What does the new divided highway between the Western Tunnel and San Jerónimo (Colombia) mean for local residents?
We open 19 kilometers of Functional Unit 1 within the Autopista al Mar 1 project.
We lead the infrastructure sector in Colombia
Sacyr set up as a Colombian company originating in Spain, with an investment of close to US$3 billion. We have been firmly committed to developing the country’s infrastructure, by working on more than ten P3 and engineering initiatives.
We have always prioritized the recruitment of local talent in the execution of more than 500 km of roads and civil engineering works, which have improved connectivity and economic development throughout Colombia.
In figures
+520
KILOMETERS
P3 road projects
+370
HECTARES
Protected or conserved habitats
3
US$ BILLION
Direct investment
We improve the quality of life of Colombian people
In 2012, we consolidated our position by embarking on our first road projects. We currently have more than ten projects across the country and are always on the lookout for new business opportunities. We also participate in the street cleaning of Bogotá.
Our presence in Colombia has created more than 13,000 jobs in our areas of influence, offering our employees the chance to improve their skills and grow professionally.
Featured projects
Plaza Europa 34 Office building in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. We have applied circular economy measures in this project.
10 keys to driving circular transformation in infrastructure development
Encarna Mateos, Quality, Environment and Energy Director explains how we can transition to a circular economy model that differentiates us from other countries. She also adds some insight on what actions Sacyr is taking in this direction.
Encarna Mateos
Quality, Environment and Energy Director
The construction and infrastructure development sector plays a crucial role in transitioning to a more circular economic model, given its significant impact on resource consumption and waste generation. However, considerable challenges persist: construction and demolition waste (CDW) accounts for a third of the total waste produced in the European Union, and circularity rates in countries such as Spain lag behind other European nations.
In light of this, the circular economy offers a transformative strategy for redesigning processes, minimizing environmental impacts, and boosting efficiency. Achieving this requires coordinated action from all stakeholders across the value chain, integrating circular principles from the initial design phase through to operation. In my view, the following ten areas are key to advancing towards a circular model:
1. Changing the mindset
Moving away from the traditional linear model (design-build-use-demolish) and embracing a circular approach (design-reuse-use-recycle-maintain-regenerate). This involves integrating circularity criteria right from the design stage and fostering collaboration among all participants throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.
2. Boosting the Market for Secondary Raw Materials
Implementing regulatory and economic measures to stimulate demand for recycled and reused materials. This includes establishing quality certifications, technical standards, and traceability mechanisms that build confidence in the market.
3. Supporting innovation
Maintaining funding programs, such as those within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP) and the Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE), that support projects promoting circular solutions in construction, waste management, and digitalization. Simplifying access to these grants is essential.
4. Digitization and data management
Promoting the use of tools like Building Information Modeling (BIM), digital twins, and collaborative platforms to manage information related to materials, maintenance, and reuse.
5. Harmonized regulatory framework
Establishing consistent and stable regulations at the European, national, and regional levels to facilitate the application of circular criteria, the approval of recycled materials, and investment in sustainable solutions.
6. Green public procurement
Incorporating environmental criteria into public procurement specifications, favoring proposals that integrate circular economy principles, and establishing monitoring mechanisms to ensure compliance.
7. Public-private partnerships
Encouraging collaboration between government bodies, businesses, technology centers, and universities to develop standards, methodologies, and pilot projects that advance circularity in the sector.
8. Transparency in the supply chain
Establish traceability systems that allow information to be shared on the origin, composition and destination of materials, facilitating their reuse and recycling.
9. Training and sector awareness
Promoting education and training for all actors in the value chain – architects, engineers, companies, manufacturers, and clients – on the principles, tools, and benefits of the circular economy.
10. Repurposing Waste as a Resource
Encouraging the acceptance of recycled materials as a viable alternative, promoting their use in new construction processes, and reducing reliance on virgin raw materials.
Several years ago, Sacyr made a decisive move towards circular transformation, moving beyond the traditional linear model and embracing a regenerative approach in all our projects. Our Zero Waste Plan has become the cornerstone of our efforts to achieve our circular economy goals, implementing specific actions across all areas of the company.
This plan has three key objectives: to reuse, recycle, or recover 80% of our waste each year; to progressively reduce hazardous waste by 1% annually; and to ensure that 80% of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste is also recovered.
The results are already evident in our projects: over 93% of construction and demolition waste has been recovered, more than 92% of total waste has been recycled or reused, and over 20% of the materials we use now come from sustainable sources. The Zero Waste Plan allows us to embed a circular model throughout the organization, aligning our efforts, creating synergies, and strengthening our commitment to a more responsible future.
"Innovation and security can be a talent hotspot"
In the fifth chapter of Sacyr iPodcast, Health and Safety Director Miguel Paris talks about air quality in confined environments.
We have a new chapter of Sacyr iPodcast, the space where we talk about innovation with experts who inspire us and help us to broaden our vision.
In this case, the fifth chapter is focused on air quality in confined environments.
To delve deeper into this topic, Patricia Martínez, General Manager of Sustainability, Environment and Innovation, talks with Miguel París, Director of Health and Safety, about how innovation helps us to reduce risks, anticipate problems and ensure safer and more sustainable spaces. "Innovation and safety can be a point of attraction for talent in the sector," explains Miguel Paris.
"In fact, the Community of Madrid has given us the award, in the Large Company category, for considering our innovative practices as the best in safety and health," Paris explains.
"Air quality (amount of oxygen, relative humidity, temperature or certain pollutants, etc) can influence our health, as well as biological pollutants in water, dust in construction, pollution on roads, all are factors that can affect the working conditions of our workers, so we have to put special control capacity," says Paris.
