EDF power solutions understands that its role goes beyond energy. The company is committed to a fair and sustainable energy transition and firmly believes in the importance of its actions aligned with ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) pillars.
Partnerships with communities
The company establishes partnerships for social projects and promotes actions that contribute to the economic, social, and educational development of the communities where it operates. Check out some of our initiatives.
Hiring Local Labor
We are committed to valuing and prioritizing the hiring of local labor in all of our assets. This practice not only strengthens the communities where we operate but also contributes to the socio-economic development of the regions.
The hiring of local labor is not only a strategic choice but also a contractual requirement established with our subcontractors. In 2023 alone, 977 residents from neighboring municipalities to our parks worked in service of our assets.
Socio-educational initiatives
In 2023, in celebration of Children’s Day, we donated toys to about 125 children from the Associação Espírita Chico Xavier, da Associação Urandiense de Portadores de Necessidades Especiais (AUPNE) and the Saco da Onça community.
To celebrate Christmas, theatrical and musical performances, painting workshops, games, in addition to the distribution of gifts to families in the communities of Saco da Onça, Cabeceiras and Raiz, Santa Efigênia and Cachoeira were promoted. In all, 128 children and more than 100 adults participated in the initiatives.
Dialogue with communities
We always promote meetings with residents of the regions where we operate, sharing information about the parks, such as construction characteristics, socio-environmental programs and available communication channels.
We also received representatives from local communities and students to explain about the positive impacts brought by our assets.
Edict of Sustainable Agriculture Projects in the Brazilian Semiarid Region
In 2024, the Serra do Seridó Wind Farm, located in Paraíba, launched the Edict of Sustainable Agriculture Projects in the Brazilian Semiarid Region, with the aim of strengthening sustainable development of family farming, as well as promoting the expansion of income generation and improving living conditions of communities in the region. The project includes several workshops, opening up new opportunities. To learn more about the initiative, check out the full edict here.
Occupational health and safety
The culture of health and safety represents a priority theme for the EDF Group, with prevention and shared surveillance as fundamental routine actions to avoid accidents.
Prevenção e segurança em primeiro lugar
Our goals are: no fatal accidents, reduce workplace accidents and protect health. To this end, we regularly promote various initiatives that seek to reduce the risk of accidents at work.
We carry out NR35 training, health and safety, prevention campaigns, emergency simulations, traffic educational blitz, among others. Also check out the top 10 rules that permeate all the activities of our employees and partners: 10 vital rules of EDF Group
Diversity & Inclusion
A EDF power solutions is committed to acting as an agent of inclusion and transformation. For this reason, the company seeks to promote, in all its activities and areas of activity, equity at work and involve employees in the responsibility of maintaining an increasingly welcoming environment.
Inclusion and transformation agent
We have a Diversity and Inclusion Committee, made up of company employees, which is responsible for executing action plans to foster an even more inclusive and diverse corporate environment. In addition, we are part of the Programa Empresa Cidadã, offering extended paternity and maternity leave, and we also have a breastfeeding room at our headquarters to provide more well-being and comfort to the company’s mothers.
Solidarity as a value
Volunteer Program
Corrente do Bem
Solidarity is one of EDF power solutions’ values and, to encourage the practice, the company created the Corrente do Bem Program in 2022. The initiative aims to encourage employees to participate in actions with a socio-environmental impact, adding purpose to the work environment and acting as an agent of transformation. The actions range from the distribution of items and gifts in needy communities to the donation of school supplies, clothes and personal objects, through support for campaigns to collect donations for social projects and even beach cleaning efforts.
Partnerships
A EDF power solutions not only develops actions in the municipalities where it operates, but also supports several non-governmental organizations aligned with its values and that aim to positively impact society on different fronts. Check out some of the partner institutions below.
Roda de Palhaço
With the support of EDF power solutions, the Roda de Palhaço group carries out ongoing work with patients at the Fernandes Figueira Institute (IFF/Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro, bringing joy to the children served and their families. One of the initiatives is the carnival block “Breque no Pirepaque,” which combines festivity, joy, and solidarity. Annually, the group also oversees the delivery of school supplies donated by EDF power solutions employees.
One By One
We carry out several actions with One by One, whose mission is to provide social inclusion for families with children with physical, motor or neurological disabilities and in social vulnerability. In addition to the donation of plastic caps, which contributes to the purchase of wheelchairs for the families served, we support the organization with the promotion of educational workshops, as well as financial resources, donations of computers and office furniture.
