, Miranda, Proaza, Aboño and Tanes
Culture
The initiative has helped 25 families and 23 centres run by various NGOs which will benefit nearly 20,000 people.
All individuals and groups interested will be able to provide further information and submit projects via the Foundation website.
Fernando Pessoa’s work is coming to Madrid with the support of the EDP Foundation.
Culture
The “Points” programme” is a totally free one that rewards customers with a series of points for being EDP customers.
The concert by Cuca Roseta, sponsored by the EDP Foundation, took place on the 29th of November at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
Culture
The agreement will make it possible to improve energy efficiency in centres and homes selected by Cáritas and the Red Cross in the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia and Madrid.
Vanda Martins, managing director of the Foundation, took part with the presentation, “The expectations of corporate foundations”.
It is earmarking 575,000 euros to carry out various social initiatives in the Basque Country, Asturias, Cantabria, Madrid, Aragon and Andalusia.
It is earmarking 575,000 Euros to carry out social initiatives in the Basque Country, Asturias, Cantabria, Madrid, Aragon and Andalusia.
This initiative consolidates the close partnership dating back over fifteen years between the River Nalón Anglers and Friends Association and the EDP Foundation.
Environmental
The EDP programme is aimed at Primary Education students aged between 6 and 9 years old.
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation has allocated a million euros to the programme.
Education and Research
They are a hybrid, one natural gas and two electric vehicles.
Culture
This is the fifth year that the disabled centre has taken part in this initiative, which takes place in the Principality of Asturias.
Environmental
The total support for the initiatives amounts to 575,000 euros.
The students may apply for the grants between 18 and 24 September.
Education and Research
The opera season in Oviedo opens on Wednesday 6 September with a production by Fundación EDP.
Culture
The International Festival of Santander kicked off its 66th Edition on Saturday with a great symphony concert by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of its lead conductor Juanjo Mena, together with Juan Pérez Floristán, who confirmed his international standing with this performance.
Culture
In the 2016-2017 academic year students from more than 30 specialities joined the programme.
Education and Research
The company remains committed by supporting the symphony concert.
Culture
The EDP Foundation is sponsoring the “Santullano, a journey to the IX century” exhibition, staged in Oviedo.
Education and Research
All these initiatives described in this report, can be consulted in the Publications section of the Foundation’s web page: www.fundacionedp.es/en
On Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th, the education programme will be providing fun and contents about energy for children from 6 to 10 years of age.
Education and Research
Viva Nuestra Energía will be offering new sessions on the 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th of June.
Culture
The EDP Foundation will be the main sponsor of the first piece in the next opera season at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Asturias.
Culture
The aim of the programme is to increase the safety, wellbeing and energy efficiency of the most underprivileged families.
These travelling sessions organised by the EDP Foundation are aimed at students between 6 and 10 years old.
Education and Research
The International Festival of Santander (IFS) will this year receive renewed support from the EDP Foundation.
Culture
It will make it possible to increase the security, welfare and energy efficiency of the poorest families and centres of the entities collaborating with the Foundation.
They will be able to collaborate as members of the jury of the initiative to assess projects, as managers and/or financial backers of projects.
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation initiative has helped 90 families and 8 Cáritas and Red Cross centres.
Projects can be submitted from March 1.
The majority will go to Caritas, the Red Cross and Cocina Económica.
The recipients of the amount collected are NGOs that employees select.
Moha Bakkali (17:06) and Verónica Pérez (19:39) fulfilled their role as favourites and won in the male and female categories respectively.
Culture
The upcoming concerts will be on Friday 23 in Sotrondio, Wednesday 28 in Oviedo and Thursday 29 In Gijón.
Culture
It is earmarking 400.000 euros to carry out various social initiatives in Asturias, the Basque Country, Madrid, Murcia and Barcelona.
The money was raised during the III Breast Cancer Charity Run, held in Bilbao on 16 October.
The EDP Foundation will sponsor the "Oda Maritima" (Maritime Ode) show as part of the 14th Exhibition of Portuguese Culture in Spain, organised by the Portuguese Embassy, which will take place on November 27, at 6:30 p.m., at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
Culture
This activity marks the end of the Association’s restocking campaign in the 2016 season.
Environmental
The EDP Foundation is a collaborator in this initiative, which every year dresses the city in pink.
