PEOPLE&PLANET: Newsletter #17 English
Hi there!
Welcome to our second newsletter of 2024, a new edition of PEOPLE&PLANET, in which we showcase the best news and projects the month brought us, and there’s lots to tell.
Here we go!
2023 ANNUAL RESULTS
The kind of results that motivate us to become even better. Our 2023 performance has just landed on desks, a year in which we achieved net earnings of 541 million euros (+22,6%) while investing 3.327 billion (+66%). Infrastructure activity grew markedly and ACCIONA Energía managed to meet its goals. Since this newsletter is but a brief summary of events, you can peruse all the data at your leisure here.
ACCIONA TO LEAD A CONSORTIUM BUILDING THE NEW DESALINATION PLANET AT ALKIMOS, PERTH (AUSTRALIA)
An iconic project to contribute to mitigating the ravages of drought. The consortium led by ACCIONA has been selected as the preferred bidder by Water Corporation, the biggest water company in Western Australia, for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the facility during 10 years.
Discover details of the plant here.
ACCIONA TO BUILD ABOVE-GROUND TRACK AND STATIONS FOR TORONTO METRO
From Australia we head across the pond to Canada, where we continue driving sustainable mobility in the big cities. Our #ACCIONAteam is to design and build a 3-km section of the Ontario Line metro in Toronto. The new infrastructure will allow travelers to cross the city in half an hour, instead of the 70 minutes it currently takes using other transport modes.
ACCIONA ENERGÍA TO BUILD A NEW SOLAR PLANT IN INDIA
The sun always rises, but it’s doing so with more energy than ever in India. ACCIONA Energía is to build a new 412MWp solar photovoltaic plant that will be the Company’s biggest project in the country. Bet you didn’t know – or maybe you did! – that India is the world’s fourth largest energy market in terms of installed capacity?
ACCIONA AND ACCIONA ENERGÍA REMAIN IN THE TOP 5% OF THE 2024 S&P SUSTAINABILITY YEARBOOK
February brought us even more positive news. ACCIONA and ACCIONA Energía confirmed their sustainability leadership in retaining their spots in the Top 5% of S&P’s 2024 Sustainability Yearbook, in which the ratings agency lists the companies with the highest score from its S&P Global ESG ranking.
The lists highlights performance in aspects such as “operational eco-efficiency”.
EXPERIENCE
A LIFE-CHANGING VOYAGE TO THE ANTARCTIC TO PROMOTE FEMALE LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD
This week it’s International Women’s Day and we wanted to focus on one of the projects that we are most proud of: Homeward Bound. We invite you to immerse yourselves in our latest voyage to the Antarctic, pioneered by a new generation of women fighting for a more sustainable, fairer world through female leadership.
Don’t miss the adventure here.
SUSTAINABILITY
FROM ZOMBIE VIRUSES TO LIZARDS THAT CHANGE SEX, THE CLIMATE IS DISORIENTING NATURE
Imagine life on Earth as a row of dominoes perfectly aligned. If just one piece is knocked and falls, it unchains a domino effect so that all the others do too. In this article we discuss 5 strange events the planet is experiencing due to climate change.
I’MNOVATION #HUB
AI IN ARCHITECTURE: LAYING FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Architectural design is the footprint left by each era over time, whether that’s a megalithic construction or the latest skyscraper; it’s the codification of human beliefs, ambitions and fears. Today Artificial Intelligence in architecture and construction is changing the way in which we design and build homes and infrastructure.
PEOPLE
GENERATIONAL CO-EXISTENCE, WHEN WORK SYNERGIES ARE AGELESS
In this unprecedented era of generational diversity in the workplace, baby boomers, Generation X, millennials y Generation Z find themselves in the same space, contributing a range of unique experiences, skills and perspectives. This generational co-existence is creating new dynamics and challenges in the cultures of organizations.
OUR PEOPLE
ANTON RICAFORT: “SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION ARE ESSENTIAL TO ADVANCING IN INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE”
Anton Ricafort is currently ACCIONA’s Innovation Director for North America. Civil engineer, with an MBA in innovation from MIT, Anton is all this and much more: he knows from firsthand about the power of infrastructure and technology to change the lives of people in a positive way.
WORK WITH US
At ACCIONA we work every day to ensure our business generates a positive impact on the planet. Would you like to join us in this adventure?
QUALITY & COMPLETIONS MANAGER (INFRASTRUCTURE, AUSTRALIA)
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STUDIES AND OFFERS MANAGER (ENERGY, MEXICO)
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Until next time!