2024
Certificate number: CBU 001/2024 RTI
The Biosphere Certified label is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It is a guarantee that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Bilbao Convention Bureau
Certificate number: CBU 001/2024 RTI
The Biosphere Certified label is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It is a guarantee that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Sustainability efforts
Here are some examples of how Bilbao Convention Bureau is committed to working towards global sustainability:
The global sustainability of Bilbao Convention Bureau
A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Bilbao Convention Bureau translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
- They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
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Mobility
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
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Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
- They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
Sustainable business management must include the perspective of respect for the marine environment and its resources. In this sense, Bilbao Convention Bureau has carried out the following actions:
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They promote the respectful use of beaches and marine environments.
- They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.
- They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.
- They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
Society and Culture
Bilbao Convention Bureau's efforts to fight poverty are growing, read on to learn more:
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
Bilbao Convention Bureau has decided to strive to improve the well-being of others through initiatives related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.
To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
Bilbao Convention Bureau is adapting to the real needs of its employees, customers and other stakeholders, keeping sustainable development as its main objective.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, Bilbao Convention Bureau has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
Governance and Economy
Actions such as the following favor a sustainable use of land and make it possible to achieve responsible consumption patterns. This is not always easy, but Bilbao Convention Bureau has managed to prove it.
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
- They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Bilbao Convention Bureau undertakes efforts such as:
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Bilbao Convention Bureau strives to ensure equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory elements in our daily lives, giving opportunities to those who normally do not receive them.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
Now, more than ever, it is time to unite and cooperate for sustainability. From Biosphere we congratulate Bilbao Convention Bureau for their efforts in SDG 17, an SDG perhaps more complex than the rest, but more necessary than ever.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
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