Annual Report - EDP

: performance :The following table presents the various voluntary initiatives in accordance with the LBG method:CONTRIBUTIONS (a) TO THE COMMUNITY (b) (EUR) 2012 2011 2010CategoryNonstrategic Investment 2,775,159 1,677,376 2,263,399Strategic Investment 12,036,133 14,220,185 13,942,765Commercial Initiative 3,338,156 4,493,958 3,456,009Not applicable 5,720NatureEducation 3,299,820 3,335,096 3,104,213Health 1,245,351 723,878 465,709Economic development 1,250,488 2,909,176 895,514Environment 696,939 1,877,078 2,435,853Art and Culture 5,964,980 5,526,203 5,288,359Social welfare 4,250,715 1,602,737 1,806,032Emergency response 31,072 65,300 215,054Others 1,410,083 4,357,773 5,451,440Cash contributionsValue 18,149,448 18,889,685 18,152,182Volunteer staffEmployees involved in volunteer work during working hours (nº) 1,680 984 379Volunteer work during working hours (hours) 13,594 7,423 10,886Value of volunteer time 272,220 177,239 442,172Contributions in kindValue of contributions in kind 23,559 1,330,315 1,067,820Management costs 2,652,758 306,851 121,064Total value of contributions(including management costs)21,097,986 20,704,090 19,783,237(a) Values of 2012: not yet validated by Corporate Citizenship(b) Excluding management costsThe total investments figure in 2012 (EUR 18 million) is the equivalent of about 1% of the EBIT.The total amount leveraged was EUR 1.6 million.A large number of social investment projects were carried out in 2012 in the areas of social innovation,access to energy and education, cultural, sports and environmental promotion, and entrepreneurship.The following are particularly noteworthy:Investment area Type Projects ResultsSocial innovationCombatingsocialexclusionSoul Kitchen - Solidarity “To Go”, a project run byAssociação Cozinha Solidária Refeições com Alma(PT) - total support: EUR 10,000. The project aimsat fighting hunger. The social profit is invested in aSocial Exchange that provides support to familiesin grave economic difficulties selected by CascaisParish Council’s Social Committee. The price permeal paid by the Social Exchange beneficiary variesdepending on each family’s financial situation.Launched in February with 20 meals a day forthe Social Exchanges at an average price ofEUR 1.00. Since October it has been providing54 meals a day for the Social Exchanges.EDP SolidáriaCheese-production/Smokehouse, ADFP Foundation(PT) - total aid of EUR 75,000 given to developproduction activities and to integrate people withdisabilities into the labour market, making the mostof the endogenous resources of the Biological Park.The aim is to support 12 persons with specialneeds. The project was launched in late 2012.First results are expected in 2013.Energy, science andeducationEducation“Here’s A Story” Project (BR) - financial supportof EUR 31,100 given to Instituto Crescer para aCidadania to improve school pupils’ performance inwriting through teacher training and capacity building.Oviedo University - "Becas" (ES) A total of EUR 719,100awarded in the form of scholarship grants."Long Live our Energy" School Programme (ES) -EUR 227,700 awarded to promote education insustainability through the development of teachingmaterials on the origins of energy, advice on energyefficiency and recommendations for using energy safely.Three municipalities received aid (Aparecida,Roseira and Ferraz de Vasconcelos), covering54 teachers and 1,310 pupils.A book was published featuring storieswritten by the pupils and there were improvedperformance rates in the schools.150 university students received scholarshipgrants.A total of 146 schools and 20,500 childrenwere involved in the Basque and Murciaregions.Energies fordevelopmentEnvironment“Energies Without Borders” (ES) a projectimplemented by the Fundación Sin Fronteiras withthe aim of replacing diesel generator-based powergeneration with solar energy, with environmental andeconomic advantages coming from the fuel savings.In 2012 EDP provided EUR 7,100 in aid."Osprey Project" (PT) - EUR 123,100 awarded toa project to bring 10 birds to Portugal to enablereproductive recovery of this species.Installation of more than 200 photovoltaicpanels in the village of Nyuambani, Kenya.The village houses 1,000 orphaned childrenand 100 adults, who are grandparents to someof the children. It has 100 houses, a primaryschool, secondary school, and carpentry,metalworking and textiles workshops. Thereare also some 30 social buildings.10 ospreys (5 from Sweden and 5 fromFinland) have been brought to the naturalsurroundings of the Alqueva lake.VolunteeringEDPVolunteeringProgramme(PVEDP)To promote citizenship amongst the workforce. Twolarge-scale campaigns were carried out, amongstothers: Part of Us - Forests and Part of Us - Christmas.Parte de Nós Florestas (PT): volunteers removedinvasive plants on 6 forests located in classified areasand two neighboring businesses EDP; The programmewas extended to all the countries where the Groupoperates with initiatives in environmental protection.www.partedenos.comParte de Nós Natal: volunteers humanized Christmasfor institutionalized children and the elderly throughactivities planned and executed as a group.More than 24,969 volunteering hours by EDPemployees and family members/friends.The actions carried out in the Forest andChristmas 2012 campaigns brought togetheremployees, family members and businesspartner employees, with a total of 1,867 peopleinvolved in the actions and achieving a valueequal to €264,600.otherprojectsSports Bat Basque Team (ES) - A total of EUR 150,000awarded to this project in partnership with theBasque government and broadcaster EITB for thesupport, promotion and training of Olympic andParalympic athletes.Olympic Games in London 2012, with theparticipation of 24 Olympic athletes (14 menand 12 women) and 5 Paralympic athletes.Results: 3 Olympic bronze medals;1 silver and 1 bronze in the Paralympics.EDP - Annual Report 201283