FCC successfully completes the ATHOS initiative as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction<br />
FCC Medio Ambiente has successfully completed the shared, sustainable initiative known as ATHOS (Avanzar Todos Hacia Objetivos Sostenibles - All moving towards sustainable targets) as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction, held between 19 and 21 November. The aim of this project was to promote the recovery and reuse of textiles and small electronic and electrical devices, encouraging active participation from employees.
The project was carried out at 19 places of work across 16 Spanish cities, where specific containers were provided and installed by charities associated with the project. These charities included foundations such as Cáritas, Ecolec, Ataretaco, Traperos de Emaús, Fundabem and Porsiete, which collected the material to be reused or recycled.
The ATHOS initiative strengthens FCC Medio Ambiente's commitment to sustainable and responsible development of its activities with regard to its numerous stakeholders and the unavoidable changes that are shaping today's world. Company achievements in this respect include:
- Supporting a public-interest, awareness-raising campaign organised at a Europe-wide level, focusing on the circular economy and its ability to create changes and opportunities for our businesses.
- Joining with multiple local and regional public agencies across Spain, both FCC customers and opinion leaders, which share with the company the vital challenge of reducing waste (acknowledgement and thanks expressed directly by mayors and waste, exchange and connection committees set up on digital platforms).
- Encouraging staff to actively take part in a responsible and shared business project.
- Taking new steps towards stronger and longer-lasting collaboration with organisations that from the outset showed strong, spontaneous support of the pilot project, ATHOS action, professional foundations and charities (Ecolec, Cáritas, Traperos de Emaús, Fundabem, Ataretaco, Porsiete).
- Meeting the environmental target of the European Week for Waste Reduction 2016. Thanks to strong staff participation, nearly 700kg of textiles and electronic and electrical devices have been collected for reuse, preventing the emission of 4.5 tonnes of CO2 and saving 72m3 of water thanks to the reused textiles.
- Capitalising on the experience and outcomes of the ATHOS project to launch new initiatives to bring us closer to our stakeholders and to consolidate and enrich our value chain.
This participatory awareness-raising initiative, launched by FCC Medio Ambiente, also works towards SDG 13, one of the Sustainable Development Goals set under the United Nations Development Agenda, to improve education, awareness and human and institutional capacity with regard to combating climate change, adapting to it and reducing its impact as is the case here, by means of an initiative that promotes the Circular Economy.