SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BITAFAL GROUP
We work on many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a happier and healthier world
The Goals for Sustainable Development (ODS), are the UN's master plan for a happier and healthier world by 2030.
At Grupo Bitafal we ask ourselves: how do we incorporate these objectives into our day to day?
Under the UN initiative "Make change possible" we focus on several of the SDGs to live in a more sustainable way at work and at home, changing consumption patterns, focusing on the use of renewable energy and others. We invite you to learn about our initiatives.
Under the UN initiative "Make change possible" we focus on several of the SDGs to live in a more sustainable way at work and at home, changing consumption patterns, focusing on the use of renewable energy and others. We invite you to learn about our initiatives.
Regarding GOAL 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, we believe that innovation and technological progress are key to discovering lasting solutions to economic and environmental challenges and that is why we focus on:
- Implement an Innovation Management System to develop the initiatives we take in an orderly manner.
- Promote sustainable and long-lasting technologies such as pavement recycling, soil stabilization, high-performance surface treatments, and asphalt mixtures with modified binders.
- Promote a philosophy of preventive maintenance of pavements using mainly cold techniques.
- Promote asphalt emulsions as the most user-friendly alternative to the use of asphalt binders.
Regarding GOAL 12: RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION we seek to do more and better things with fewer resources, decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, increasing resource efficiency and promoting sustainable lifestyles. We are proposing a transition towards green economies like the CIRCULAR ECONOMY and with low carbon emissions. For this and linked to the other objectives:
- We work on the incorporation of recovered waste in paving such as: end-of-life tire dust, crushed glass, steel slag, recycled plastics, recovered hydrocarbons and other large amounts of waste that are a great problem for our society.
- Study the life cycles of the cold techniques that we promote, seeking to minimize the carbon footprint with different initiatives.
- We have a total Waste Management looking for alternatives for reuse and recycling.
Regarding GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE AND NON-POLLUTING ENERGY we focus on changing our internal consumption matrix by incorporating clean energy, including renewable sources, energy efficiency and reducing the use of non-renewable fossil fuels. For this we are implementing in our plants:
- Install photovoltaic solar power generation systems.
- Implement recovered oils as an alternative fuel to Fuel Oil.
- Install sensor-based control systems along with frequency inverters, timers, and lighting fixtures to promote energy savings.
All these initiatives are closely related to GOAL 13: ACTION FOR CLIMATE to adopt urgent measures to combat climate change and its effects. With these initiatives we seek to reduce carbon emissions from our operations and supply chains, improving energy efficiency; reducing the carbon footprint of our products, services and processes; and increasing investment in the development of innovative and inclusive low-carbon products and services.
In addition, being part of ASIQUR's Responsible Care of the Environment (PCRMA) Program since 2008, many of these initiatives focused on the environment have been complemented with social ones for several years and therefore under OBJECTIVE 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, OBJECTIVE 3: HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, OBJECTIVE 4: QUALITY EDUCATION and OBJECTIVE 5: GENDER EQUALITY we have various initiatives such as:
- Within our company as well as in the neighborhood where we are installed for information, collaboration, training on various topics of interest.
- We collaborate with gardens, schools, CAIF and other local institutions to improve living and working conditions with financial donations, shelter campaigns, toys, food, among others.
- We incorporate young students in dual modality, internships, internships and others for their training and work experience.
- We seek to achieve a work table on the contribution of pavements to road safety.
- We have strict protocols for the protection of employees and the community against different risks such as chemicals or COVID-19.
We will go deeper into the different initiatives in future editions of our Newsletter to count the progress and spread the enthusiasm for a happier and healthier world.
