• The Foundation Abertis has garnered the accolade for its work in furthering the social and workplace integration of young people with Down’s Syndrome and other disabilities in recent years.
• Thirty one young people with disabilities currently work for Abertis Infraestructuras at its Barcelona and Madrid offices and for the Abertis Foundation on initiatives such as the Roadside Assistant, Assistant for Older People and Kango!. Twenty five of these people are employed in Catalonia.

The Abertis Foundation has, for yet another year running, calculated and offset the carbon footprint generated by the activities at its Castellet Castle headquarters, continuing the carbon management strategy it began in 2008. Its 2015 calculations, based on ISO 14064-1:2012 and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, have taken into account the CO₂ emissions generated by using petrol, gas-oil and electricity; by travelling for conferences and guided visits; by using water, paper and toners; and by treating the waste produced throughout the year. The Abertis Foundation’s carbon footprint has been reduced by 1.22 tCO₂e in 2015 compared with the previous year, which represents a 3% reduction during the financial year.

• The President of Abertis and the Abertis Foundation, Salvador Alemany, took part in the closing ceremony of the event, delivering a speech in which he underlined the uniqueness and importance of the project, which is the first and only example of public-private partnership on a Category 2 centre between UNESCO, the government and a private company.
• During his visit to Peru, Salvador Alemany met the country’s prime minister, Pedro Cateriano.
• The Foundation took part in a session running alongside the event where it highlighted the unstinting efforts of the Castellet Centre to disseminate information and unlock synergies with the other Biosphere Reserves around the world.

Following on from its activities in Spain and France, the Abertis Foundation has now taken its awareness campaign, encouraging young people to drive responsibly in their leisure time, to Chile.

Abertis Autopistas Chile and the Abertis Foundation, in collaboration with CONASET (National Road Safety Commission of the Chilean Ministry of Transport), the Carabineros de Chile (the Chilean national police force), and the Fundación Corre Conmigo (Run with Me Foundation), has undertaken its first awareness campaign for young people to a popular nightlife area in Santiago, Chile.

• The new Abertis Brazil Academic Chair has launched the first edition of the Abertis-USP Academic Chair Prizes.  Uptake has been impressive, with a total of 32 theses presented.