"Our mission is to help on construction sites, above all, to take care of people, the most valuable thing we have in this company," explains Miguel Paris.
Miguel Paris sees the preventive culture more implanted in society, not only in Sacyr, "everything that helps to industrialize and modernize the sector will favor safety and better working conditions for our people," explains this expert.
You can listen to this podcast on Explora.
- Corporate
9M 2025 Results presentation
The company announces its upcoming results presentation for the first nine months of 2025. The results report will be published on November 6 after market close. The conference call will be held the following day, November 7 at 12:00 (CET)
The results will be released on Thursday, November 6th, 2025, after market close in CNMV and in our website.
The results presentation will be held on Friday, November 7th, 2025, at 12:00h (CEST) by audio-webcast in real time,
Click here to access the webcast.
- CSR
Successful implementation of the Sustainable Suppliers program
Sacyr has participated in the II (2024) and III (2025) editions of the Sustainable Suppliers program to collaborate in its transition towards more sustainable business models.
The Sustainable Supplier Training Program of the UN Global Compact Spain, ICEX and Fundación ICO has facilitated the training of more than 2,300 SME suppliers from more than 72 countries.
This program provides them with knowledge and resources on corporate sustainability, as well as help in complying with the requirements of the national, European and international regulatory frameworks on the subject.
In the latest edition, this year, 40% of our suppliers have completed the training, joining the other 48 large companies that have promoted sustainability training in their respective supply chains.
This initiative was launched in 2023 with the aim of training SME suppliers of large companies in the key principles of the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since its inception, the program has managed to train more than 5,000 supplier companies in the integration of sustainable practices into their business models.
This edition has stood out for the high level of satisfaction among the participating SMEs, as 91% of them consider that the training has been useful for their company, which underlines the confidence and effectiveness of the initiative.
For Sacyr, the impact of responsible management in its supply chain is very relevant, as it is the main barrier that large companies encounter when promoting sustainability.
2nd Edition of Business & Human Rights
The Sacyr Foundation also participated in the 2nd Edition of the Business & Human Rights Accelerator, along with 56 other companies in Spain.
This innovative six-month program is designed to train companies from all sectors and regions in the implementation of effective human rights due diligence processes.
Through practical tools and expertise, companies can ensure that their operations respect and promote human rights, contributing to the development of a more ethical and sustainable business environment.
The Business and Human Rights Accelerator program is part of the pioneering international outreach programs that the UN Global Compact offers companies to achieve real and effective action on key aspects of the 2030 Agenda and the Ten Principles of the Global Compact.
- People
The Team Transforming Almería
Meet the professionals responsible for the undergrounding and modernization of the railway station in Almería, Spain. A coordinated and committed team working on a project that will completely transform the city.
In a new edition of #SacyrTeams, we get to know the members of a united, coordinated, and dedicated team. All of these are essential qualities for the project they are developing: the undergrounding and modernization of the Almería railway station. The scale of the project requires the involvement of a large number of professionals. In the following video, you’ll meet a representation of this great team: Tamaris Garcete, Hugo Ramos, Juan Manuel Molina, Francisco Julián Rodríguez, Juan Francisco González, Puri Salazar, and Jose Pablo Martínez.
A City Divided in Two
The goal of the project is to modernize the facility and turn it into an intermodal station adapted to integrate high-speed rail. This ambitious challenge involves the construction of three new infrastructures: a building for rail traffic, another exclusively for bus traffic, and an underground parking garage with capacity for 400 vehicles. To integrate the project into the urban fabric, the railway tracks will be buried for 1.9 km as they approach the station. This marks a significant improvement in mobility and connectivity for the people of Almería, directly impacting more than 200,000 residents.
- People
We bring our Christmas greetings to you with our best wishes for the holidays
As is now tradition, the sons and daughters of our professionals have put their creativity to Sacyr's Christmas. This year, Julia López (14 years old) wrote the script for our Christmas story and Juan Sánchez (7 years old) drew the art for our card. Check them out!
Christmas is approaching and, as is now tradition, we share with you our Chirstmas, which is full of hope and good wishes.
This year, the animated Christmas greeting comes from the winning micro-story of our Christmas contest. Julia López (14 years old) is the inspired scriptwriter of this story that takes us to an eventful Christmas celebration in senior home.
Juan Sánchez (7 years old) is the artist who won the drawing contest and who will give life to our 2025 Christmas card.
We hope that this year 2025 has been full of exciting projects and that the coming year will bring you new achievements to conquer. Happy holidays and prosperous 2026!
- CSR
We renewed the SA8000 certification!
This recognition by Social Accountability International, reaffirms our commitment to the protection of human and labor rights in all our operations.
The SA8000 standard, endorsed by the United Nations Global Compact, International Labor Organization standards, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and national legislation, establishes the conditions necessary to ensure a safe and healthy working environment, freedom of association and collective bargaining, and socially responsible business management.
To renew the certification, we have updated the training on the standard, available through Explora, in order to further strengthen our ethical culture and prepare for future challenges.
The renewal process has been demanding, but thanks to the effort and collaboration of professionals from different areas of the company, we have successfully passed all external audits. We would like to highlight the work of the Social Performance Team (EDS), the group in charge of complying with this standard, made up of representatives of the company and its employees.
What's new
Among the new developments, the SA8000 standard is in the process of being updated and Sacyr is already preparing to assume its new requirements, which will come into force in 2026. This work will allow us to reinforce our management systems and advance in continuous improvement.
With this renewed certification, we strengthen our position in the international market, improve the management of our value chain and demonstrate our responsibility in participating in global contracts. Another challenge met by working as a team.
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