The chapel will be lit using five LED projectors.
Culture
The Foundation will be responsible for providing the seedlings required and any costs arising from their planting and maintenance for a period of five years.
Environmental
The contribution to the schemes totals EUR 400,000
Students may apply between 12 and 19 September.
Education and Research
The 175 students at Oviedo University, that are taking part in the EDP Foundation Grant programme, have received the diplomas that provide proof of their training at the company.
Education and Research
The report The EDP Foundation publishes the 2015 Activities Report.
The ceremony will take place tomorrow on Thursday at 10:30 in the Main Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Economics and Business.
Education and Research
The red kite is listed in Spain's National Catalogue of Endangered Species as being "in danger of extinction".
Castilla & León is home to 1,298 breeding pairs, and 25,300 wintering birds, according to the latest census taken.
Environmental
Paula Mayorbe takes a second off the fastest time in the women's race (1:18:52)
This year the scheme will be run in Asturias, Bizkaia, Cantabria and Zaragoza.
A slogan, "one drawing, one tree '' and a challenge: hand out 1,000 cherry tree seedlings.
Environmental
It will start at 4:00 pm in Plaza del Instituto.
Environmental
The EDP Foundation hands out 1,000 cherry tree seedlings in the Cantabrian capital.
Environmental
On Thursday, April 14, the EDP Foundation will hold the second edition of the "one drawing, one tree" initiative.
Environmental
Santander, Bilbao and Gijón will be the next cities to host the initiative.
Environmental
Oviedo, Santander, Bilbao and Gijón host the EDP Foundation Spring Festival with the "One Drawing, One Tree” slogan. All the children taking part can swap a drawing for a tree.
Environmental
Since the programme got underway in 2009, the Foundation has planted over 80,000 trees in Asturias.
Environmental
Eight students from the Penlés Integration Support Centre for the Disabled helped to restock the River Narcea last Thursday.
With the EDP Foundation, a total of 4,000 trout were released in the river.
Environmental
The “Points” programme is a totally free one that rewards customers with a series of points for being an EDP customer.
Médecins sans Frontières, the organisation that received the largest amount.
The recitals will be in Sotrondio, Colunga, Oviedo and Gijón.
Culture
Entities awarded carry out their humanitarian activity in the autonomous communities of Madrid and Cantabria, Asturias and the Basque Country.
The awards are intended to support an improvement in quality of life and integration of the most deprived.
Through the Fundación Patrimonio Natural, the Regional Department for Public Works and the Environment has launched an ambitious conservation programme for the red kite, with support from EDP Renewables and the EDP Foundation.
Environmental
The EDP Foundation has collaborated with the Fishermen's Association and Friends of the Nalón for more than fifteen years.
Environmental
The three vehicles are part of the current EDP fleet and will be recharged and refuelled at the company's facilities.
Culture
175 students from the University of Oviedo, from more than 30 specialities, joined EDP this month to carry out training practices during the 2015-2016 year.
Education and Research
Students from Cataluña’s Polytechnic University have presented the winning project titled Renewable Chiringuito (Renewable Beach Restaurant). The projects from the Universities of Cantabria and Oviedo obtained the second and third prize respectively.
The act was presided by João Manso Neto, CEO of EDP Renováveis.
Education and Research
The contribution to the schemes totals 344,000 euros.
Médecins sans Frontières received nearly 20% of the amount donated.
In total, the students have introduced 20,000 fingerling trout.
Environmental
Education and Research
In 2015, the CIBB held its seventh edition, consolidating it as one of the benchmarks at a state level as part of the improvement work.
More than 20 boats take part in the seventeenth edition of the sailing competition
.The EDP Foundation sponsored the opening concert of the 76 edition of the San Sebastian Musical Fortnight that was held in San Sebastian.
Culture
The EDP Foundation sponsored the opening concert at the 2015 FIS, which this year included the participation of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra.
Culture
The mountain race will be held on August 1.
This course included students from more than 30 university specialities.
Education and Research
The event will take place on Wednesday, July 15 in the Aula Magna (main hall) of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Oviedo.
Education and Research
Culture
Oviedo, Santander and Bilbao are the venues for the EDP Foundation spring festivities under the slogan "A drawing for a tree". All of the children who want to will be able to exchange their drawings for trees.
