Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
EDP España
Published date
June 29, 2022
No. of questions
70
Supplemental files
EDP_Sustainability Report 2021_EN_vf.pdfCEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
6.1. During the assessment of risk, which business relationships are reviewed?
7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
7.1. During the due diligence process, which business relationships are reviewed?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Optional commentSASB & TCFD reporting on EDP Group sustainability reports wich includes all EDP España's informationData Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Commitment
2. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following human rights issues?
2.1. For each human rights policy, is it:
Prevention
3. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following human rights issues?
4. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this human rights issue?
5. Who receives training for the following human rights issues?
6. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following human rights issues?
Response
7. During the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to adverse impact associated with the following human rights issue(s)?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
There is a Code of Ethics, applicable to all stakeholders, and an Ethics Onbudsperson, as an independent and impartial figure that analyses all ethical cases that may arise, and an Ethics Committee, chaired by the chairman of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee. In addition, a new Human and Labour Rights Policy was approved in 2021, and a Working Committee has been created, chaired by the CAE and made up of corporate directors with ESG responsibilities. Finally, there is an Integrity Policy and Integrity Due Diligence processes for third parties with which EDP has relations, including suppliers, business partners, counterparties and beneficiaries of sponsorships and donations, candidates for collaborators and other third parties for the application of money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations. The Criminal Compliance Management System and Anti-Bribery Management System are certified in accordance with the UNE 19601 and ISO37001 standards.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
Optional commentTechnical and managerial staff have individual contracts, although working conditions and social benefits refer to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which brings this KPI to 100%.7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
Optional commentThe number of persons linked to trade unions is not known or tracked as a management indicator, and is understood to be private personal information. The Collective Bargaining Agreement guarantees the right.8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
Optional commentAs a principle, EDP España, S.A.U provides the non-existence of a pay gap under the 3rd Bargaining Agreement of the EDP España Group (https://www.boe.es/diario boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2019-3373) in its article 76 ‘Equality Plans’. Despite the foregoing, there are salary differences resulted from historic remuneration items, associated with age, customs and practices of the energy sector, or from the bargaining agreement in effect at the time of the recruitment, something that tends to disappear as the people from these groups reach the retirement age. In year 2020, the absolute pay gap, without taking into account same-category positions, was 14.99% and, in 2021, 19.09%. It should be highlighted that 100% of the remuneration items are included in 2021, in case of basic salary, we would report no pay gap among equal possitions.10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentFrequency rate of 1,28 for own staff calculated as number of recordable work-related injuries / total number of hours worked by workers x10^6.11. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Optional commentIncident rate (0.047) for own staff calculated as total lost days/total worked hours x10^3Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentThere have been no adverse impacts on the labour issues described above. Minor, non-significant or material incidents and accidents have been recorded at Occupational H&S , all of them analyced (root causes) and prevention and mitigations actions were put in place.13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
In the area of occupational health and safety, a top priority for the company, the Health and Safety Policy and the Management System have been revised to strengthen the safety culture from the perspective of "zero accidents". In terms of prevention in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the state of the pandemic has been continuously monitored, and protocols for action have been drawn up in accordance with the best safety practices in force at any given time. PCR, immunological and serological tests were made available to the staff. With regard to the organisation of work, all the means for teleworking have been provided. Playitsafe is the new corporate project for continuous improvement in prevention, based mainly on the competences of the entire organisation, preventive observation and the digitalisation of processes. Mind your mind is the programme for managing employees' psychosocial risks, which aims to promote mental health, exercise and nutrition habits. Other aspects relating to employee engagement derive from the annual work climate surveys and their action plans, the equality plans, the programme to recognise as a programme to highlight the behaviour and results of individuals and teams, the corporate volunteering plan, and the "EDP is commitment to people" programme aimed at measures for work-life balance, healthy living and social benefits. These and other actions are included in EDP España's certification as a "Family-Responsible Company".Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
Optional commentAdditional info in: https://espana.edp.com/en/sustainability/environmental-commitment/environmental-management#environmental-management 2021 EDP España's Sustainability report:1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Optional commentThere have been no adverse impacts on the environmental issues described above. All aspects are properly managed through a certified environmental management system.Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Optional comment2021 Carbon footprint is currently under external verification process.7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Optional commentCurrently the percentage of renewable energy use is very low compared to the total energy from fossil fuels and self-consumption in power plants. However, 100% of the energy consumed in the headquarters is of renewable origin (carbon neutrality objective in administrative buildings) and the percentage of electrification of the fleet of light vehicles exceeds 40%.Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Sector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Air pollution
17. Where applicable, please report the company's emissions of the following pollutants during the reporting period.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Optional commentA co-operative project to eliminate single-use plastics is underway, adding individual actions by companies and geographies. Currently the volume of single-use plastics is not recorded as an indicator, however the waste recovery rate is 93%.Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Beyond the ambitious climate change targets (carbon neutrality in 2030 with 100% green production), EDP Spain defined its own circular economy strategy in 2020 and in 2021, 76 new actions were identified in the Generation and Networks businesses in the different lines of action that make up the Strategy: New business models, Collaborative platforms, Circular resources (circular supplies and waste recovery), Circular management of assets and products (efficiency in the use of resources and materials and life extension) and Virtualisation. EDP España made progress in the design of its own circularity measurement application, Circumetric, which makes it possible to assess the circularity of actions and implement and prioritise those that contribute most to circularity and sustainability, validating the contribution of these actions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the area of natural capital and biodiversity, initiatives to assess and compensate for impacts on lines (Ecolie); Hectárea Natura, a project to recover ecosystem services in degraded areas; Hectárea Zero, the EDP Group's first climate change adaptation project that recovers the slopes around a reservoir, which are reforested as a measure to secure the slopes and prevent the reservoir from silting up, provide food for the local fauna through fruit trees and record CO2 absorption; and the Stop cortaderia project, to eliminate the invasive species cortaderia seollana, which has received the European Natura 2000 award.Anti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
Optional commentPreguntar a Compliance4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
There is an Integrity Policy and Integrity Due Diligence processes for third parties with which EDP has relations, including suppliers, business partners, counterparties and beneficiaries of sponsorships and donations, candidates for collaborators and other third parties for the application of money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations. The Criminal Compliance Management System and Anti-Bribery Management System are certified in accordance with the UNE 19601 and ISO37001 standards. EDP España has different communication channels with its stakeholders through which they can communicate grievances. The most important are the Whistleblower tool, in Spanish and English for all stakeholders