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World Quality Day coincides with Aqualia being awarded its first quality management certificate twenty years ago Aqualia joins the #DMCalidad2017, under the slogan "Leadership in ti­ mes of change" and brings to mind the milestones achieved and pending challenges after obtaining its first ISO 9001 certmc�e in 1997 Since 2013, the Company has been working in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) approved by the United Nations for the 2016- 2030 period. Coinciding with World Quality Day, which the UN in 1990 decided would be celebrated each 7 of November; Aqualia goes over the milestones achieved in this respect. This celebra­ tion coincides with the 20th anniver­ sary of its first quality management certificate pursuant to ISO 9001 stan­ dard which was awarded in 1997. Two years after that date, the Company obtained its first environmental mana­ gement certificate as per ISO 14001 standard. Since then, the Company has not ceased to work towards deve­ loping a Management System to con­ tribute value and greater efficiency to all of its activities. Since 2013, it has been doing so following the guidelines of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) approved by the United Nations for the 2016-2030 period. Among the milestones achieved du­ ring these two decades, Aqualia hi­ ghlights the fact that it was the first company in the water management industry to record its Carbon Footprint (CF) or all of its activities in Spain. Ten years with the ENAC certification In addition, the Company's five ma­ jar laboratories had enjoyed for more than ten years the certification awar­ ded by Entidad Nacional de Acredi­ tación (ENAC); and also, during the last ten years, the Company has had its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report verified under interna­ tional GRI standards, obtaining the maximum A+ score. The Company is also a model of a certified company in respect of lnno­ vation and collaborates in the verifi­ cation of AENOR audits. lt recently welcomed representatives of the Chi­ nese certification entity, CNCA when it visited Europe to learn about the strategy and procedures to carry out to certify its lnnovation. 41�ESPONSAB I LITY Aqualia's commitment to secure and achieve new objectives that satisfy the expectations of its stakeholders, interna! and externa!, continues to grow. The Company has defined as its new objective obtaining the "efr" certificate (family responsible com­ pany) awarded by Fundación Más Familia. lt was the fir st company in the water management industry to reco r d t h e Carbon F oot p r int of all of i t s activit i es in Spain