SIGRE Competitors

Ecoembes is a non-profit public limited company whose corporate objects include the design and organization of an Integrated Management System (SIG) for the selective collection and recovery of packaging waste for subsequent treatment, recycling and upgrading. Ecoembes was incorporated in 1996. Since then, more than 12,000 companies have joined the SIG. Its shareholders include 57 companies and groups comprising all of the sectors which participate in the management of packaging, from manufacturers and packagers to distributers, manufacturers of raw materials and recyclers. In 1998, when Ecoembes started to operate, household packaging recovery and recycling rates were 5% and, 16years later, more than 70%. This data have enabled our country in 15 points exceed the objectives set by the European Union in the field of recycling of packaging (55%) Since 1998, we have avoided more than 12.8 million tonnes of packaging ending up in landfill sites. This has allowed a reduction in emissions to the atmosphere of 12.6 million tonnes equivalent of CO2, and a reduction of energy consumption (14.5 million MWh) and water (343 million cubic metres of water).

Ecología y Desarrollo (ECODES) is an independent not-for-profit organisation, founded in 1992 to develop, manage, and promote sustainable development projects and corporate social responsibility in Spain and Latin America. The organisation develops research initiatives on sustainability and social responsibility, including reports, briefs, articles, studies and best–practice manuals on environmental and social issues. It also designs, develops and manages innovative demonstration projects to show how changes in actions and behaviour (consumption patterns, investments, resource utilisation) can lead to significant environmental and social change. ECODES provides technical assistance and consultancy services to public and private organisations and assists organisations in implementing environmental and social policies.

Cesefor is a Spanish private not-for-profit Foundation. It promotes and provides funds for the Region Castilla y Leon while especially dealing with the forest sector, and its industry. The Foundation came into existence in January 2003 and since then it has been running, successfully providing a dedicated service to the forest sector and bringing about its progress through various projects and business solutions.