The energy firm, the Official Partner and the Official Electricity Supplier of London 2012, becomes the fourth commercial partner to support the BPA and ParalympicsGB for the next four years, and the second to be announced in two weeks - Deloitte announced the renewal of its partnership with the organisation.

EDF, which has a longstanding history of supporting the Paralympic Movement having sponsored the French National Paralympic Committee since 1992, and Deloitte now join BT and Sainsbury's as Official Partners of the BPA and ParalympicsGB.

"This is a very exciting announcement for the BPA because EDF Energy has been a fantastic supporter of the team for several years," the BPA's chief executive, Tim Hollingsworth, said.

"Their Green Team initiative for London and their fundraising have had a genuine impact on our organisation and we can't wait to start working together on plans for the future.

"We are delighted that there has been so much interest from the London 2012 partners in continuing on the journey to Rio with us and this shows how the Movement has developed and the value companies see in associating with it.

"Without the support of our partners and our charitable work, we could not take a ParalympicsGB team to the Games so their backing is absolutely critical to our potential successes over the next four year cycle."


EDF has also announced that it will continue to operate its "Team EDF" initiative, its ambassador programme through which supports individual Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the forthcoming Games.

"The London 2012 Games were an inspiration to us all at EDF and we are proud to be able to continue to support the BPA on the road to Rio," said the energy firm's chief executive, Vincent de Rivaz.

"EDF Energy employees got fully behind our charitable partnership with the BPA and raised over £650,000 ($985,000/€754,000) which exceeded the fund raising target we set ourselves three years ago.

"And we're delighted to have helped the BPA with the 'Greening the Team' initiative – with their 2012 training camps becoming the first events of their kind to receive a gold accreditation for sustainability from the Council for Responsible Sport."

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