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Electricité de France: Providing Services to Rural Populations
WBCSD , February 23, 2007

EDF, a competitive multi-energy, multi-service provider, has a keen interest in global electrification, both as a major player in the global power industry, as well as a public company with a history of dedication to public service and rural electrification.

EDF committed itself “to help provide energy to developing countries' populations”. Improving rural and peri-urban (areas outside formal urban boundaries but which are in the process of urbanization) zone development, reducing the negative impact on the environment, and using and promoting renewable energy technologies, are some of the objectives of the Group's sustainable development commitment.

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