2020 Sustainability Report |Interview with the CEO | 11 Thanks to our employees’ dedication to public service, we managed to rise to theoccasion in a very difficult year Your company is working with other large entities We are well into the Decade of Action. Beyond to develop projects that, within the end-to-end the laws and requirements demanded by public water cycle, are driving the company towards administrations, Aqualia is undertaking great the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, as work that has a social impact and involves social well as achieving 100% water circularity, among commitment. What are your main ambitions? other measures. Where do you see the greatest technological transfer? What projects represent The decade is beginning now, but Aqualia has already the greatest response to the challenges facing the been taking action for a number of years. The road we 2030 Agenda and citizens? are taking requires the commitment of workers, who have shown in recent months that they are committed, Aqualia is a promoter of global health, given that and of citizens, who have placed their trust in us, but guaranteeing access to water and sanitation reduces our business activity also depends on the willingness disease, increases life expectancy and improves health of institutions.As an example, since July 2018 Spain indicators,especially in those countries and areas has paid a European Commission sanction of 10 that are most vulnerable. The great challenge is also million euros every six months for non-compliance with to ensure that Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban wastewater become true biofactories and actively contribute in treatment. Aqualia, which is responsible for managing the fight against the climate emergency. This is why over 800 treatment plants, could help solve this problem we value wastewater as a raw material, and we are and avoid those fines, as well as contribute more to the consequently developing lines of research to recover health of the environment. We are all in service to the materials, transform waste and convert organic matter same society and need to care for the health of the into by-products that can have a new life. same planet, and we should all be a part of the same conversation. This is just one example: contributing to There has been significant technological transfer in all building a more solid and efficient social infrastructure these processes. Years of research have brought truly that is adapted to the needs of citizens is a global task. It enriching results, and Aqualia is working to include them is a titanic challenge, but Aqualia has the determination in the proposals we make to public administrations. As and the ability to respond. a whole, all this work is an important asset that we can place at the service of citizens and that enables society as a whole to advance towards the common goal established in the 2030 Agenda.