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Attached to the Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and the Environment
FCC Medio Ambiente,
the first company registered
in the Climate Change Registry
The registration of FCC Medio Ambiente
in the registry underscores the Company’s
commitment to the fight against climate
change and its firm commitment to reach a
low carbon economy.
As the first Spanish company in the urban
sanitation industry to have certified the car-
bon footprint of its organization in 2011 has
enabled it to be the first company in the
sector to have requested and subsequently
registered in the Carbon Footprint registry.
Recognition
This registration implies the recognition of
the company’s efforts and willingness to
calculate its greenhouse gas emission (GEI)
in order to be able to reduce and offset
them thereby supporting Spain’s strategy
aimed at reducing these types of emissions.
The calculation of FCC Medio Ambiente’s
carbon footprint makes it possible for the
company to have a certified methodology
for calculating the carbon footprint and in-
tensity indicators of the services that it pro-
vides: solid urban waste collection, street
cleaning, and upkeep and maintenance of
parks and gardens.
It will also make it easier to design and offer
a new advisory service on how to develop
an efficient environmental management of
resources (energy and water) and to ac-
company its clients in developing a com-
prehensive sustainable urban development.
Moreover, it will enable it to contribute
added value to its commercial service offe-
ring by capitalising on good practices.
All the work carried out in calculating and
monitoring GEI emissions, collabora-
ting directly with the managers of waste
treatment, recycling and elimination of so-
lid urban waste, has prompted FCC Medio
Ambiente to become part of the Climate
Project (FES CO
2
) being conducted by the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Envi-
ronment (MAGRAMA, Spanish acronym).
In July 2014, the company submitted a
proposal on the project for reducing GEI
emissions known as “Degasification of the
controlled deposit of urban solid waste in
Gomecillo” in the province of Salamanca.
The 400,000 euro project was recently se-
lected by the MAGRAMA’s Spanish Office
of Climate Change (OECC) which will com-
pare over the course of the next four years,
the reduction of emissions.
FCC Medio Ambiente, in order to consoli-
date the progress made to date, will conti-
nue to wager on a service offering and good
practices that promote the creation of value
and fulfils the expectations of its clients in
the demand of services that are efficient in
terms of the use of resources, energy as
well as water, and the minimisation of GEI.
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