Almost 25 percent of Iberdrola’s workforce participates in volunteer actions

2023-10-05 18:33:31

About 25% of the group’s workforce Iberdrola participates annually in solidarity actions organized by the company within the framework of his Volunteer program. Since it was launched in 2006, about 10 million people have benefited of actions promoted by the company in 24 different countries.

In the last year alone, the number of volunteers has increased by more than 30%, reaching 17,000 people, who have invested more than 62,000 hours of work in 750 activities promoted by Iberdrola.

In recognition of its international corps of volunteers, the Iberdrola group held a day today in Madrid in which has awarded the most outstanding professionals for their involvement in the company’s volunteer projects.

The awards, presented by the president of the Iberdrola group, Ignacio Galanhave fallen into professionals from Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Greece who have actively participated in environmental volunteering programs, training and integration of vulnerable groups, promoting sustainable development, or promoting the safe and healthy use of electrical energy, representative of the main axes of the Iberdrola Volunteer Program.

In his speech, Galán thanked all the volunteers for their solidarity and commitment and has advocated that in companies “the social aspects weigh as much as the economic ones.” The president of Iberdrola also recalled everyone’s responsibility “to leave a better world than the one we inherited.” “Let’s not go through this life destroying, but rather building a better world, which involves aspects such as the fight against climate change, more equal opportunities or social justice being the basis of our relationships,” he assured.

At this event, the chief executive of Iberdrola was accompanied by some of the presidents and representatives of the social organizations with which it collaborates to develop its Volunteer Program such as the Spanish Association against Cancer, the Envera Association, the Tomillo Foundation, the ECODES Foundation and the Prodis Foundation.

Likewise, within the framework of this day the food Bank wanted to recognize the solidarity work of Iberdrola by giving the company’s name to one of the warehouse corridors at its headquarters in Madrid. President Galán has received the ‘Calle Iberdrola’ plaque from the president of the Madrid Food Bank Foundation, Francisco Garcíawho stressed that “the collaboration of a company of the magnitude of Iberdrola represents very important support for us to address the needs that we are trying to cover, which are very broad.”

Pioneering, diverse and global volunteering

This first edition of the Iberdrola group’s international volunteer recognition is part of the International Volunteer Week which it organizes annually simultaneously in the main countries where it carries out its activity. Under the motto ‘Together we build the world we want’ the company will carry out up to 130 solidarity activities to which more than 8,000 volunteers have already signed up.

With its International Volunteer Program the Iberdrola group aims to motivate your professionals to participate in social projects fundamentally aimed at vulnerable groups, the improvement of the environment and sustainable development.

Iberdrola’s volunteer program has been the only one from a Spanish company to be recognized as a pioneering practice by the United Nations in its Transforming Lives and Communities report, published in September 2021. This program has already been awarded by IMPACT2030 with the Innovation Award 2018 in recognition of its innovative approaches to advance the fulfillment of the SDGs through its human capital.