Sustainable development

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Obra Social Caja Madrid pursues various initiatives to promote habits and behaviour that contribute to sustainable development. These include:

You can do it

Obra Social organised a new edition of this contest, in which prizes are given to the students who submit the best environmental improvement proposals for their schools. During the 2008/09 academic year, the competition is being conducted in the regions of Valencia, Murcia, Catalonia, Andalusia, Madrid, León, Castilla la Mancha and Castilla León.

Recycling household vegetable oil

This project provides citizens with a convenient, clean and efficient system for collecting their used vegetable oils for recycling. It is based in the Casa Encendida and in 47 schools and 4 municipal centres in Madrid.

My building saves energy

Led by La Casa Encendida, this project promotes energy savings schemes amongst community property owners associations in downtown Madrid. The condominiums that achieve the greatest savings are rewarded with the installation of solar panels. This energy-saving initiative was recently distinguished, in the second edition of the Social Responsibility Market conducted in Spain, with an award in the "environment and climate change" category.

Guide to household energy savings

This publication has been prepared to help make families more aware of responsible energy consumption practices that can reduce CO2 emissions.