Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the world’s largest integrated geothermal company, bagged three awards in the recent Quill Awards. EDC received an award of excellence and award of merit in communication management for “Values in Action: The EDC Sustainability Story” and “KEITECH: Producing the world’s greatest nation builders,” respectively, and a finalist citation for “Values in Action: The 2010 EDC Integrated Annual and Sustainability Report.” The Quill Awards is an annual recognition given by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) to outstanding communication programs. The awards were received by EDC’s Environmental and External Relations Group (L-R): Fernando Diaz de Rivera, Toni Nieva, Dave Devilles, Ivy Henson, Meianne Tejada, Lourdes Zaide, Tracy Peralta, Marsha Alvarado and Ronald Pahunang.
The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is a pioneer in generating 100% clean, renewable, and reliable power as an electricity supplier in the Philippines for over 40 years. With power plants all over Visayas and Mindanao, the company is one of the biggest producers of geothermal energy in Asia and is expanding its reach in the international market, allowing it to offer customers affordable energy rates. EDC also strives to provide the best customer service it can to all its clients by having helpful salespeople and easy to understand contracts. Because of all of this, it is poised to become the premier supplier of electricity for the Philippines’ Green Energy Option Program. EDC takes its mission as a renewable energy provider seriously and goes beyond sustainability by investing in programs that enhance the environment and empower its partner communities, thereby fostering regenerative development. The company has also been working toward being carbon-neutral by improving its energy efficiency, as well as implementing various greening projects to ensure that its mission to provide future generations with a better life remains intact.