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| Iberdrola is one of the leading private energy groups in the world, with a presence in 30 countries and more than 26,000 employees. The Iberdrola Group has a generation capacity of 41,000 MW and supplies energy to 27 million customers, with best-in-class service quality and at one of the lowest greenhouse gas emission rates in Europe.
In recent years IBERDROLA has become a pioneer in efforts to combat climate change, adapting its policies and goals to comply with Spain’s commitments under the Kyoto agreement. Today IBERDROLA is the world’s largest producer of wind-generated electricity, with a current global capacity of 7,300 MW and another 41,000 MW in the project pipeline, including 6,600 MW in Spain, 6,100 MW in the UK, 21,200 MW in the US, and 7,350 MW in the rest of the world.
Iberdrola has been chosen as a member of the 07/08 Dow Jones Sustainability Index and has been included in this index since its creation in the year 2000, without interruption. The company was singled out as the world’s utility with the best strategy for combating climate change by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
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| Ignacio Sánchez Galán became Executive Chairman of IBERDROLA in April 2006, following five years as Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the company. He came to the company in 2001 with a strong business background. In his six years as top executive at IBERDROLA, he has taken the company into a new era of corporate development and given it a leadership role in the Spanish energy sector with new strategic objectives including a strong focus on renewables. In addition to a diploma in industrial engineering at the ICAI, Mr. Sánchez Galán has a diploma in Business Administration from the ICADE (a business institute of the Comillas University in Madrid) and another in Business Administration and Foreign Trade from the Industrial Management School (EOI) in Madrid. He is a native of Salamanca, Spain.
“Climate change is a global challenge that we must all face up to in order to ensure a sustainable planet for future generations. As a leading energy company, Iberdrola is fully committed to developing clean energy and reducing emissions.” The 3C initiative “is a powerful platform for creating awareness among society of the need to combat climate change, through the example set by leading global companies of aligning their strategy and management decisions with a firm commitment to sustainable development.”
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