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Elcogás publica su primera Memoria de SostenibilidadElcogás publishes its first sustainability report
on June 8, 2005
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Elcogás in Puertollano (Ciudad Real) that generates energy through the integrated combined cycle (IGCC) coal gasification, recently published its first sustainability report according to the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
The report, which has been carried out with the support of the Environment Foundation, collects the data for 2003 and will serve as the company to evaluate his behavior, identify improvements and to have essential data for the preparation of reports focused on communicationboth external and internal.
This first sustainability report is the continuation of a data collection work begun last year, which resulted in the publication of a sustainability report. Now, the memory updates and expands the data to fit the standard criteria laid down in the GRI, implementing partner of the programme of United Nations for the environment (UNEP), whose mission is to develop a set of standard guidelines that enterprises can be applied when drawing up their sustainability reports, including the economic, social and environmental dimension.