Iberdrola champions women's sport in Paris
In Brazil, Neoenergia has just signed an agreement until 2025 with the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) to become one of its main supporters in terms of gender equality and sustainability, thus benefiting athletes from multiple disciplines.
Scotland, Mexico and Portugal, where it supports various competitions and sports federations, are other examples of the global and pioneering commitment to women's sport that the company began in 2016.
The games have kicked off in Paris and have done so with an unprecedented milestone: they will be the first to achieve gender parity. Thus, 50% of the 10,500 athletes competing in the French capital from 26 July to 11 August will be women, an achievement in which Iberdrola has participated, supporting two of the main committees, the Spanish and Brazilian.
In both cases, this will be the first edition in which their respective expeditions will be made up of more women than men. Specifically, the Spanish team will have 192 female athletes, 50.3% of the total, and 190 male athletes, 49.7%, while the Brazilian team will have 153 women, 55.4%, and 123 men, 44.6%.
The Group has played a key role in the historic records presented in Paris by Spain and Brazil through the implementation of numerous equality policies, which have had the promotion of women's sport as one of their key vehicles. In Spain, 24 of the 35 national federations supported by Iberdrola will participate in Paris, contributing 173 athletes, 90.1% of the total.
In addition, 20 of the 35 members of the Iberdrola Ambassadors programme, through which the company aims to inspire and give visibility to the more than 800,000 federated sportswomen who make up the 35 federations it currently supports, will form part of the Spanish team.
Neoenergia signs agreement with the Brazilian Olympic Committee
In Brazil, Neoenergia has just signed an agreement until 2025 with the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) to become one of its main supporters in terms of gender equality and sustainability, thus benefiting athletes from multiple disciplines.
With this, Iberdrola's subsidiary is furthering its commitment to strengthening women's sports in the South American country, which began with the sponsorship of the Brazilian national football team and the national club championship -Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia-.
Through this partnership, Neoenergia, a benchmark in Brazil's energy transition, will support the COB in its decarbonisation goals, providing the sports body with energy solutions and implementing sustainability actions that will reduce CO2 emissions from its Time Brasil Training Centre, located in Rio de Janeiro.
Global commitment to promoting equality through sport
Brazil and Spain are not the only examples of the global and pioneering commitment to women's sport that Iberdrola began in 2016. In Scotland, its subsidiary ScottishPower is the main sponsor of Scottish Women's Football (SWF) and of the Scottish league, as well as sponsor of the Scottish Youth Challenge Cups, in all three age groups, and of the Scottish Women's Highlands and Islands League.
In Mexico, Iberdrola Mexico has presented, as part of its commitment to equity and inclusion, the DestElla programme, which aims to promote the development and empowerment of women through sport. In this first phase, DestElla will support the women's branch of the Mexican Rugby Federation.
In Portugal, the company will be the main driver of all senior women's football until 2027, following the recent agreement reached with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to sponsor the Portuguese national team and the FPF's club competitions: the BPI League, Portuguese Cup, Super Cup and League Cup.
