ACS
Actividades de Construcción y Servicios

Outstanding initiatives

• Savings in CO₂ emissions of over 3.6 million tons owing to the management of 63 waste treatment and recycling plants.
  


• Initiation of studies and commencement of projects to develop clean development mechanisms at dumps in developing countries.
  


• Participation in the project, construction and operation of a biodiesel plant, with a capacity of 25,000 tons per year, which will come into operation in 2006.
  


• Increase in the quantity of mineral oil collected from automobiles and ships (Marpol Convention), to 100,000 tons of oil waste recovered per year and 70,000 tons of waste from ports in Spain, in accordance with the Marpol Convention.
  


• Renewal for Continental Auto of certification according to UNE-EN-ISO 14001:2004 environmental standards and UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2000 quality standards.
  


• Performance of training and informational activities to reduce the environmental impact of activities carried on by Continental Auto and reach appropriate environmental performance standards.
  


• Effective integration of former quality, environmental and labor hazard prevention management systems into a single Integrated Management System at Continental Auto.
  


• Adaptation of Continental Auto's Integrated Management System to comply with the specifications of the OHSAS 18001/1999 standard.