Environmental
The EDP Foundation sponsors the StartInnova scheme for the second year running
Education and Research
In 2014, the amount collected by this initiative came to €11,732, from 187 computers.
The Círculo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Circle) is hosting of the work of the Portuguese photographer Jorge Molder. The exhibition, sponsored by the EDP Foundation, will be open to the public in the Picasso Room from 5 February to 17 May.
Culture
FUNDACIÓN EDP once again sponsored the St. Sylvester’s Day Race in Oviedo. This 31st edition of the race featured 5000 participants in four categories: Under 10s, Under 12s, Under 14s and Adults.
Culture
Culture
Environmental
Education and Research
The Príncipe de Asturias Foundation had three green vehicles, two electric and one natural gas hybrid, to travel around in during Prize Week
Culture
The winning project was presented by students from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid - "Development of an erosion resistant coating with self-healing properties for wind blades”.
The ceremony was hosted by João Manso Neto, CEO EDP Renewables.
Education and Research
On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May, the Kursaal Palace in Donostia-San Sebastian hosted the concert by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, sponsored by the EDP Foundation, and was lit up by the latter's logo.
Culture
Every year the EDP Foundation organises an event to hand out indigenous cherry saplings to young artists who visit their facilities.
Environmental
The photography exhibition to mark the EFE Agency's 75th anniversary was held at the Gran Vía bilbaína exhibition centre.
Culture
The Historical Demographic Association (ADEH) is a scientific society, working in Spain and Portugal, which since 1983 has worked on promoting the study and knowledge of the population of the present and past from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The EDP Foundation has signed agreements with the Universities of the Autonomous Regions of the Principality of Asturias, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Murcia and Madrid, thanks to which 300 students carry out work experience at different EDP work centres.
Education and Research
As part of the EDP "Parte de Nosotros Ambiental" ["It’s Up to Us"] global campaign, a environmental volunteering day in Spain was held and 115 volunteers, including employees, family and friends, took part.
Environmental
It has contributed 15,000 euros to cover the main needs of the entity at this time.
The EDP Foundation has joined the campaign to share “Stay at home” and “Together we will make it”.
These include two electric vehicles and two hybrids.
Culture
Projects can be submitted from March 1.
Institutions from Cádiz and towns surrounding the wind farm attended the event, together with families and schoolchildren from Vejer de la Frontera.
EDP Renewables (EDP Renewables, Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector, has rolled out its TU ENERGÍA (Your Energy) educational programme in the Spanish Autonomous Region of Aragon, which has proved very popular.
Education and Research
The programme contributes to improve the quality of people’s lives in areas where EDP carries out its activity.
In 2014, EDP customers donated 24,564,000 "responsible points". The EDP Foundation, matched that amount of points, that equivalent amount in money came to €49,000.
The EDP Foundation planted 1800 native trees in the green belt around Vitoria-Gasteiz in December 2014.
Environmental
Environmental
Education and Research
175 Oviedo University students will take part in the EDP FOUNDATION grant programme during the 2014-2015 academic year
Education and Research
Several students from the Penlés Disabled Students Integration Support Centre, in Cangas del Narcea, helped to restock the River Narcea.
Environmental
Education and Research
Environmental
Environmental
TU ENERGÍA held 50 school days in centres throughout Albacete between February and May 2014 which were attended by 3,862 students.
EDP Renewables’ programme has been praised by teachers, Mayors and members of the Regional Education Department.
Education and Research
Education and Research
For the second year running, the workers and EDP combined force to deliver staples to Food Banks.
Education and Research
The Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation of Asturaias (Finba) was founded yesterday in Oviedo, under the aegis of the Regional Government together with the University of Oviedo.
Education and Research
Hundreds of children welcomed the spring, in the Plaza de la Gesta square in Ovideo, during an event organised by the EDP FOUNDATION together with FAPAS, where over 1,000 cherry saplings were handed out in exchange for nature-related drawings.
Environmental
José Antonio Mesa Pieiga, Mayor of Allende, Roberto Hartasánchez, President of Fapas and Nicanor Fernández, Director of the EDP Foundation, have signed a new partnership agreement for the reforestation of El Valledor.
Environmental
During this first quarter of the year, the EDP FOUNDATION and Fapas (Fund for the Protection of Wild Animals) will carry out the last part of the reforestation of the Sierra del Valledor mountain.
