Sidenor 2022 Sustainability Report

113 APD The Association for Managerial Progress (Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección – APD) is an independent, non-profit organization whose wish is to help build a more prepared and united community which is aware of the trends that are changing the world. UNESID The Union of Iron and Steel Companies (Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas, UNESID) is the association of companies producing steel and steel primary processing products in Spain.. SIDEREX The Asociación Clúster de Siderurgia (steelmaking cluster association) is a non-profit entity which aims at improving the sector’s competitiveness by carrying out actions together with companies and other actors in areas such as internationalization, technological and business innovation, as well as defending the interests of its associated companies. Confebask The organization integrates, on a voluntary basis, thousands of private companies from the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, regardless of their territory, dimension and activity sector. Sidenor is a partner, through its plants in Basauri, Azkoitia and Vitoria, of Confebask’s three member associations: the Employers Association of Gipuzkoa (ADEGI), the Biscay Business Confederation (CEBEK) and SEA Empresarios Alaveses (SEA). Biscay Federation of Metal Companies This sectoral business organization gathers the iron and steel companies of Biscay.