For the purpose of developing our commitment to education and management towards a more favourable environment for all, the cooperative has implemented the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, an external certification since 2013, for the “Design and development of environmental advice, training and awareness-raising” activities carried out in street José Gutierrez Maroto, 26 1ºB.
After AENOR carried out the corresponding certification audit in 2022, GSD (Central Services offices) has maintained its Environmental Management Certificate, complying with the new version of the UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 standard, the certification awarded in 2018.
In regard to maintaining the ISO 14001:2015 certification, a series of actions were planned during the 2023/2024 academic year and these were regularly followed up, with an acceptable result.
To monitor the environmental aspects of the offices, certain objectives have been set and a series of actions have been undertaken, with a positive result.
| Environmental aspect of the offices | 2023/24 quantity | 2023/24 objective |
| Paper usage (pages/person/month) | 76 | 150 |
| Water consumption (m3/person/year) | 3.65 | 4.50 |
| Electricity consumption (Kw/h/year) | 69,559 | 80,000 |
| Toner waste (units/year) | 8 | 12 |
| Plastic packaging waste to recycling point (units/year) | 30 | 30 |
| Aerosols to recycling point (units/year) | 1 | 2 |