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CHAPTER 4 Responsible management

In order to prevent and minimise damage to the environment that may arise from operational incidents at our facilities, Cepsa has specific procedures that guide correct action in such cases, including those related to the prevention of spills on land and water.

Our prevention, emergency action and spill response programmes follow the established procedures, activating the necessary protocols according to the magnitude and location of the incident. For the specific case of incidents with po- tential spillage into the sea, our facilities have Spill Response Plans (PIMs).

To continue improving these systems, we have developed multiple research pro- jects that allow us to act more quickly in cases of accidental spills, such as the Athenea and Netcon projects; and we are currently working on SICMA, a system for managing marine and air pollution arising from spills of hazardous and noxious sub- stances (HNS). This project is included in the call for proposals "Retos Colabo- ración 2017", of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

We are aware of the importance of con- serving and protecting biodiversity and the impact that our activities can have on the ecosystems in which they are carried on. For this reason, we work to identify and assess these impacts and the de- pendencies of the ecosystem services of all our businesses, so that we can ex- pand the information available in the de- cision-making processes, which will help us develop a more sustainable business, preserving the natural ecosystems and reducing our impact on biodiversity.

For areas of great ecological value, we analyse the impacts on biodiversity of our main facilities and projects, using an internal tool that allows us to identify overlapping, adjacent or nearby protected areas thanks to data collected in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Additionally, to identify important areas for the conservation of birds and biodiver- sity in Spain, we use a cartographic viewer developed by Birdlife International which identifies the species of birds present in the IBAs (Important Bird Areas) less than 5 km away from our facilities.

PROTECTION OF THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

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PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY

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