2025

Certificate number: BCO 003/2025 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

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Certificate number: BCO 003/2025 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

Go to Salas & Gayol (Uría)

Sustainability efforts

Did you know that Salas & Gayol (Uría) has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:

The global sustainability of Salas & Gayol (Uría)

Salas & Gayol (Uría) has a solid sustainability plan, formed by good practices that have been endorsed by our audit team.

They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Local gastronomy

Bio

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Recycling

Accessibility

Adapted access

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Solidarity project

Local offer

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

Water is one of our most precious assets. The Salas & Gayol (Uría) makes great efforts to ensure its proper use, so that future generations will not suffer from shortages.

The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:

They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.

The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:

They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.

Resources are not infinite, so Salas & Gayol (Uría) tries to make efficient use, implement a circular economy and work with responsible consumption patterns.

The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:

They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They encourage sustainable mobility.

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.

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.

Society and Culture

In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:

They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They apply safety and risk prevention measures.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.

In the words of Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary, "Women's equality must be a central component in any attempt to solve social, economic and political problems." A statement that serves as the focus of Salas & Gayol (Uría)'s gender policy.

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.
They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.

We can all help create more diverse and sustainable communities. Read on to learn more about their great efforts:

To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:

They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.

Through SDG 16, Salas & Gayol (Uría) is committed to transparency, honesty, participation and equity. As well as to stop exploitation, intolerance, and the abuses of the economic system.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
They use indicators to measure quality
They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.

Governance and Economy

It's not easy to specialize in a Sustainable Development Goal like this, but Salas & Gayol (Uría) has done it. Prioritizing environmentally sustainable suppliers, helping to avoid deforestation or raising social awareness are some ways to help curb world hunger. Read on to find out how this entity does it.

To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:

Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
They take measures to prevent food waste.

One of the biggest challenges in any sector is the creation of decent employment. We are proud to report that Salas & Gayol (Uría) strives to make a better place through the creation of decent work opportunities:

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.

This entity makes great efforts to create a healthier, more accessible and intelligent world.

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.
Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.

The great efforts of Salas & Gayol (Uría) to eliminate barriers and integrate the rest of the people regardless of their condition should be recognized. To this end, this entity carries out actions such as:

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.

It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:

They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability