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RELATIONS WITH

STAKEHOLDERS

For Aqualia, maintaining fluid and constant contact with its stakeholders to
know their expectations and requirements is a key for defining its corporate

responsibility strategy.

A GLOBAL COMPANY WITH LOCAL
MANAGEMENT First Aqualia
Journalism Award
During 2016, Aqualia has especially strengthened
its contact with the leading local communica-
tions media in the geographical areas in which The company launched the First
the company carries out its work. It has held Aqualia Journalism Award in 2016 to
numerous meetings in which it explained the inform reporters and society of the
company’s vision on current questions in the importance of the proper and specia-
sector and information on the most notable lised management of the water cycle
aspects of each service or branch.
for the development and well-being of
society.

In this first edition, the winner was the
journalist Tomás Díaz for his article
“Sewerage rates will rise by 50% and
make the bill dearer,” published in the
Water and Environment supplement in
El Economista.

The contest received a great
welcome among the media with wide
participation and high quality work
presented as well as the publication of
the contest locally and nationally.

Winners of the First Aqualia Journalism Award with Felix Parra,
General Director, and Santiago Lafuente, Aqualia National
Director.

Reinforcing Aqualia’s positioning in local and re- The company also collaborates with other insti-
gional communications media opens the door to tutions in its work of responsibly communicating
new channels for communication that bring the and participates in the communication discipline
company closer to the end consumer. Thus, Aqualia working groups created by the Spanish Water
ended 2016 with an increase in its information, Supply and Sanitation Association (AEAS) and the
publishing and public awareness activity. Andalusian Water Supply and Sanitation Association
(ASA) to define clear, regular and close guidelines
for explaining the value of the management of the
integrated water cycle to society overall.

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