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Cesce, we create responsible value

We are experts in protecting and promoting businesses, our way ofcontributing to a more sustainable future.
 
Cesce is a key player for helping the business sector to have a greater level of protection against the risks that affect the future of its businesses and to strengthen the internationalisation of Spain’s
economy. 

All of this contributes to promoting sustainable business development that boosts social well-being. 

From that alignment with our business, we work to completely
integrate sustainability in our strategy through a transversal
approach that encompasses our environmental, social and good
governance commitments. 

Therefore, in the strategic “Cesce 2025 Impulse Plan”, Sustainability is identified as a new line of action within the strategic pillars. 

Sustainability Master Plan

The 2023-2026 Sustainability Master Plan is created as the key driver of change for promoting our strategy and contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

The goals and objectives of the plan are:
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To be a benchmark for good business practice with governance that integrates sustainability
To ensure the well-being of our customers, staff and local community by being an example of support and trust
Driving the transition to a more sustainable economy through our business model

  • Ethical Excellence and compliance

  • Responsible investment

  • Incorporation of ESG criteria in business risks

  • ESG governance

  • Employee well-being

  • Improvement of rights and well-being of the value chain

  • Sustainability awareness

  • Decarbonisation of the economy

  • ontributing to a circular economy through responsible consumption

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Governance
Social Sphere
Environment
Approach
Good corporate governance is the foundation of sustainability.  We are governed by a framework of ethics and good corporate governance that allows us to maintain trust and guarantee transparency and business ethics. 
Commitment
Our main Governance commitments are::
  • Ensuring excellence in ethics and compliance management
  • Ensuring data privacy and security
  • Considering sustainability criteria in Cesces investment policies
  • Incorporating sustainability transversally in our enterprise risk management model.
  • Strengthening Sustainability governance
Initiatives
  • New Code of Ethics.
  • New Whistleblower Channel.
  • Respect for and protection of human rights. 
  • Declaration of Zero Tolerance toward discrimination.
  • Certification of compliance with the National Security Framework.
  • By the State: annual monitoring of the main exporters and investors to prevent corruption
  • By the Company: fraud management policies.
  • Risk monitoring through the Business Risk Unit and Compliance Verification Function.
  • Culture of compliance throughout the organisation.
  • Sustainable investment policy.
  • Transparency portal.
Integramos la sostenibilidad en la toma de decisiones
  • Aplicamos criterios ASG en nuestro modelo de control de gestión de riesgos.
  • Gestionamos los riesgos con una visión integral que identifica oportunidades sostenibles.
  • Incluimos la sostenibilidad en la evaluación de nuestras inversiones.
  • Las filiales del Grupo están en proceso de alineación con el Plan Director de Sostenibilidad.
Garantizamos la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas
  • Contamos con certificaciones en seguridad y estándares de cumplimiento, como el Certificado de conformidad con el Esquema Nacional de Seguridad.
  • Evaluamos el comportamiento ético de nuestras operaciones, incluyendo la prevención de la corrupción y el fraude.
  • Por Cuenta del Estado, realizamos un seguimiento  anual de los principales exportadores e inversores como prevención de la corrupción.
Enfoque

Without caring for people, we would not be able to progress in other aspects related with sustainability. Therefore, our goal in this field is to ensure the well-being of our customers, team and local community by being an example of support and trust.

Compromiso

Our main commitments in the Social sphere are:

  • To contribute to the well-being and professional development of the people who form part of Cesce
  • Improving labour rights and well-being in our value chain
  • To contribute to providing society with a higher and better
  • Improving society through our social projects
  • Raising awareness of sustainability among all these audiences through communication and awareness-raising.
Iniciativas

Plantilla

  • Plan de Bienestar y Salud Laboral.
  • Plan de formación continua
  • Teletrabajo 3 días a la semana e iniciativas conciliación de la vida laboral y personal.
  • Medidas de inclusión y diversidad
  • Empresa Familiarmente Responsable, sello con el que contamos desde el año 2016 por la Fundación MásFamilia.
  • 3º Plan de Igualdad, con mejoras en pro de la conciliación e igualdad efectiva. Mayoría de mujeres en plantilla

Value chain

  • Conduct reflecting integrity and respect for human, labour and environmental rights throughout our value chain. 
  • Tendering documents with sustainability criteria 
  • Supplier adherence with the Cesce Code of Ethics
  • Tendering contracts with clauses that require respect for labour rights.
  • Progressive evaluation with sustainability criteria for a number of relevant suppliers
     

Business sector and society

  • Driving the innovation and digital transformation of businesses
  • By the Company: Póliza Emprende and Póliza Fácil for business development 
  • By the State: products that incentivise sustainability and Policy on Environmental and Social Evaluation of Operations.

Communities

  • 0.7% of profits allocated to social action.
  • Lines of action: health and well-being, integration (social,
    functional and rural-urban) with a focus on women and
    environmental initiatives
  • Initiatives proposed by employees and volunteering.
  • Ongoing partnerships with associations: Addeco Foundation, Create Foundation, Menudos Corazones, WWF, Valora Foundation, etc.
  • International projects to promote education
     
Approach
The approach of our environmental management is based on minimising the impact on our surroundings. Our objectives in this
field include our commitment to decarbonisation of the economy and contributing to a circular economy through responsible consumption.
Commitment
Our main Environmental commitments are:
  • Measuring, streamlining and reducing the carbon footprint of the corporate activity and the business by the company
    itself.
  • Measuring the footprint of the portfolio by the State, to be able to advise the Administration on issues related with the
    carbon intensity in the export activity
     
Initiatives
  • Calculate, Reduce and Offset seals, achieving neutrality for scope 1 and 2 of the corporate headquarters.
  • Consumption of 100% renewable energy since 2017
  • Scope 3 carbon footprint quantification project (Corporate and by the company)
  • Control of our direct environmental impacts related with our activity through a Comprehensive Management System.
  • BREEAM certification, which evaluates the sustainability of the building, with excellent category for our corporate headquarters.
  • Measures for reducing paper, electricity and water consumption by each employee.
Aceleramos la descarbonización de la economía
 
  • Hemos reducido en 2024 la exposición de la cartera ECA al sector de hidrocarburos en un 33% con respecto a 2020.
  • La Cuenta del Estado desarrolla productos y tipos de póliza para descarbonizar la economía.
  • Estamos llevando a cabo un Plan de Descarbonización para avanzar hacia un modelo de bajas emisiones.
Lideramos alianzas
 

Committed to the 2030 Agenda


Sustainability is in our DNA, in our background and daily work. For over a decade we have adhered to the United Nations Global Compact.

Since we joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2011, we have
shown our clear intention to align our strategy and way of working
with the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

In this way, we have actively committed to the “decade of action”, an
initiative intended to transform the world through the collaboration of all sectors of society to achieve the 17 SDGs. 

We have identified eleven priority SDGs and defined specific actions to our strategy and action plan with contributing to achieving these goals.

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If you need any further information, you can get in touch with Cesce’s sustainability department:

Gema Toribio
Sustainability Manager 

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