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T H E P L A C E 56 At the beginning of June, the FCC Group’s Sustainability Committee, made up of the heads of the com- pany’s different business areas and those corporate units linked to sus- tainability, visited this unique natural biodiversity protection area managed by Cementos Portland Valderrivas to hold one of its regular meetings, as biodiversity protection forms part of the company’s sustainability strategy. Highlighting the value of the projects Carlos Alonso, Director of Safety, Occupational Health and CSR at Cementos Portland Valderrivas, welcomed the participants and pre- sented the event. This was followed by a guided tour of the lagoons, led by Manuel Fernández, coordinator in El Porcal of the Naumanni As- sociation of Naturalists, which en- vironmentally manages this highly protected natural area for its flora and fauna. After the visit, which pleasantly surprised the attendees with its beauty and the great ecological value of the lagoons, the commit- tee meeting took place, chaired by Javier López-Galiacho, FCC Group Compliance and Sustainability Di- rector, who highlighted the return to face-to-face meetings after the pandemic, announcing to the com- mittee members other visits to pla- ces of environmental interest in the FCC Group’s business areas, to learn directly about their sustainable management, and at the same time encouraging networking among the different corporate and area sustai - nability teams. In addition, during the Committee meeting at El Porcal, issues of re- levance to the Group were also ad- dressed, such as the project to draw up FCC’s environmental taxonomy by 2022, which is required by Euro- pean regulations and aims to mea- sure the Group’s quantum of activity linked to the objectives of mitigation, adaptation and alignment with the EU’s climate change objectives. FCC’s participation in and reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which manages the global disclosure system for stakeholders on our environmental impacts, espe- cially greenhouse gases, was also analysed. The meeting was also used to report on the programme of actions planned for the second half of the year, and lastly, the different projects of the business areas in the area of sustainability were presen- ted and assessed, as well as the work of the corporate HR team. At the end of the event, and in the refurbished facilities of El Porcal, as part of its improvement to con- vert it into a nature interpretation centre for schools and visitors, the Sustainability Committee was offe - red a simple cocktail served by the Juan XXIII Foundation, as part of its work for the social and occupational inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Sustainability Committee meeting at Las Lagunas de El Porcal The heads of the business and corporate areas that make up the FCC Group’s Sustainability Committee, together with Javier López-Galiacho, Compliance and Sustainability Manager (centre) at El Porcal. VIEW THE DISPLA Y