Case Study: EDP Renewables North America achieves 10x ROI and unifies ESG and EHS processes with Appian

EDP Renewables Unifies their ESG Workstreams and Streamlines Business Processes

EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in renewable energy, faced growing complexity as it scaled—managing more people, projects, and ESG reporting requirements across regions while data and processes remained siloed. The company needed a flexible, scalable way to standardize diverse local data formats, speed up EHS incident response, ensure chain-of-custody and auditability, and meet parent-company ESG reporting tied to UN goals.

Using the Appian low-code platform (powered by AWS), EDPR built more than 150 in-house applications—including a Sustainability & Waste Reporting tool, the EnHanS EHS case-management system, and a social-investment workflow—to unify data, automate reporting, and streamline incident resolution. The results: over 80% employee adoption, improved case-closure rates, eight consecutive years of ISO 14001 certification with zero non-conformities, a Sustainability tool that saves the equivalent of 50–75% of an FTE, and an overall ROI of about 10× the initial investment.

EDP Renewables North America

John Stretton

Senior Manager of Process