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The Irizar Group today

Strengthening our strategic positioning

The health crisis has imposed a very complex management environment on us in which we are required to balance different needs: in the short term, to protect the health and safety of people and their families; in the medium and long term, guaranteeing business sustainability and the continuous generation of value for all our stakeholders. The different actions that we are implementing during this period further reinforce, where needed, our strategic positioning and the inherent values of the Irizar brand.

Closer than ever to our customers, supporting them where necessary

We are developing major innovations in the Group and we have provided anti-Covid safety solutions aimed at reactivating and recovering the sector: protection screens for driver and passengers, access temperature control cameras, eCo3 air purifiers, air renewal systems and passenger compartment disinfection. More than 10,000 buses and coaches are fitted with these Irizar innovations that comply with the necessary safety and hygiene standards and thus help prevent the spread of the virus. We safeguard employment and retain talent

In the economic crises of 2009 and 2020-21, we managed to protect the jobs of the Irizar Group’s staff. We achieved this through collaboration and by being more supportive than ever. We have improved communication and training in order to continue preparing for the new normal. We remain involved in Social Innovation Projects.

We are proud to see the level of commitment, flexibility, strength and adaptability that Irizar people demonstrate every day.

We continue to cultivate talent and generate quality jobs and we remain an attractive company. All within a culture and business approach of integrity that is governed by Ethical Principles.

We play an active role in defending the industry and its high added value, promoting economic recovery and the generation of local wealth and employment.

We are increasing our collaborations

We continue to collaborate with the entire network of suppliers, local technology centres, institutions, universities, training schools, etc. to continue feeding the industry and the company and the wealth of the area.

We believe that this is how to continue to face major challenges, by strengthening ties and looking for partners with the aim of staying at the cutting edge and continuing to build the future.

We innovate and create new products and new technologies

We want the Irizar Group to become a global player in urban, medium- and long-distance sustainable mobility. We seek solutions with high technological content to enable our customers, who undoubtedly guide the objectives that we set ourselves, to provide their services more efficiently and sustainably, based on the conviction that the future will involve mass public transport, as a fundamental solution for the sustainability of the planet.

Reducing the impact of our vehicles and products, eliminating emissions of greenhouse gases and noise pollution, improving information for users and increasing passenger safety are our priorities. We judge these to be the foundations on which to build all our sustainability actions that society demands of us.

We are taking on new projects not only in passenger transport, but also new heavy duty traction systems, new developments in chargers, charging interoperability with different vehicle brands, network quality communication standards, storage and transition towards renewable energy, operating assistance systems. Likewise, in the railway sector the Group’s companies are strengthening their positioning.

In 2020, we put the Irizar Group’s first autonomous bus, a 12-metre, zero-emission electric vehicle, into operation in Malaga. The pioneering project has two characteristics that make it a breakthrough, which are its capacity to transport passengers and its interaction with vehicles, pedestrians and infrastructure under real conditions in the city of Malaga. We provide social support

in accordance with our principles and mission. We are collaborating with more than 30 associations at local and provincial level, and 25 NGOs at international level, to promote education, health and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty, hunger and inequality.

We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to moving ahead in the implementation of the 10 Principles

We are increasing our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. We have therefore ratified our adherence to the Global Compact and our commitment to this initiative, in which we are fully engaged. This is the framework that gives us the opportunity to reinvent ourselves, so that we emerge stronger and can have a positive impact on our stakeholders, by adopting the three dimensions of sustainability: economic-governance, social and environmental.

We have launched the new Irizar Group website

A platform that collects detailed information about the Irizar Group, facts and figures, the international dimension and its member companies. At a single glance, users can access information about its technological and innovation capacity, the activity sectors in which it is present, future projects, as well as its strategy. www.grupoirizar.com