{"id":271765,"date":"2024-02-08T13:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/?page_id=271765"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:48:20","slug":"connected-to-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/cintra\/sustainability\/connected-to-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Value"},"content":{"rendered":"    <m-final-content-header bgimage='https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/04114540\/awarded-road-widening-of-sh-36-in-texas-1280x720.jpg'>\n            <c-breadcrumb label-text=\"Breadcrumb\" slot=\"breadcrumbs\" type='2' align='left' wrap='wrapped wrapped' aria-label='You came from Cintra&#8217;s Sustainability Strategy'>\n                        <ol>\n\n                                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/\" title=\"Ferrovial\">Ferrovial<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/cintra\/\" title=\"Cintra\">Cintra<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/cintra\/sustainability\/\" title=\"Cintra&#8217;s Sustainability Strategy\">Cintra&#8217;s Sustainability Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n                                    \n                <\/ol>\n\n                <\/c-breadcrumb>\n    \n        <div slot=\"header\">\n            <h1>\n                Driving Value            <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/m-final-content-header>\n\n    \n\n\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<p><strong>We drive long-term value through innovation, efficiency, and resilience. <\/strong>We integrate cutting-edge research, operational excellence, and proactive risk management and support sustainable growth for shareholders and clients worldwide<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<m-accordion class=\"wp-block-components-accordion\"><div slot=\"title\"><h3>Focused on 4 Key Areas<\/h3><\/div>\n<div slot=\"item\" class=\"wp-block-components-accordion-item\"><div class=\"m-accordion__item\"><h4>Promoting Adaptability Through Research &amp; Innovation<c-icon icon=\"arrow\" size=\"m\"><\/c-icon><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"m-accordion__content\">\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<p>Cintra partners with top-tier universities and research institutions to stay on the cutting-edge of transportation technology, travel behavior, and other trends and innovations that affect our business. Ongoing research topics include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Staying at the forefront of innovations in road usage payments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare the business for a future with increasing numbers of automated vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to use smart technologies, such as sensors, cameras, and analytics, to monitor traffic conditions, detect incidents, and alert drivers and operators in real time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing new methodologies to better measure community and social impacts of infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leverage behavioral science techniques and virtual reality to understand user behavior in a variety of different roadway conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div slot=\"item\" class=\"wp-block-components-accordion-item\"><div class=\"m-accordion__item\"><h4>Promoting Adaptability and Resilience<c-icon icon=\"arrow\" size=\"m\"><\/c-icon><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"m-accordion__content\">\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<p>Our global portfolio is located across multiple geographies with a range of climates and terrains. To prepare for impacts of extreme weather or changes to climate, climate risk and mitigation assessments have been integrated into our risk management processes. By proactively identifying and addressing these risks with adaptation measures, Cintra can reduce vulnerabilities, enhance the resilience of the assets, and ensure the long-term operational continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with the University of Cantabria, Ferrovial developed an assessment tool, \u201cAdaptare,\u201d which is specifically designed to facilitate the analysis of physical climate change risk on infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div slot=\"item\" class=\"wp-block-components-accordion-item\"><div class=\"m-accordion__item\"><h4>Increasing our Operations Efficiency<c-icon icon=\"arrow\" size=\"m\"><\/c-icon><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"m-accordion__content\">\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<p>A healthy business is one that strives for efficiency across all operations. Operational efficiencies often have benefit for the company\u2019s value as well as the natural environment. Examples include upgrading lighting to LEDs, which saves costs and reduces light pollution; designing lighter cabs that reduce fuel expenditures and emissions; and circular economy efforts reuse materials and reduce waste.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div slot=\"item\" class=\"wp-block-components-accordion-item\"><div class=\"m-accordion__item\"><h4>Circular Economy<c-icon icon=\"arrow\" size=\"m\"><\/c-icon><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"m-accordion__content\">\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<p>The central principles of Cintra\u2019s circular economy approach are reusing and optimizing the use of materials and products, leveraging the regenerative capacity of natural resources and prioritizing value creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support its portfolio in their efforts, Cintra has developed trainings and guides to share best practices, develop innovative ideas, and drive broader awareness to this critical approach to drive efficiencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/m-accordion>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":270246,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-271765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Driving Value - Ferrovial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to the Ferrovial&#039;s website, global operator of sustainable infrastructure. 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