ACCIONA believes that diversity, particularly inclusion, is essential for creating organisations capable of developing innovative solutions to complex and constantly changing challenges. In other words, sustainable development and an effective fight against climate change are only possible through talent, commitment, leadership, and diversity.
For this reason, ACCIONA views diversity as an opportunity, with equality and inclusion as priorities in managing its people, supporting sustainable development, human rights, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
As a woman, she was a pioneer, head of environmental and social impact management at the first wind farm in Chile. Today, this trained biologist has become one of the bright lights for diversity in ACCIONA —and the rest of society.
Elena Navarro is a Digital Business Development & Smart Society Manager at ACCIONA. An engineer, innovator, mother, and above all, an expert in asking questions, she is fostering some of the most advanced technologies of the moment with a great objective: to make our lives easier.
Women are still underrepresented in sectors like construction and energy. In response, ACCIONA developed the “Sostenibl@s 50:50” programme, which encourages the active participation of women across the company and supports their leadership.
The “Sostenibl@s 50:50” programme is a clear reflection of ACCIONA’s commitment to positively impact the communities where it operates. Through this initiative, ACCIONA invests in the education and training of women, offering opportunities for both professional and personal growth.
Sostenibl@s 50:50" sends a clear message to society: excellence has no gender.
Women’s participation in projects should go beyond a set number of positions to ensure real inclusion in all roles, from operators to senior management. Our goal is to ensure local female talent has equal access to the labour market, training, fair pay, and leadership positions.
Through initiatives that promote female talent and certified technical training offered by ACCIONA, we help women achieve financial independence, enabling them to support their families. Not only does this improve their employability, but it also creates models that other women can follow, helping to challenge the stigma around women in certain sectors.
Our commitment to true inclusion directly affects the attraction, retention, and development of female talent in leadership positions, providing ACCIONA with a competitive edge.
ACCIONA has made a significant milestone in the construction industry by completing a building project using a women-only workforce.
Line 6 of the Sao Paulo Metro is the largest infrastructure project currently under development in Latin America. Seventy percent of its segment factory’s workers are women. Learn all the details about this colossal project.
Thanks to this ACCIONA programme aimed at increasing female participation in wind farms, more and more women engineers are working in maintenance roles at facilities in Mexico’s Isthmus region.
ACCIONA values the talents of individuals with disabilities and therefore promotes programmes aimed at including people with disabilities across all its operations.
Through its internal diversity and inclusion networks, ACCIONA promotes good practices throughout the organisation.
These networks, which drive diversity policies and programmes, have diversity committees in all key businesses and countries. A total of 13 employee committees represent all groups, collecting information from their environment, sharing best practices, and developing proposals and initiatives on diversity, equality, and inclusion. This supports a diverse and inclusive workplace, in line with the company’s purpose, values, and objectives.
There are many ways to experience disability. For Jesús, it is a setback to be overcome, but not a problem. That’s why blindness is only a side issue in our conversation. He prefers to talk in terms of talent, without labels. Diversity specialist Jesús Argumedo has worked in some of the world’s leading multinationals, defended a cum laude thesis and works every day to promote values of inclusion and accessibility. All with a visual impairment.
Fredi López Mendiburu works in the Health, Quality, Safety and Environment Department. Father of triplets and with paraplegia, he has spent a lifetime seeing the glass half full and two decades as an ambassador of renewable energies, especially biomass, the apple of his eye, in ACCIONA Energía.
ACCIONA operates in more than 40 countries, understanding its responsibility to positively impact the communities where it works. The company strives to enhance people’s lives, promote local hiring, and protect minorities.
The company’s workforce includes 20 different ethnic groups, and it promotes inclusion through specific plans across its projects, which include training, awareness-raising, barrier removal, recruitment, and collaboration with local institutions.
ACCIONA has obtained the Top Employer 2025 certification in twelve of its main markets, Top Employers North America and the Enterprise Seal for its Human Resources management that promotes the values of respect, equal opportunities, diversity, merit, leadership and continuous communication.
This certification, awarded by Top Employers Institute, is one of the most demanding and prestigious worldwide in the field of corporate people management.
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