Experience
Integrated Policy and environmental performance
CRS Engineering's activity is based on three basic pillars: commitment to the environment, quality and safety:
- CRS Engineering studies and projects are carried out under Environmental Management System in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 standard.
- As a service company, the enhancement and maintenance of quality is one of the basic objectives from CRS Engineering, in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System standard.
- The occupational risk prevention It is another of the basic pillars of CRS Engineering; Its technicians have the preventive training in mining safety provided in ITC/101/2006, both for exploration work and for open pit or underground exploitation work.
Environmental policy
CRS Engineering aims to provide its clients with an effective and independent engineering, consulting and project management service in the fields related to the environment, mining, geology and natural resources.
For this, it applies the most appropriate methods and technologies within a framework of quality assurance, under conditions of reliability, safety and respect for the Environment. With this commitment, CRS Engineering It is positioned as an active entity in the field of R&D&i, through its involvement in public initiative projects aimed at developing Spanish engineering.
In line with its environmental objective, the Directorate of CRS Engineering has defined the protection of the Environment and the continuous improvement of processes as important factors to integrate into its corporate strategy, applicable to all its activities and within its organizational scope.
Likewise, CRS Engineering actively collaborates with the Spanish university system, through agreements that allow final-year students to complete their technical training, by carrying out residency internships in the company, as a result of the informative vocation of its management staff.
In this sense, CRS Engineering has an Integrated Management System that allows applying a Policy based on the following points:
- Commitment to comply with applicable legislation regarding environmental protection and other requirements to which the organization subscribes.
- Guarantee the commitment and responsibility derived from the objectives through compliance with the UNE – EN ISO 14001:2015 and UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 standards.
- Create an environment where highly qualified people feel attracted to work and remain in our workforce.
- Promote continuous training of CRS Engineering staff
- Identify and consider the environmental repercussions and effects of the studies and projects carried out by CRS Engineering and in the planning of new projects.
- Identification of processes and establishment of indicators that allow measuring effectiveness with their monitoring.
- Consider the environmental component in the acquisition of technical equipment and in the contracting of services.
- Establish in the Integrated Management System a process of continuous improvement and a commitment to environmental protection.
- Participate in Research and Development projects of technologies and studies related to the Environment.
- Involve our subcontractors in the proper management of the environmental aspects caused by our facilities, so that they are governed by this Policy in their daily work.
- Seek to avoid environmental incidents (through our construction management actions and our subcontractors) and use effective emergency response procedures to minimize the impact of any potential incident.
This policy is disseminated by management to the entire Organization through the use of appropriate means of dissemination (verbal communications, bulletin boards, intranet, etc.), with the aim that it is understood and assumed by all staff and made available to other interested parties.
In addition, it is distributed to subcontractors and is available in the facilities for the public or users of our services, as well as disseminated on the organization's website.
The Environmental Management System and the Quality Management System of CRS Engineering, are certified by the company AENOR, with the number GA-2013/0102 y ER-0240/2013 respectively.
Legal requirements
- CRS Engineering is responsible for periodically updating its database of legal requirements, evidencing its compliance and reviewing all the requirements established for its consulting activity; In addition, whenever necessary, it will add new requirements that may have been subscribed at a particular level with certain clients.
Suppliers
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- In the monitoring and control exercise of the Comprehensive Management System of CRS Engineering, an annual evaluation of the suppliers will be carried out in which the service provided by them will be assessed and, in relation to it, the possible incidents that may have occurred during the provision of said services (and on which work will be done).
Environmental and quality objectives
To comply with the subscribed policy, CRS Engineering has established the following Quality and Environmental Management Program for 2025, in which 2 objectives are defined, aligned with those proposed in 2023 and 2024:
- Strengthen the human resources already available in the company, by joining technical associations, which helps to acquire or improve knowledge in the different profiles that exist in the company.
- Obtain and register the carbon footprint in MITECO.
- Compliance with these objectives will be analyzed in the follow-up External Audit, which will be carried out this year 2026.
Indicators
Among the environmental aspects defined in CRS Engineering, and part of the objectives set during this audit period, a series of Indicators have been established that have behaved in accordance with the expectations set.
- 1. Achievement of scheduled milestones
- 2. Customer satisfaction rate
- 3. Rate of problems resolved / problems identified
- 4. % of projects awarded
- 5. Non-conformity rate with suppliers
- 6. Paper consumption per project
- 7. Electricity consumption per employee
- 8. % of workers who receive training in the company
- 9. Generation of managed paper waste per project
- 10. Proposals for environmental improvement in projects
Significant environmental aspects
An environmental aspect is any element of the organization's activity or services that interacts or can interact with the environment. Each environmental aspect can cause one or more environmental impacts. When one or more of these environmental impacts become significant, that environmental aspect is considered in the same way.
During the year 2025, 3 significant environmental aspects have been detected at CRS Engineering:
- Reduction in electrical energy consumption (until December 4, 2025).
- Water consumption has been maintained.
- Reduction in paper consumption.
The graphic evolution of the main environmental aspects associated with the office activity is shown below. CRS Engineering:
