Universal Registration Document 2020

4. Corporate governance

EDF invests in innovation to build the most efficient energy transition solutions in order to meet the goal of reducing carbon emissions at the lowest possible cost. EDF relies on its R&D, whose activities are structured around 3 areas of transition: electrical, climatic as well as digital and societal transition.

€16.5 billion GROS OPERATING INVESTMENTS

94% 
SHARE OF INVESTMENTS IN LINE WITH THE GROUP’S LOW CARBON OBJECTIVES

€685 million R&D EXPENDITURE

716 
INNOVATIONS PATENTED BY R&D AT THE END OF 2020