Saturday 24 October is the International Day of Climate Action, a date set by the UN to mobilise and raise awareness among millions of people around the world about the effects of climate change and the serious threat posed by global warming. 

The Group develops policies, control systems and initiatives, both corporate ones and in each of its business lines, aimed at combating climate change, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and integrating the targets and indicators established in the Sustainable Development Goals as part of its strategy. 

The company has a corporate climate change strategy, approved in 2012 and currently under review under the new 2020 CSR Master Plan, to adapt it to new legislation and the most recent agreements. The objective of this strategy is to mitigate the risks associated with climate change by also taking advantage of the business opportunities identified, and to do so it is based on five essential pillars:

Communication

•    To share FCC's climate change strategy with its stakeholders and thus improve the company's position. 

Monitoring

•    To carry out calculations of the group's GHG emissions, carbon footprint and products and services under international standards. 

Innovation

•    To design and offer more efficient and less carbon-intensive products and services, based on continuous innovation. 
 

Reduction

•    To reduce the group's carbon footprint by offering more sustainable products and services. 

Adaptation

•    To adapt to changes in rules, regulations and trends by providing new services.

Since its creation, the FCC Group has remained committed to the progress of the societies and communities in which it operates. The development of cities brings with it important challenges and issues: population growth, climate change, resilience to natural disasters, inequality and scarcity of natural resources, among others. For the company, these challenges are altering its competitive environment and, in turn, driving the commitment to provide solutions to them as well as to detect opportunities linked to its business.

FCC's contribution to the circular economy 

With the aim of meeting its commitment to sustainable development and to mitigating the effects associated with climate change, in 2017 FCC signed the Pact for a circular economy, promoted by the Spanish Government's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment together with the Ministry of Economy Industry and Competitiveness. The involvement of the FCC Group with compliance with ethical and socially responsible standards has led to the company going one step further and this led, in November of the same year, to the preparation of a programme called FCC Plan for a Circular Economy as a key pillar of its CSR 2020 Master Plan.