AQU Catalunya publishes its Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report for 2019
The Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report for 2019 sets out the activities undertaken by AQU Catalunya throughout the year, in accordance with the Agency's Strategic Plan for 2019-2022 and its 2019 Action Plan. The report was referred to AQU Catalunya's Governing Board and endorsed in April.
The main new feature is that, for the first time, the report is structured according to the corporate social responsibility commitments and sustainable development goals identified by the Agency, which are:
- Commitment to the quality enhancement of higher education, which explains the actions and activities undertaken to improve and enhance the system of universities and higher education in Catalonia (programme review, institutional review of faculties and schools, teaching staff assessment, surveys, etc.).
- Commitment to society, which includes all of the actions undertaken by the Agency to transfer the outcomes of its activities to society (the EUC web portal platform; events, seminars and workshops; publications; the corporate website; Twitter; etc.).
- Commitment to good governance, which describes the measures taken by AQU Catalunya to provide adequate solutions for achieving its objectives (Strategic Plan, Code of Ethics, compliance with the ESG, management of experts, internal organisation, etc.).
- Commitment to alliances, which is clearly the area of commitment that accounts for most of the new features in the Annual Report in that it raises the profile of the relations that the Agency maintains with social agents in Catalonia, Spain and at international level.
- • Commitment to socially responsible and ethical working conditions, which encompasses all of the measures undertaken by the Agency to enhance staff commitment and motivation at work and their ability to embrace change.
The Agency's commitments in line with the strategic priorities set out in the 2019 Action Plan for AQU Catalunya are: