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2013
Annual Report
In line with the Strategic Plan 2011-2013, a Corporate Social
Responsibility Master Plan was defined and it laid out the
actions for the different dimensions of CSR, including the
environmental variable. The Master Plan is structured
into different strategic lines, which include “Excellence
in Environmental Management – Sustainability”, whose
objective is “to deploy the policies to reduce the
environmental impact of the activities of the company
by fostering good environmental practices”, as well as for
caring for biodiversity.
Environmental Behaviour
Euskaltel has established operational controls and
monitoring of consumption, waste and emissions that
it considers to be important in relation to the nature of
our activity, whether or not they come from significant
environmental aspects.
In this sense, in 2013 we have continued to foster the
prevention actions (minimisation at source and reuse),
compared to recovery (recycling and energy recovery) and
elimination (controlled dumping). Specifically, control and
Our Environmental Responsibility
reduction of energy consumption and natural resources
(electricity, diesel), cutting consumption of materials (paper
for invoices, magazines and office), reuse of equipment and
materials (donation and/or sale of mobile terminals), and
the use of recycled materials (recycled paper).
Control of emissions and dumping
Euskaltel is signed up to the STOP CO2 Euskadi initiative
(see
), as a “Plus Partner”, which
involves performing and publishing the annual calculations
of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the definition of a
plan for its reduction and the verification by a recognised
third party.
Furthermore, Euskaltel calculates its organisation carbon
footprint annually and prepares the GHG emission reports
following the specified requirements in the UNE-ISO
14064-1:2006 standard, where both the direct and indirect
emissions.
The environmental commitment is also reflected in the participation of Euskaltel people in a volunteer programme to clean and
condition natural spaces, that combine environmental and social actions.
