OHL shows its commitments towards a business model based on sustainability criteria

OHL has shown its support for a green society at the event held this Friday, 11 October, in Madrid, under the motto Towards a Sustainable Europe in 2030. The initiative, sponsored by Forética, an organization that promotes the integration of social, environmental and good governance issues into business and organization strategy and management in Spain and Latin America, of which OHL is a sponsor member since 2015, has also served as a framework to render the New Deal for Europe manifesto visible. Such document, to which more than 270 enterprises have adhered, represented by its CEOs and senior managers, is sponsored by CSR Europe, one of Europe’s leading entities in sustainability and corporate responsibility, whose network covers more than 10,000 enterprises. OHL is the only Spanish construction company adhered to this initiative.

On behalf of OHL, this initiative was joined by its CEO, José Antonio Fernández Gallar, ratifying the company’s commitment to sustainability, by implementing a strategy in its business model in line the UN 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. Of interest in the matter is that OHL belongs to the Spanish Global Compact Network since it was founded in 2004.

The company is also aligned with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for Multinational Enterprises, and the Tripartite Declaration of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Furthermore, OHL has undertaken voluntary commitments in human rights and employment matters, environmental protection, business ethics and reporting transparency. All of this has resulted in ten corporate policies that apply to the entire company and which, in addition to other internal regulations, make up the current action framework.

In line with this commitment, the company has been awarded an A-grade in the CDP Climate Change 2018; and is registered in the carbon footprint register of the Spanish Office for Climate Change, thanks to which it has obtained the “Calculo” seal granted by this authority, which validates carbon footprint calculations according to the methodology and principles established by the Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition. Also as a result of this Ministry’s sponsorship, OHL belongs to the Pact for a Circular Economy.

José Antonio Fernández Gallar (second from right), CEO of OHL.