OHL´s commitment to a low-carbon economy

The OHL Group, aware of the importance of moving forward towards a low-carbon economy, has been implementing its commitment in energy and climatic change matters since 2007, continuing with the premise of reducing emissions and improving energy management.

The 2011-2015 Guiding Environmental and Energy Plan is the management tool that defines and materializes its achievement of these environmental commitments. Its main fields of action are a low-carbon economy, the water print and ecosystem conservation.

The Group’s strategic lines in the fight against climatic change includes the promotion of RDI as a way to encourage energy efficiency through projects such as OASIS (Operation of Safe, Smart and Sustainable Highways), Futuro Solar (thermosolar plants) or sustainable asphalt mixes.

Furthermore, OHL has alliances and ventures to disseminate its environmental initiatives. As a result, it participates in various platforms and work groups, such as the Spanish Green Growth Group, inspired by the European Green Growth Group, Foro Pro Clima, ENCORD, Conama, Rainforest Alliance and CDP, to name a few.

With respect to CDP and its 2015 CDP Iberia Climatic Change Report, issued in conjunction with PwC and ECODES, OHL has obtained the top score- 100A- in the CDP Climate Change 2015 reference index. This evaluation includes the company in the Climate A List, consisting of 5% of the world’s reference companies in terms of effort and actions to fight climatic change.

2015 Target 

After avoiding 60,000 tCO₂e with the starting up of emission reduction activities in 2014, and compensating nearly 2,700 tCO₂e in the same period, OHL, through its Emission Reduction Plan, has established as its 2015 target a 5% decrease in GHG emissions with respect to 2010.

In turn, the Group is firmly committed to sustainable construction and meets certification standards such as LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) or GSAS (Global Sustainability Assessment System).

Light West Rail Line. Spain. A decrease of nearly 10,000 tCO2e in GHG each year.