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Sustainable Environmental Management

Our vision

❚❚Upholding our commitment to protect ❚❚Efficiently managing all natural resources,
the environment and combat climate especially water.
change.
❚❚Sensitize the public about the importance
❚❚Striving to achieve sustainable devel- of responsible water use.
opment with measures to reduce the
environmental impact.

Main figures 2013 2014 2015 teq
teq
Direct CO2 emissions - 21,486.80 21,165.5
Indirect CO2 emissions - 82,335.50 127,682.70 t
Reagent consumption 28,005
30,257 27,933

Energy consumption 1,955,051 2,018,449 1,957,178 GJ

Renewable energy consumed 134,141 106,825 57,225 GJ

Note 1: Since 2014, the emission value has been obtained from the AENOR Carbon Footprint verification, both for Aqualia GIA and SmVak. For this
reason, the emission value for 2013 is not given.
Note 2: The emission value concerns activities carried out by Aqualia GIA. The other values correspond to the activities carried out by Aqualia GIA and SmVak.
Note 3: The drop in renewable energy consumption is because Aqualia stopped managing the biogas-run treatment plant in Añarbe (Guipúzcoa) in 2015.

Compliance with 2015 challenges

2015 Commitment Level of Remarks
compliance
In 2015, Aqualia measured its carbon footprint on all of
Calculating and verifying the carbon footprint in all its activities worldwide.
In 2015, 15 contracts were certified and another 30 are
100%of Aqualia's activities. expected to be certified in 2016.

Implementation and certification of an Energy 20%
Efficiency System, based on the UNE-EN ISO 5000:
2011, in all areas of Aqualia.

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