ENTAMA, EDP’s project that aims to generate richness, employment and the fixation of population, has selected the projects that it will be supporting and financing in its fourth edition.

This new edition has two great novelties: the extension of the areas in which the projects are to be implemented to the surroundings of generation facilities in Andalusia and the group's distribution areas, as well as the support to the projects led by women or with an elevated potential of employability for them.

This program supports projects with a high potential in the territories in which it is present, in fields like enhancement of the own resources, local and handmade products, promotion of sustainable tourism, digitalization and innovation, new services in areas with depopulation risk and other projects that promote the local employability, more sustainable chain suppliers and support to the feminine entrepreneurship and social inclusion.

In its previous editions, the program ENTAMA has achieved to promote 25 projects.  There are a total of 16 projects in this edition, carried out in Asturias, Andalusia and Cantabria, to which EDP will allocate a total of 185,000 euros.

The measuring of the ENTAMA’s invest impact, calculated by the SROI, states that each euro invested in the municipalities in which the program is developed, generates 4 euros.

This program develops according to the ESG criteria (environmental, social and good government), that regulate EDP’s business plan for the 2023-2026 period. The company plans to carry out investments of 25,000 million euros in three main action axes: renewable energies, flexibility of the electric system and design of innovative solutions for clients.

This are the projects selected in this edition:

Asturias:

• Laboratorio Biomimético, in Sobrescobio. Company that creates bioinspired, sustainable and innovative design solutions, based on the nature of the Natural Park of Redes.
• Selva Esmeralda, in Carreño. Floristry project, which main activity is to design floral arrangements and natural decoration, apart from the teaching in workshops and courses to bring nature closer
• Tienda Rioseco, in Sobrescobio. Support to the development of the current storehouse and shop for its expansion with basic local products.
• Kiwin Bio, in Llanera. Ecologic planting of mini kiwis, 100 % sustainable. The goal is to develop new lines of elaborated products that will enable to deseasonalize the commercialization.
• Verna Obrador sin Gluten, in Santo Adriano. Gluten-free bakery, specialized in offering quality, hand-made product, using ecological and intefral ingredients, that will expand introducing confectionery and reaching thus new markes.
• Las Casas del Oso, in Quirós. Company that works as reservation center, focused on management and commercialization of vacation homes and other types of eco-touristic accommodation.

Andalusia

Cádiz:

• Miconatura Los Alcornocales, Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza, in Los Barrios. This project’s aim is to develop a mycological project, like the crop of PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS, adapting an old mining installation in the Natural Park Los Alcornocales.
• Ruta sostenible “El Tiradero”, in Los Barrios. It consists of the creation of a touristic route guided in electric buggy in Valle de Ojén, in the Natural Park Los Alcornocales. This project offers a proposal of sustainable active tourism.
• CORTECUT, in Los Barrios. Company of finishing services, printing and water pressure cutting of all types of materials serving companies throughout the Campo de Gibraltar.
• Catering El Rincón de Talabarto, in Los Barrios. Support for the expansion of an already consolidated hotel business in the region, with a high potential for growth and employability.
• La choza de Juan y David, in Los Barrios. Support to this butcher's shop for the purchase of new machinery, which will increase the production and sale of local products.

• Doña Sara Estrella-Company Barberan, in Los Barrios. Support for the purchase of new restoration elements for this shop, that will allow them to open new business lines.

Córdoba:

• Centro Psicología y Centro reconocimiento médico, La Tribu, in Fuente Obejuna. It consists of a center aimed at solving the deficiencies of the region.
• Soluciones y Gestiones Agroganaderas Guadiato, in Fuente Obejuna. It consists of a training, consultancy and management company for agricultural and livestock farms in the Guadiato region.
• ECO-RURALFITNESS, in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo.It is an investment dedicated to the creation of a new concept of gym in a rural municipality, based on the creation of a 100% sustainable sporting center.

Cantabria:

• Tienda-bar, in Mogrovejo. Local food products and gift store that offers an outdoor space with privileged views for the consumption of its products.

About EDP

EDP is an energy group, leader in value creation, innovation and sustainability. It is part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (World and STOXX) and is also world leader in renewable energy.

In Spain, where the Group EDP employs directly more than 1550 people, it is a referent in the energy market, present in the generation, with almost 5000 MW of installed power, 1.3 million suppliance points in distribution and a marketing portfolio for entrepreneurial customers of electric energy, natural gas and consumption services of more than 17 TWh per year.