EDL-Gen’s substantial growth is also managed and supported by the ways in which it operates its business as reflected in its mission statements. The foundation starts from continued efforts to integrate good corporate governance principles into its business practices, to improving its water management and operating efficiency, enhancing the capacity of its human resources, and the commitment to corporate social responsibilities (CSR) and the environment.

In particular, EDL-Gen’s extensive CSR initiatives focus on conserving the natural resources, social contributions, and improvement of local livelihoods. For instance, annually EDL-Gen provides financial support to the conservation of National Protected Areas, as well as organising annual trees planting and fish release activities to observe the National Arbour Day. The company also commits to a wide range of initiatives aiming at improving livelihoods of local communities surrounding its power plants, including provision of clean water supplies, power grid connection, and improvement of local healthcare facilities, schools and road access. EDL-Gen’s social contribution also extends to cover wider youth development programmes, tertiary education, culture preservation and disaster relief. More recent examples from 2017 include the provision of Programmable Logic Controllers to the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Laos to support structural and functional research and students’ operational capability; and a drawing contest organised in collaboration with the National Institute of Fine Arts under the theme “Sustainable Power for the Nation” from which the drawings become part of EDL-Gen’s ongoing publicity campaigns to promote awareness on socially responsible and environmentally sustainable business practices.