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Waste Management

Environmental Performance

One of our priorities is to offer infrastructure and services that respond to global challenges, such as climate change, the energy crisis, and the loss of biodiversity, by offering our skills in these areas with the utmost environmental performance.

Environmental sustainability has always played a significant part for us, not only in terms of of responsibility or as a way to manage certain types of risks more efficiently, but also as a source of new ideas and business models.

We are committed to sustainable development by reporting indicators like CO2 emissions every year (see Carbon Footprint), water consumption, waste, and environmental sanctions. Furthermore, we set objectives for improving our environmental behavior, and we bolster our climate strategy by developing infrastructure and services for a “green” economy with low emissions.

Reducing the Environmental Impact

The considerable volume of earth moved for construction contracts has led us to set a reuse goal for minimizing the impacts associated with this activity.

Reusing earth at the construction site eliminates emissions that would otherwise be generated by transportation, in addition to promoting better landscape integration on-site.

We’ve set a land reuse goal of 80% in construction for 2020, using 2016 as the base year.

Type of wasteTreatment201920202021
Construction and demolition wasteVALORIZATION (t)2,077,9541,920,7642,252,047
Reuse (t)124,314222,575352,495
Recycling (t)1,664,9961,409,5441,899,552
Other valorization (t)288,645288,6450
DISPOSAL or unknown treatment449,903641,204550,947
Landfill (t)442,665633,966550,947
Other disposal or unknown treatment (t)7,2387,2380
Non-hazardous wasteVALORIZATION (t)441,627287,762260,545
Recycling (t)00192,061
Other valorization (t)441,627287,76268,484
DISPOSAL or unknown treatment243,691131,76233,122
Landfill (t)561094,427
Incineration (t)00582
Other disposal or unknown treatment (t)243,635131,65228,113
Hazardous wasteVALORIZATION (t)33242,357
Recycling (t)002,173
Other valorization (t)3324184
DISPOSAL or unknown treatment24,11824,99312,545
Other disposal or unknown treatment (t)24,11824,99312,545
TOTALVALORIZATION (t)2,519,6142,208,5502,514,949
Reuse (t)124,314222,575352,495
Recycling (t)1,664,9961,409,5442,093,786
Other valorization (t)730,304576,43168,668
DISPOSAL or unknown treatment717,713797,959596,613
Landfill (t)442,721634,075555,374
Incineration (t)00582
Other disposal or unknown treatment (t)274,992163,88340,657
Soil201920202021
Soil moved (m3)31,132,85319,030,31226,237,981
Soil reused (m3)30,576,92618,292,73224,576,583

Sustainable Materials

Building MaterialTotal Weight Used (metric tones)Recycled and / or reused (% of total weight used)
Wood42,5139%
Steel182,65184.5%
Concrete7,289,98927.1%
Aggregates35,605,06863.7%
Asphalt615,14324.5%
Cement457,8055.3%

Highlighted Environmental Performances

Below, you can find the projects for which environmental actions have been or are being taken.

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Below you will find information about the projects in which we incorporate specific environmental measures to reduce the impact of climate change.

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