FCC Medio Ambiente is the first company in its sector to join the register of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment's Spanish Climate Change Office
FCC Medio Ambiente's place on this register is recognition of its commitment to fighting climate change, as well as a decisive dedication to achieving a low-carbon economy. In 2011 it became the first Spanish company in the sanitation services sector to certify its organisation's carbon footprint, which has enabled it to become the first company in its sector to request and attain entry in the Carbon Footprint Register.
Its place in this register recognises its efforts and corporate dedication to calculate its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to be able to reduce them to a level where they can be offset, thereby supporting Spain's strategy to reduce these emissions.
This calculation of FCC Medio Ambiente's carbon footprint has enabled the company to put in place a certified methodology for calculating its carbon footprint and the intensity indicators for the services it provides: collecting solid urban waste, street cleaning, and upkeep and maintenance of parks and gardens. It also enables the company to design and offer a new consultancy service on how to develop efficient environmental management of resource use (energy, water) as well as accompanying its clients in integrated sustainable urban development. This also allows the company to provide added value in its range of business services by putting into place best practices.
All of the work it has carried out to calculate and monitor GHG emissions, in direct cooperation with the operators of plants for treating, valuing and eliminating solid urban waste, has led FCC Medio Ambiente to commit to the Climate Project initiative (FES CO2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (MAGRAMA).
Consequently, in July 2014 it presented a proposal for reducing GHG emissions called “Degasification of the controlled solid urban waste landfill site in Gomecillo, in the province of Salamanca.” The proposal has been selected by MAGRAMA's Spanish Climate Change Office (OECC) which will, over the next four years, compare the reduction in emissions attained for a total value of 400,000 euros.
In order to consolidate these advances, FCC Medio Ambiente will continue its commitment to offer a range of services and best practices to support the creation of value and satisfy its clients' expectations in demanding services that make efficient use of energy and water resources and that minimise GHGs.
Carbon footprint certificate