Sustainability

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in 2015 in Paris marked a historic milestone with the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Find out what this agreement is about, what are its key points, which countries are part of it and how it contributes to the energy transition.

Heat and cooling networks are responsible for supplying thermal energy to multiple users, including residential, tertiary and even industrial buildings. Although they were previously used with non-renewable sources, in recent years the use of new energies has allowed these networks to contribute to the decarbonising the economy.

The European wind market has grown strongly over the past 25 years and wind energy has established itself as a key driver of the continent's green transition.

Greenwashing – also referred to as climate-washing – is an increasingly widespread practice with which some companies mislead consumers into believing that they or their products are sustainable through misleading or false claims. It is important that conscious users know greenwashing definition in order to detect this practice.

On February 14 we celebrate World Energy Day, a global initiative to raise awareness of the importance of this resource in our daily lives and the need to achieve responsible and efficient production and use of energy resources. In line with our commitment to sustainability, at Iberdrola we work to bring electricity to everyone and optimise its use.

True to our commitment to transparency, every year we publish our Ecological Footprint (CEF), a summary of the Group's environmental performance. AENOR accredits that we have calculated and identified all the environmental impacts derived from our activities in all the countries in which we are present, with the aim of improving and reducing them.

How do we promote the energy transition at Iberdrola? What do we do and what values motivate us to achieve a sustainable future for all? Ignacio Galán, executive chairman of Iberdrola, speaks to Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, in a podcast about the need for a change in the energy sector, the challenges to delivering clean energy and the pace of the transition.

The circular economy implies a cultural change in the way we understand the production and consumption system in order to deal with a lack of resources, environmental impacts, value creation and employment.