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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT

Aqualia recognises the economic, social and –above all– environmental values
of water, the main activity of the organisation. Because of this, one of its main

ends is that the management of this resource is carried out efficiently based
on respect for and protection of the natural environment.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF
THE MANAGEMENT OF AQUALIA’S
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Aqualia’s integrated environmental management
system is based on the ISO 14001 standard which
defines and sets the necessary control and monito-
ring mechanisms to minimise the company’s impact
on the environment.

AQUALIA’S ACTIVITY IN SPAIN,CERTIFIED AS PER
THE ISO 14001 STANDARD

98% 98% 94%

94% of Aqualia’s activity in Spain is cer-
tified in accordance with the ISO 14001
standard for environmental manage-
ment systems. Taking into account the
total national and international activity,
the scope of the activities covered by
the environmental management system
is some 86.4% – 12% more than all the
activity certified in 2015.

2014 2015 2016

In 2016, Aqualia became one of the first Spanish Taking advantage of the updating of the processes
companies to adapt to the innovations imple- and procedures, Aqualia also carried out a functio-
mented in the ISO 14001:2015 standard. The new nal and territorial restructuring of its organisation to
standard strengthens the concept of the leadership drive the continuous improvement of the integrated
of environmental management and includes new environmental management system.
criteria in its scope that refers to aspects such as
the environment in which the company operates
and attention to the expectations of stakeholders,
among other questions.

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