Our Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2024

After 2024 and just started in 2025, we want to dedicate a space to reflect and share the initiatives we have carried out in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)) in Environmental Ideas. These actions reflect our commitment as an entity and our vision of a more sustainable and inclusive future.

What is CSR?

According to the United Nations, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is understood as”the voluntary integration, by companies, of social, environmental and economic concerns into their values and operations, with respect and strict compliance”.

At Ideas MedioAmbiental, CSR is one of our fundamental pillars. We could consider it as the basis of relationships with our customers, suppliers, staff and community, always aligning ourselves with a comprehensive vision that combines economic, social and environmental impact.

“CSR ideas, ADN ideas”

With our day-to-day actions, we seek to guarantee the same opportunities for all people, without compromising the sustainability of the planet. Therefore, our actions are always aimed at contribute to the triple balance: we strengthen economic sustainability, promote social equity and protect the environment.

Below, we tell you about the different initiatives that we have developed during 2024 according to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which they contribute:

SDG 3: Health and Wellbeing

• We make donations to social entities like AFANION (Association of Children with Cancer), AECC Minaya, Association More Than An Illusion, Caritas, Red Cross, My grain of sand, CLM Metasport, among others.
• Health insurance for the entire workforce: we implement insurance that reinforces the well-being of our team.
• Promoting team well-being: we organize various activities of Team building throughout the year.
• Promotion of sport: we support local sporting events as tools to promote physical and mental well-being in our community.

SDG 4: Quality Education

• Educational activities: we carry out several children's workshops in the VIII Albacete Ecology Fair, such as the development of bird feeders, and talks on biodiversity.
• International projects: we collaborate with My Grain of Sand in education and solar energy initiatives for Kenyan schools, Doctors Without Borders, Stop Blindness, among others.

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

• Flexible working hours and hours: we provide flexible check-in and check-out, shift changes and a bag of hours to suit individual needs.
• Intensive day: we implement intensive days in positions where it is feasible, improving the balance between personal and professional life.
• Flexible permissions: we offer permits to attend school meetings, accompany medical appointments or other personal needs.
• Adaptation to the school schedule: we make working hours more flexible to fit the school calendar, encouraging family reconciliation.

SDG 10: Reducing inequalities

• In 2022, we approved and registered our Equality Plan.
• Training for the entire workforce on prevention of sexual and/or sex-based harassment.
• Equalization of rights: We recognize equality between domestic partners and marriages in our domestic policies.
• We have the Employment Equality Certificate awarded by the Provincial Equality Observatory (IPOS) from Albacete.
• We carry out awareness-raising campaigns on significant days: March 8 for International Women's Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25) and Rural Women's Day (October 15), among others.

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

• Culture and Sustainability: we are sponsoring the 19th edition of the L'Hospitalet Short Film Festival, focused on responsible consumption and reducing the ecological footprint of the event.
• Environmental Innovation: we participate in the local project of the Living wall of Chinchilla de Montearagón, promoted by Green Classroom, which combines environmental conservation and valuation of historical heritage.
• Sponsors of the cultural event Bel-Arte 2024: we are sponsoring this event that transforms the old town of Letur into a magical space for cultural expression by candlelight, promoting tradition, heritage and social participation in rural areas.

SDG 13: Climate Action

• Clean energy: we have clean energy contracts at our facilities.
• Sustainable mobility: we have electric vehicles in our fleet.
• We calculate our carbon footprint: our primary focus is on calculating, reducing and offsetting our carbon footprint, as well as helping our customers to do the same.
• Collaboration in the bioclimatic rural accommodation project “La Encalá”: we support the development of this rural accommodation located in the Sierra de Albacete, through initiatives that promote sustainability and social responsibility.

SDG 15: Life in terrestrial ecosystems

• Conservation of biodiversity: we carry out different censuses and compensatory measures.
• Bird and insect protection: we hold talks and workshops, as well as sponsoring activities such as “The Big Week — Bat Night”.
• Collaboration with ARBA Albacete: we contribute to the improvement of this association's nursery by donating forest trays and cultivation equipment.

SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the objectives

• Participation in key events: we were sponsors and participants in the First TransformaCLM Knowledge Transfer Fair 2024, we participate in the National Congress on Environmental Impact Assessment CONEIA, in the I International Congress on Production and Consumption in the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of the Iberian Peninsula
• Action in emergencies: we contribute in solidarity with the Valencian Community and the Letur City Hall following the passage of DANA, supporting affected communities.

Looking to the Future: 2025, Our 25th Anniversary

2025 will be a very special year for Environmental Ideas, as we celebrate our 25th anniversary.

Our story began in 1999, when the three founding partners took over the management of the NGO Social Action Volunteering, a project that laid the foundations of our social and environmental DNA. From our first steps in restoration and environmental assessment to becoming a leading national consultant with more than 200 people on our team, we have maintained our vision of sustainable and constant growth and evolution.

In 2025, we will continue to develop new initiatives that will reinforce our mission and values. Pay attention to our social networks to discover all the surprises and projects we have prepared for this special year!

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