NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AWARD OF THE MINISTRY OF ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE

The Government recognizes the work of the Pacs del Penedès company in the development and technological innovation in search of sustainability

The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has recognized Cales de Pachs with the National Environment Award ‘Lucas Mallada, economy and environment’. The Spanish government has highlighted the work done by the Pacs del Penedès company “in technological development and innovation in search of sustainability”.

The 2021 National Energy and Environment Awards, which have been restored after more than a decade, publicly recognize people or entities that have stood out, either for their creative, scientific, educational or social contributions in favor of the decarbonisation of the economy, or for environmental or climate defence, studies or promotion, contributing to the conservation and protection of environmental values.

According to MITECO, the Pacs del Penedès company has demonstrated with its activity “that the use of lime to absorb polluting gases and for the treatment of sewage sludge is effective in combating pollution, and is economically viable”.

Xavier Grané, owner of the company together with his brother Valentí Grané, collected the award on Monday at a gala held at the Ministry’s headquarters. In his speech, Grané highlighted the work Cales de Pachs is doing to compete with large corporations “developing products for niche markets, with creativity, ingenuity and work, that is, R&D”.

The owner of Cales de Pachs highlighted two of the products that the company manufactures in the field of the environment, such as MICROXICAL (focused on plastic recycling and the circular economy) and TECHNICAL-AIR (for the treatment of polluting effluents to avoid acid rain).

Xavi Grané also pointed out that this award “is comforting after a time when we had to suffer the pandemic, the energy crisis, and the increase in the price of CO2 emissions”. In addition, he took advantage of his parliament to demand that the B-40 (popularly known as the Fourth Belt) be ended once and for all “because it would save many tons of greenhouse gases that are produced by the congestion of the B-30 “.

For her part, the Vice-President of the Government and Minister for the Energy Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, recalled in her speech that “it is essential to have the commitment of all citizens” in the midst of the process towards a model economically and socially more sustainable.

“You represent the ability to do things in a different way and value the power of the citizens, of the small, of an active citizenry that knows what its scope is to build”, said Ribera to the awardees.

In addition to Cales de Pachs, they have been awarded the 2021 National Energy and Environment Awards: the Global Nature Foundation and the Oxígeno Foundation (National Environmental Award “Félix Rodríguez de La Fuente, nature conservation”, and Econward Tech (Maria del Rosario Heras National Energy Award). Eight extraordinary awards and two honorable mentions have also been awarded.