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FCC Medio Ambiente has received an accolade in the 2021 Salvamen- to Marítimo Awards in the category of Greatest Contribution to SDG 14 With Respect to the Conservation of Our Seas for the project “Solid waste retention combs in sewage network spillway systems”. The award cere - mony took place on the evening of 16th December in the Assembly Hall of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda in Madrid. Minis- ter Raquel Sánchez presented the award to Jordi Payet, CEO of FCC Medio Ambiente, and Paulino Rome- ro, Head of Inspection and Area on the Sewerage Service at Barcelona. This award is given to those indivi- duals, public administrations, com- panies or organisations that have developed actions, projects and other initiatives promoting SDG 14 “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”. The Award to FCC Medio Ambiente for its contribution to SDG 14 at Salvamento Marítimo 2021 awards Jordi Payet, general manager of FCC Medio Ambiente, collected the award from Raquel Sánchez, minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda. criteria considered for the assess- ment take into account the degree of contribution to SDG 14, the scope of the project, the innovative nature, the results achieved, and the duration of the initiative. Reducing bulky waste The award-winning project aims to reduce the amount of bulky waste before it ends up in the sea. These retention combs, which have two hook lines that act in different pha - ses, make it possible to retain this so- lid waste during heavy rainfall. Once the meteorological phenomenon has passed, they are collected by manual means with cleaning teams. The initiative was implemented since 2018 with the placement of the awar- ded devices in seven sewage outfalls into the sea in the city of Barcelona, and is expected to be extended to other cities in Spain in the near future. Between 2018 and 2020, 420 m3 of waste weighing 628 tonnes were pre- vented from being dumped into the sea, figures that speak for themsel - ves of the effectiveness of this sys - tem for retaining solids. All this waste would have ended up in the sea whe- re it would have been lost without the possibility of being recovered, which would aggravate the already critical situation of the seabed and the har- mful effect on the ecosystem. The project is part of FCC Medio Ambiente’s 2050 Sustainability Ho- rizon, a 30-year business develop- ment strategy with sustainability as the backbone. The award is a great boost to the company’s innovative spirit and serves to reinforce the pu- blic’s trust in sustainable alternatives for environmental conservation. R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y 45 R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y