Fitch views EPM's corporate governance as weak due to the strong influence exerted by the company's owner, the City of Medellin. EPM has an ESG Relevance Score of '4', which reflects the company's recent instability in board membership and indicates that the score has a negative...
The board’s resignation left the utility’s CEO, Álvaro Guillermo Rendón trying to explain to the media and public why the entire board of directors resigning or the mayor’s actions are nothing to worry about.
A technology to monitor power generation devices, developed jointly by Medellín-based utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) and the National University of Colombia, has received a patent in Colombia and is now seeking a patent in the United States. Along with funding from...
Mayor Enrique Penãlosa wants to raise some $1.35 billion USD for transportation projects, but he is facing strong opposition from labor and the Social Party of National Unity.