Enel’s projects and initiatives for community support are classified according to the method of the London Benchmarking Group (LBG). This model, defined by a working team formed by over 100 companies at an international level, identifies a measurement model allowing to clearly and consistently determine and classify a company's contribution to the social development of the community in which it operates.
In particular, under the LBG standard, expenditure on contributions to communities can be classified in: Charitable donations, Investments in the community, Commercial initiatives with a social impact.
In 2011 Enel’s total contribution to the communities where it operates stood at 109.5 million euro