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6.1.4.4. Constant relation

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(GRI 411-1, 103-1, 103-2, 103-3) (GRI 413-1, 103-1, 103-2, 103-3) (SDGs 2.3)

On the other hand, the following donations were made to the neighboring communities of our operations in Costa Rica: • We donate rainwater containers for the school garden, where food is planted for the school dining room of school Gavilán, Liberia. • We give the prize for the school contest for the development of projects for remodeling in school La Palma, Tilarán. • We awarded the prize for the school competition for the development of remodeling projects at school Los Ángeles, Tilarán. • We support the bingo, by giving the prize, this helps pay for electricity, water and telephone services in Liceo Quebrada Grande,

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Liberia. • We improve the infrastructure of the area for primates. • We sponsor calendars, donate transportation, and school tickets for the Las Pumas Rescue Center, Tilarán. • We purchased the prize for the activity ¨90 minutes for the children of Tilarán¨. • We sponsor bingos for the benefit of the Sabalito and Sabalito

Church Development Association, Tilarán. • We donate fruit for school activities. • We support the local municipality of Tilarán by feeding 300 participants in the Environmental Festival for International Environment

Day. • We donated 200 t-shirts for the graduation of volunteer fire-fighters as part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area program for forest fire control in Guanacaste National Parks, Liberia. • We sponsor zumba classes for children and older adults to promote health through sport in Quebrada Grande, Liberia. • We support by providing transportation for the Liberian group of older adults for the integration activity of 14 districts of Quebrada

Grande, in order to achieve greater community work between the afore-mentioned neighborhoods. We support 29 school projects, as well as scholarships, with a contribution of US$ 59,197.38 and benefited 23,950 people. The scholarships are awarded to 12 students in the Tilarán area at various levels of education from elementary to university. They were selected by their average score of the last term. We participated in the execution of 13 trainings with a value of US$ 10,894.18, benefiting 1,243 people, as part of the communities surrounding the different wind farms located in Costa Rica. Support was provided as follows: • Entrepreneurship course to schools in the PESRL area and recycling workshops and family gardens in three neighborhoods, Tilarán. • Transportation, tickets and food for different community training courses such as the Pumas Rescue Center, food handling, volunteer fire-fighting programs and programs of the Joint Institute of Social Assistance in Quebrada Grande, Liberia. It should be noted that in Costa Rica there are no indigenous communities near our operations.

6.1.4.4. Constant relation

The company’s complaint handling system is disclosed at annual leaders’ meetings. In the case of Costa Rica, complaints can be made through the Development Associations of each location or municipality. Despite the ease provided to populations surrounding wind farms to file complaints, none were received in 2019. However, complaints filed in previous years for noise (9), one for shadow and one for infrastructure were closed.

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