The diversified portfolio of assets contracted in the energy and
environment sectors of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has made this
company an example of innovation and commitment to the environment and society
in general. The sustainable development and gender equality and equal pay
promoted by this company have been of vital importance for its recognition
worldwide and generating enough purified water to cover the needs of over 2.2
million people a year while using less than 50% of water allowed by permits.
Water and wastewater management is one of the most material ESG according to
the materiality map for the industry.
Although there is no assurance statement, the GRI seems to meet
standards with Stakeholder Inclusiveness, Materiality, Completeness and Balance
as their most proficient guidelines. Their sustainability model has led to
Innovation in the deployment of Sulzer’s Blue Box on two of their solar plants
allowed for reduction in operational risks and improved pump uptime and their
vision helped generate $1 billion in revenue for the last 3 years.
We can identify the company as being in the “sustainable product”,
or 3rd stage of sustainability maturity as explained by Nidumolu et
all (2009), where the company has identified a market segment seeking
sustainable products and they are designing products for them.