63 Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report 2016 | PRISA Commitments and future challenges A recognized commitment to facing ongoing challenges PRISA’s commitment to sustainability has been recognized by investors since 2008, when the international index for corporate social responsibility and sustainability, the FTSE4Good, was established. FTSE4Good is a package of indices aimed at measuring the efforts of 30 Spanish companies to meet globally recognized standards, and PRISA has been included on the index since the very beginning in recognition of its good practices. In 2015, PRISA once again received the index certification for maintaining the required standards on corporate social responsibility, human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. PRISA has also been signed up to the United Nations Global Compact since 2008. The company has thus signalled its commitment to aligning its operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, as promoted by the UN. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Spanish Network for the UN Global Compact congratulated PRISA for its Progress Report, lauding the quality of the information reported, the organization of the document, and the initiatives carried out by the company and its business units to integrate CSR into the Group’s management. In May 2013, the Group went from being mere signatories of the Compact to being full members of the Spanish Network for the UN Global Compact and thus has set itself the challenge of identifying and promoting best practices in the media and education sectors to promote sustainability. As a result, every year since 2013 we have obtained the GC Advanced level for the reporting of non-financial information, and in 2015 we launched a series of debates in partnership with the Global Compact (Es + Debate) to champion the most important issues of the year: The new Millennium Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Climate Conference (COP21). 2016 is set to be an even more demanding year for this alliance. PRISA is part of the SERES Foundation, which promotes corporate engagement to improve society. Since its inception, we have actively participated in its Steering Committee, where we work to advance the programs and projects of the Foundation. In 2015, we started a round of debates (CEO Talks) involving senior management from those major Spanish companies who are most active in sustainability, and in 2016 we will forge ahead with this and other new collaborative projects in partnership with SERES. Project for the revision and improvement of the CSR report This current edition of the Annual Sustainability Report is the result of a concerted effort by the entire organization based on the challenge we set ourselves in 2013 to adapt over the course of 2014 to the new G4 version of the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative). While the GRI establishes as mandatory steps G3.1 to G4 for reports set to be published in 2016, PRISA decided to bring this adaptation forward by a year so as to have room for manoeuvre and time to make any necessary adjustments —so that by 2016 our report, which you now read, might be as efficient as possible according to G4. It is therefore a challenge that has already been met. Even so, we must continue to take the necessary steps to enable the company to make substantial progress in the management and coordination of CSR at PRISA. Already in the Sustainability Report 2013, we had improved the structure of the report, completing
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