Iberdrola, the only Spanish company selected among the most ethical in the world

Índice `World´s Most Ethical Companies´ de Ethisphere Institute

It has been included for the sixth year in a row in the World´s Most Ethical Companies index, which acknowledges the role played by companies committed to promoting a corporate culture focused on ethical principles and to achieving their aims.

Iberdrola’s Compliance Manager, María Dolores Herrera, has underlined the group's desire to “keep making progress to achieve a solid ethics culture and the excellence of our Compliance System, and to continue to implement its best practices in all the company's departments and business lines”

Iberdrola was the only Spanish company selected among the most ethical companies in the world, according to the World´s Most Ethical Companies ranking drawn up annually by Ethisphere Institute, world leader in the defining of standards and best practices in the field of compliance. It is the sixth year in a row the company has been included in this index.

This ranking clearly demonstrates how companies are continuing to provide the driving force to move society forward and the momentum required for the development of an ethics-focused corporate culture.

Iberdrola’s Compliance Manager, María Dolores Herrera, underlined that acknowledgements like that of Ethisphere Institute encourage us to keep making progress to achieve a solid ethics culture and the excellence of our Compliance System, and to continue to implement its best practices in all the company's departments and business lines. This is down to the efforts of every one of us at Iberdrola, in which we also try to include all the interest groups we are involved with.

This time, the World´s Most Ethical Companies index is formed by 128 companies from 21 countries and 50 different sectors. For their selection, Ethisphere Institute evaluates candidates in five categories: compliance and ethics programme (35%), ethics culture (20%), corporate social responsibility (20%), good governance (15%) and reputation and leadership (10%).

The Ethisphere Institute launched this index in 2007 in order to acknowledge the role played by companies who are committed to promoting an ethics culture within the worldwide business community.

About Iberdrola

Iberdrola is a global energy leader, the number one producer of wind power, and one of the world’s biggest electricity utilities by market capitalisation. The group is present in numerous countries and supplies energy to over 100 million people mainly in Spain, the United Kingdom (Scottish Power), the USA (AVANGRID), Brazil (Neoenergia) and Mexico. With a workforce of 34,000 and assets in excess of €110 billion, it posted revenues of over €31.263 billion and a net profit of €2.804 billion in 2017.

Iberdrola is leading the transition towards a sustainable energy model through investments in renewable energy, smart grids, large-scale energy storage and digital transformation, offering the most advanced products and services to its customers. Thanks to its commitment to clean energy, Iberdrola is one of the companies with the lowest emissions and an international benchmark for its contribution to the fight against climate change and for sustainability.