IBERDROLA has been awarded the contract for electricity supply for the entire network of offices and buildings of BBVA in Spain during the years 2015 and 2016, the joint annual consumption amounts to 240 gigawatt hours (GWh).
The company, leader in the Spanish renewable energy industry installed capacity, with more than 6,100 megawatts (MW), is committed to BBVA also to 100% of the energy you supply from renewable sources.
In this sense, IBERDROLA intended to supply electricity to BBVA following the requirements of the Order ITC / 1522/2007, of 24 May, amending regulation guarantee of origin of electricity from renewable energy sources is established and high efficiency cogeneration.
Under the agreement, IBERDROLA is responsible for supplying electricity to a total of 3,091 offices and 71 buildings of the financial institution, including its new corporate headquarters in Madrid, La Vela, whose works culminate this year.
With the signing of this agreement, BBVA prevent the emission into the atmosphere of 180,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. This corresponds, for example, to the annual emissions of 75,000 vehicles or a Spanish town of 50,000 inhabitants, as well as planting 4.5 million trees.
In this line, BBVA gives a significant boost to its Global Eco-Efficiency Plan, which provides, inter alia, an objective of reducing emissions per employee for the period 2013-2015 and thanks to this initiative will be largely overcome in the next years.
For its part, IBERDROLA confirms its historical commitment to clean energy and, more broadly, sustainable development and the fight against climate change. Recall that last year won important awards in this field: permanence, for the fifteenth consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability, which has become the only European power present in this index since birth, or inclusion, for the fifth consecutive year in the FTSE4Good and sustainability indices Climate and Climate Disclosure Leadership Performance Leadership, developed by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
IBERDROLA, commitment to customers and the market
At the end of the third quarter of 2014, IBERDROLA had in Spain with 15.2 million contracts associated with energy supply of 68,128 GWh. Of these contracts, 71%, more than 10.8 million, was in the free market, while the remaining regulated the remaining 29% (4.4 million).
The Company has achieved these important figures thanks to a business strategy that is tailored to the needs of customers, always seeking the solution that best fits each, through products and services that are not only competitive in price wise, but also in terms of service excellence.
IBERDROLA has increased in recent years its network of stores across Spain with the intention of approaching customers, they also have at your disposal 24 hours a day, helpline 900 225 235, channel customers Twitter (TuIberdrola) and www.iberdrola.es/clientes website.