Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
ACCIONA
Published date
June 21, 2022
No. of questions
66
Supplemental files
2021-non-financial-statement-report-verified.pdfCEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
6.1. During the assessment of risk, which business relationships are reviewed?
7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
7.1. During the due diligence process, which business relationships are reviewed?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Optional commentCDPData Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Response
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
The Policy on Human Rights approved by the Board of Directors, ACCIONA supports, respects, and contributes to the protection of internationally recognised fundamental human rights, making sure not to be complicit in any form of abuse or violation of those rights with regard to workers, suppliers, contractors, collaborators, partners, competitors, customers, local communities, and society in general. Furthermore in 2021, In 2021, the company updated the Policy on Human Rights included in the Book of Policies of ACCIONA applying to all group companies. The policy on human rights describes the startegy on Social Safeguards due diligence. In 2021, this approach was reinforced to design a preventive, strict and accurate mechanism to enable the company to identify, evaluate, prevent, mitigate, stop, monitor, report, address, rectify and account for real or potential adverse consequences of its activities to human rights. The strategy is composed of 8 key milestone. MOre information in our Sustainability Report 2021 pages 47 to 52.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
Optional commentACCIONA has developed a salary analysis methodology based on best international practices, validated by an independent, external expert, with the final aim of eliminating from its activity any trace of gender remuneration inequity and achieve salary equity in all the businesses and countries where it operates. According to the definition of equal pay, compared to the definition of salary data, the calculations must isolate all those variables that might explain a person's salary above and beyond gender. In ACCIONA's case, the following independent variables must be taken into account: country, business, professional classification, map of levels (business role compared to support role) and collective bargaining agreement. This estimate determines standardised segments of population (comparison clusters) on which salary differences between men and women are measured, providing a high degree of reliability in which gender pay gaps are effectively addressed. Refer to page 28 of the Sustainability Report 2021.10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentFrequency rate: (no. of accidents with work loss/hours worked) x 200,00011. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Optional commentno. of working days lost due to work accident/hours worked) x 200,000Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
In 2021, the company updated the Policy on Human Rights included in the Book of Policies of Acciona, which reflects the commitments and principals of actions applicable to all the Group companies. These principles of conduct have been reinforced in the latest review to align the daily conduct of the companies operations with the highest standard and best practices on Human Rights. Please see more information in our Sustainability Report page 49Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Sector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Forest, biodiversity, and land use
14. Please report the number and area (in hectares) of sites owned, leased, or managed by the company in or adjacent to protected areas and/or key biodiversity areas (KBA).
15. What area (in hectares) of natural ecosystems was converted during the reporting period in areas owned, leased, or managed by the company?
16. Is the company supporting or implementing project(s) focused on ecosystem restoration and protection?
Sector-specific: Air pollution
17. Where applicable, please report the company's emissions of the following pollutants during the reporting period.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
Optional commentSee page 68 Sustainability Report 2021 for more information20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Please see all of our actions taken during the reporting period in our Planet Positive chapter in our Sustainability Report 2021 Pages 53-73. https://mediacdn.acciona.com/media/wgigg3am/2021-non-financial-statement-report.pdfAnti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
The main initiatives carried out in 2021 in this field were: > ISO 37001 and UNE 19601 of Anti-bribery Management and Criminal Compliance Systems: acquisition of the dual certification for the Water business line and the ISO 37001 certification for the construction branch in Peru. > Updating the Corporate Antitrust Compliance Standard and the Corporate Standard for Selection of Partners and Contracting Business Consultants. Commencing the process for reviewing and updating the Code of Conduct, which is expected to be completed in 2022. > Creation of the ACCIONA Energía Ethics and Compliance Office and the Ethical Channel Committee. Work commencing for obtaining the ISO 37001 and UNE 19601 certifications for this company. > Certification of the awareness and compliance of the Code of Conduct, the Anti-corruption Regulations, the Anti-corruption Policy, the Crime Prevention and Anti-bribery Policy, the Corporate Standard for Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest and the Corporate Antitrust Compliance Standard on the part of the officers and control supervisors and the Management Team. Please see more detail of our actions in our Sustainability Report pages 79-81, https://mediacdn.acciona.com/media/wgigg3am/2021-non-financial-statement-report.pdf