Climate change is a major threat for global socioeconomic and ecological systems.  Based on scientific evidence concerning the existence of global warming caused by greenhouse gases generated by human activity, a global political commitment has been defined, led by the EU, which sets the goal of reducing emissions by 20% in 2020 with respect to 1990.

Forthcoming years will be crucial for establishing the bases for the transition to a more sustainable energy model. ACCIONA wishes to take part in this change, leading the sector’s contribution in ambitious objectives established by the EU Council for meeting 20% of primary energy demands with renewable energies by 2020. This conviction is extended to the other activities of the company, fostering efficiency and energy saving activities, both internally and in its products.

To do so, ACCIONA has launched a strategy of climate change, the objective of which is to more thoroughly explore the measurement, optimisation of energy consumption, risk management and exploitation of opportunities, linked to commitment in the development of international business and the promotion of products which exploit this opportunity.

The principal lines defined are:

Weekly meter of emissions avoided

In this web site, ACCIONA offers a meter which displays the weekly and annual CO2 emissions avoided by the company on a global scale through the use of renewable energies.

It is calculated by obtaining the number of CO2 emissions avoided in the previous week, based on the sum of energy generated by the company using renewable energy sources, the energy generated in each country of operation for that week (MWh) and the annual emission factor of the country (tCO2/MWh).