We hereby present the 2022 Corporate Sustainability Report, which includes a summary of the key indicators for the Group companies. This report explains the actions that we have taken to strengthen our commitment to environmental, social and good governance sustainability.
The Armando Alvarez Group was applauded by the UN Global Compact as an example of good practises regarding climate change and circular economy in its 2022 Communication on Progress report, which every year presents the sustainability progress reported by participating Spanish companies.
The company, a member of this voluntary initiative since 2021, decided to go one step further this year by certifying its performance in preventing involuntary pellet loss that may take place throughout the plastic value chain for its Selva del Camp (Tarragona) facilities.
Transportes Mixtos Especiales, S.A. (TRAMESA), the railway logistics operator for the Armando Alvarez Group, received the certification of its carbon footprint issued in 2021 by RENFE, acknowledging their contribution to sustainable freight transportation.
The 2021 campaign Wrap it up in Pink, created by the company Aspla, collected €15,000 to be donated to the IBBTEC (Biomedicine and Biotechnology Institute of Cantabria) to support breast cancer research.
As every year, the Association of National Advertisers of the United States (ANA) organised the International ECHO Awards, for the world's best marketing campaigns. In this 92nd edition a jury, comprised of over 300 marketing directors from around the world, awarded two Silvers to The Plastic Museum in the Experiential and Branded Content categories.
On April 1st The Plastic Museum was recognised as having the Best CSR Communication Campaign aimed at civil society, at the Awards organised by the Observatory of Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility (Observatorio de la Comunicación de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, OCARE). Around one hundred major corporations participated in this 11th edition of the awards, and only 10 of them received awards.
The major national packaging fair, Hispack, will be returning in 2022, from May 24th to the 27th in Barcelona to present the latest elements that the container and packaging market offer for industrial and consumer sectors, as well as distribution and retail. The Armando Alvarez Group will be participating at Stand 186, Hall 2 (Venue Gran Vía de Fira Barcelona).
Once again, the Armando Alvarez Group participated in the European Agricultural Film Conference 2022, organised by AMI (Applied Market Information, Ltd). This time, Andrés García de Tuñón, representing the Group’s Corporate Sustainability area, participated on March 29th in the round table on the “Analysis of the co-existence of the focus on sustainability and technological innovation: a search for solutions to mutually benefit developments in these key areas”.
Companies in the plastics, chemical and rubber sectors, among these the Armando Alvarez Group, have come together to organise a Collective System for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Spain to comply with the obligation established in the draft Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging waste, which contemplates Extended Producer Responsibility in the management of their industrial and commercial packaging.
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