Environmental
In December, EDPR got the “Sharing Our Energy” campaign under way in conjunction with the Cerro Verde Foundation NGO.
EDP Renovables (EDPR) launched "Viva Nuestra Energía” / “Tu Energía” [Your Energy], an educational programme that shows children the importance of renewables in our daily life.
Education and Research
The EDP Foundation and the Basque Country Cycling Foundation officially unveiled the technicians and riders that will make up the EDP Under-23 team for the 2014 season, the team's seventh.
After the 10 finalist teams had presented their business plans using the “elevator pitch” method the Colegio de la Inmaculada (Oviedo) and Colegio de Carlos Bousoño (Boal) teams made it through to the grand final.
Education and Research
This programme is in line with the strategic objectives of EDP, which has sustainability as one of its fundamental pillars.
Jaime Rojo, from the Oviedo Cocina Económica soup kitchen, was handed by Nicanor Fernández, from the EDP FOUNDATION, 16,800 euros raised by the Responsible Points programme with the help of the Asturian utility company’s customers.
The EDP Foundation sponsored the XXX San Silvestre Oviedo run.
In 2013, EDP customers contributed 25,495,000 edp responsible points to the EDP Foundation to donate to these charity projects.
The EDP Foundation is working with the Association of Fishermen and Friends of the River Nalón to restock the River Nalón with fish.
Environmental
Culture
The event was a complete success, as there were more than 2,000 attendees between participants and their companions.
It is the motto of Estropatada WOP, an original shared in common race of rubber ducks that will run by Ría of Bilbao Sunday, 13 of October.
The meetings brought science from the last frontiers to students, teachers and the general public, combining informative talks and workshops.
Education and Research
Education and Research
he It’s Up to Us Program 2013 involved more than 1,600 volunteers from EDP around the world in a total of 30 initiatives and more than 9,000 hours of volunteer work.
Environmental
EDP was involved in the children’s activities during the Bilbao Patron Saint Festivities, as it provided bouncy castles at the Doña Casilda Park, where the youngest members of the families had great fun bouncing and doing tricks on them.
EDP has sponsored, in the 74 edition of the Musical Fortnight of San Sebastian, the concert of the Symphony orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, that directed for the first time to the Easo Choir, formation of reference in the history of the festival.
Culture
The Palace of Festivals of Cantabria welcomed the inaugural finery of the Festival the International of Santander, FIS, that as in two previous editions it sponsored EDP.
Culture
Ms Marina Sevilla, Head of the Department of Energy and Mining of the Regional Government of Aragon, Ms Marta Patricia Rodríguez, director of the Local Service for Industry and Innovation of Huesca.
Education and Research
Education and Research
EDPR supported the Fado Festival, an event which pays homage to the most genuine Portuguese cultural expression, whose third edition took place in the Spanish capital.
Between the attending boys and girls they were represented all the autonomous regions of Spain and 14 different nationalities. The Campus separated to the players in groups according to the different levels, and in different tracks throughout the city.
These activities form part of the collaboration agreement signed by EDP Renewables and Maxam with the Natural Heritage Foundation of the region of Castilla y León.
Environmental
Vitoria-Gasteiz welcomed the 9 of June the sixth edition of the Race of the Woman with the maximum quota of ridges available exhausted one week before the test.
Like answer to the Day of Voluntary military service of Group EDP, volunteers of the Country Vasco and Asturias participated in two initiatives different from social responsibility.
Juan Fernando Sánchez Iniesta, Castilla La Mancha Business Development representative, participated as a speaker.
By the end of the year, 84,000 women will have taken part in the most important sports event for women in Europe, "The Women’s Race".
Which will be held on 25 May 2013.
Despite the rather poor weather, over 700 triathletes competed on Saturday 18 May.
EDP Naturgas Energy collected during Christmases 16,900 Euros! in the campaign of the Baskets of Christmas.
Naturgas Energía and the Basque Cyclist Foundation have officially unveiled today the team of technicians and riders that will make up the Naturgas Energía U-23 team for the 2013 season.
The EDP Foundation sponsored the first edition of the Family Race in collaboration with the Correo Group on the right bank of the river in Bilbao.
On June 9, Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the sixth edition of the Women’s Race, with the entry quota filled a week before the event.
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