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LEADERSHIP
“Sustainability is a top focus
and goal of the business and
governance initiatives in all
regions and are embedded in our
day-to-day life in North America.”
contribute to the company’s decarbonization
program.
In terms of exponential leadership, we
maintain authentic values for every workplace, and provide governance to oversee
successful productivity at every level.
The integrate to transform pillar results in
initiatives such as creating a comprehensive
master plan for important and challenging
projects such as Site C, the largest public
infrastructure project in Canada.
How are you engaging the communities you
build in to ensure local prosperity and how
do you encourage and maintain diverse and
inclusive project teams?
All of our projects have designated teams dedicated to public engagement and communications with First Nations. Most of our projects
are located in urban communities and interactions with the public community are managed
through public communication channels. We
are also committed to giving back to local
communities. For example, the Site C Clean
Energy project team has donated $375,000 in
support of local Indigenous and non-Indige-
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nous charities since 2016—interestingly, 100
per cent of the donation was generated by the
project’s onsite recycling program.
For all these initiatives, I’ve managed and
provided guidance and support when needed
to ensure a fair experience for everyone
involved.
Acciona chairman José Manuel Entrecanalas was quoted as saying: “Our ambition is
to be the most sustainable company in the
world—in our choice of investments, in the
services we deliver and in the day to day
of our business operations.” How are you
working to attain this ambition?
This is one of the key topics in many of our
senior management discussions and executive committees. Sustainability is a top focus
and goal of the business and governance
initiatives in all regions and are embedded
in our day-to-day life in North America. We
are investigating technological innovations
to help decarbonize our operations, electrify
our fleets, use biofuel to reduce emissions,
and more. We are having more concrete
actions in several areas of the business,
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