News
ACCIONA to award the best photography on sustainability at MadridFoto
Date: 05/06/2009The judges will select from more than 500 images the picture that best reflects a commitment to economic development, social welfare, and respect for the environment - the ACCIONA claim.
The company aims to help drive the new Madrid photo fair. Taking place for the first time May 7-10, MadridFoto aims to become a benchmark for contemporary trends in photography.
ACCIONA takes its employees’ health to heart
Date: 04/29/2009The company extends the scope of its workplace health policy to the prevention of heart disease, in an event presided by José Manuel Entrecanales and featuring an address by the internationally acclaimed cardiologist, Valentín Fuster.
ACCIONA’s Chairman and CEO is convinced that, "our commitment to the wellbeing of our team of professionals, just like our commitment to sustainability, has to be evident in the day-to-day doings of our people and across the entire organization".
ACCIONA Agua´s Beckton (London, UK) desal plant wins GWI "most sustainable project" award
Date: 04/28/2009The renewables-driven plant will deliver water for 900,000 inhabitants.
ACCIONA becomes the first IBEX35 company with an AENOR-certified accessible website
Date: 04/23/2009The company obtains AENOR certification (Spanish Standard UNE 139803), highlighting ACCIONA’s commitment to assisting the integration of disabled persons.
ACCIONA Agua takes part in Italy, in the XVI European Conference Federutility H2Obiettivo 2000
Date: 04/17/2009The 28th and 29th of May, ACCIONA AGUA will take part for the second time in the XVI European Conference FEDERUTILITY Objettivo H2O which will take place in Bari (Italy)
ACCIONA wins the European Business Award for Corporate Sustainability
Date: 04/08/2009ACCIONA received yesterday in Rome the Award for Corporate Sustainability conferred by the European Business Award (EBA) Organisation. The Award comes as recognition of the Company's efforts and commitments with regard to sustainability, and values the fact that they are tightly linked to the Company's business strategy.
ACCIONA Agua takes its pioneering sustainable water treatment technology to Brazil
Date: 04/02/2009The Company wins its first contract -worth 25 million euros- in the country, for technical assistance in Operation & Maintenance of the Arrudas WWTP (Minas Gerais).
Targets annual savings of 1.5 million euros-worth of electrical energy and 6,400 tonnes of CO2 emissions at the plant.
ACCIONA holds its fourth annual executives´ convention in Madrid
Date: 03/31/2009The Company strengthens its structure with new appointments.
Around 360 ACCIONA executives from eleven countries gathered in Madrid on the 29th and 30th of March for the Company’s 4th Annual Executives’ Convention. There they analysed the current situation, the opportunities available and other considerations with a view to the Company’s future, along the general lines already defined by ACCIONA, internationalization and the concentration of Company activities in three main business areas: Infrastructure, Energy and Water.
ACCIONA Agua strengthens its position in Italy and delivers water services to 2.5 million people
Date: 03/16/2009New deals in Sardinia mean that ACCIONA Agua will exploit 16 new drinking water plants, 30 wastewater treatment plants and 58 pumping stations, as well as providing maintenance for Cagliari's new water services and collectors.
ACCIONA Energy has two wind farms already operating on the Italian mainland (with a total capacity of 71.4MW) and is nearing completion on a third (20.4MW) in Sicily.
ACCIONA Agua awarded new contracts in ITALY
Date: 03/05/2009ACCIONA Agua has been awarded the operation of several drinking water and wastewater treatment plants in the island and the water service upkeep works and new pipes in Cagliari by ABBANOA S.p.A., Sardinia’s public water management company, for a total of 5.7M euros.
