‘Discover how sustainability drives the growth of your company’, by GoAragón

2023-10-24 20:06:50

In the midst of a world that faces new problems caused by environmental impact every day, sustainability has become one of the fundamental pillars pursued by the business sector.

In this sense, the sustainability companies It is not a timely and temporary strategy that is fashionable, but rather the new way of doing business for the future.

With this approach the day was organized “Discover how sustainability drives the growth of your company” an event organized by Go to AragonCEOE Huesca and Huesca Excellent.

The forum on business sustainability in Huesca

He September 26 Different social agents and representatives of different institutions met at the GoAragón round table held at the headquarters of the Eboca group, in Huesca. The vice president of the Provincial Council of Huesca, Celsa Rufaswas in charge of starting the event, speaking about the involvement of this organization with the company and sustainability.

The event was attended by social agents and representatives of the institutions to listen to the three speakers: Teresa Berdié, director of marketing and communication from ARPA Mobile Campaign Teams; Juan Royo Abenia, economist specializing in sustainability, and Miguel Luis Lapeña, European ambassador for the Climate Pact, with the coordination of Alfredo Cortés, director and founding partner of GoAragón.

In the forum, each of the representatives expressed the importance of business sustainability from various perspectives, emphasizing both the responsibility that falls on the shoulders of Huesca companies, and the commitment they have shown so far in the environmental, social and environmental areas. and economical.

They also highlighted the importance of sustainability in the companies’ own business and economic development, as expressed Jorge Pascual, president of Huesca Excellent, who is “convinced of the profitability of sustainability for small and large companies, as well as for the self-employed.” One of the speakers was Teresa Berdiedirector of marketing and communication from ARPA Mobile Campaign Teams, who expressed the importance of sustainability in the face of the double aspect of internationalization and creativity of the current business sector.

Berdié stressed that for ARPA “leadership comes first and awareness-raising second.” A first milestone for this company was “decarbonization”, the commitment to the “Business Ambition for 1.5º” or saving water at work: “We became aware that we have to make these small gestures that achieve a lot,” he commented. when explaining other initiatives underway to save energy and eliminate waste with the promotion of suppliers “that have this sustainability.”

The circular economy, with Aragón as one of the best-placed autonomous communities, goes hand in hand with social agents and dialogue, with around 200 companies adhering to the Aragón Circular seal promoted by the regional executive, Lapeña estimated.

Another of the speakers at the event was Juan Royo Abenia, an economist specializing in sustainability, who spoke about the impact, risk and opportunities of business sustainability, in addition to reflecting on the relevance of local work and transparency as keys to achieving real results.

As a final piece of advice to the businessmen attending this forum, Royo has launched the objective of “working with logic.” “Involve the teams” has been the idea launched by Teresa Berdié, and Miguel Luis Lapeña has suggested “collecting ideas” to make good use of them.

Sustainability is not the goal of companies, but rather the path they must follow every day to improve the sector, society and the environment.