The Uruguay Construction Chamber organized a meeting called “Sustainability in Road Construction: real trends and application cases” to analyze the advance of the culture of sustainability in our sector. The event held on August 7, was attended by the United Nations Global Pact.

BitaFal was invited together with the Constructora Traxpalco company to present its experience in the application of the concepts of sustainable production to the production of asphalt and asphalt emulsions.

Before a room full of technicians and representatives of construction companies of different items, our commercial head Victoria García presented in detail the process that BitaFal transits in the development of sustainable asphalt, aqueous emulsions that reduce the use of hydrocarbons, the reconversion of the energy matrix of our production plants and the research and innovation work that is carried out from the chair of sustainable asphalts Bitafal - Um.

For his part, our head of quality, safety and environment Ana Laura Hernández, recalled the process that led us to prepare the first sustainability report of the company in 2024 and highlighted the importance of systematizing the information of all the dimensions involved in sustainable production, especially on indicators such as carbon footprint and water footprint. In that sense, he encouraged the representatives of the different companies to begin touring the way to prepare their own sustainability reports. "We have a lot to do, but we are on the right path," he concluded.

The panel was also composed of the human management manager of Traxpalco, Andrea Caraballo, who stressed the importance of joint work between companies in the sector to reduce the environmental impact of road construction, especially thinking about communities and ecosystems that can be affected in the construction process. The event was present at the Executive Director of the Global Pact Felipe Filomeno and had the moderation of the head of the Department of Economic Studies of the CCU Florence I will be.

An excellent experience of exchange between representatives of companies that share concern for a more sustainable production, which takes care of the social and environmental aspects in the road construction of our country.