- The Real Madrid F.C. Director of Institutional Relations. Emilio Butragueño received the CEO of Endesa, José Bogas, at the Ciudad Real Madrid to renew the collaboration of the electric company with the Real Madrid Foundation's social-sports, adapted and inclusive schools. The event was chaired by the Executive Vice President of the Real Madrid Foundation, Enrique Sánchez.
With this renewal, the alliance between Endesa and the Real Madrid Foundation enters its twelfth consecutive year, more than a decade of commitment to making sport and its values available to all young people without exception. In all this time, the collaboration has passed through a number of stages and in the 2021/22 season will include projects for wheelchair and inclusive basketball courts in Spain, football pitches and basketball courts in Portugal (in collaboration with Salesian Missions) and football pitches in Morocco (in collaboration with Paideia). One more year, this support for wheelchair basketball schools for people with varying disabilities in Spain, which cater for more than 245 children and young people and who, without projects like this, could not play educational sport, is especially significant.
Endesa's CEO, José Bogas, stressed that "we could not be more proud and, above all, more grateful for the work undertaken by the Real Madrid Foundation. Their schools are an essential support in the lives of boys and girls who have some type of disability, a very important task both for the well-being of these young people and of their families". Bogas highlighted the importance for Endesa of these agreements, which enable the company to meet the "great responsibility that comes with being a great company. Our support goes beyond professional basketball, reaching all the youngsters who play this sport."
Emilio Butragueño highlighted the sense of sustainability that permeates Endesa's corporate culture, not only in environmental and economic terms but also "the sustainability of their social and sporting support that are a reflection of their real, long-term commitment to people."