5.2 ESG Officers Throughout its history, ONCE was develo-ped as a socially responsible entity towards the general public, by promoting personal autonomy and full inclusion of blind people and/or people with other disabilities. Now, the ONCE Social Group is keeping that spi-rit alive and evolving towards new commit-ments marked in the new ESG (Environmen-tal, Social and Governance) dimension, that is: always putting environmental, social and corporate governance aspects first when as-sessing actions to undertake. The institutional purpose and goals are linked to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustai-nable Development Goals (SDGs), to which the Group’s entities contribute through their daily activities. In many of these goals, the 2030 Agenda itself expressly and specifica-lly recognises persons with disabilities. The ONCE Social Group integrates sustai-nability as an element to underpin its mis-sion and its excellent management, and to maximise its capacity to generate value for its different stakeholders. In 2023, the ONCE Social Group was among the three companies/entities with the best corporate reputation in Spain, according to the Merco Empresas 2022 Spain ranking. It also led the Merco Responsabilidad ESG Spain 2022 -which measures the social and environmental sustainability, ethics and good governance of companies-. Swipe to read more