Author: Liliana Pellicer
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Law 9/2025 on Sustainable Mobility: The Role of Accessibility
The passage of Law 9/2025 on Sustainable Mobility marks an important step forward in how mobility is understood and managed in Spain, incorporating accessibility as a cross-cutting issue. It is no longer just about infrastructure and transportation efficiency; now we must ensure that citizens have access to services, opportunities, and activities with the greatest possible…
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Castellana Properties is certified by AIS Bonaire and its centers in Portugal
Castellana Properties, a publicly traded company specializing in the acquisition and management of shopping centers in the Iberian Peninsula, has announced that it has obtained AIS accessibility certification for its Bonaire shopping center in Valencia and for the entire portfolio managed by the company in Portugal. To achieve this recognition, Castellana Properties has implemented improvements…
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Why Invest in Accessibility for Your Company?
Accessibility is a fundamental issue that companies should take into account—not only for their employees, but also for their customers, suppliers, and anyone else who visits their facilities. Given this, investing in accessibility goes beyond the interests of a few and can have a positive impact on the lives of many.
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What is the social impact of accessibility?
When discussing accessibility, the conversation often centers on visible elements such as ramps, elevators, or reserved parking spaces. These are undoubtedly important aspects, but they represent only a part of a much broader reality. The social impact of accessibility has to do with something much deeper: people’s ability to participate in daily life without encountering…
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Ostomates and accessibility: challenges, needs and progress.
Accessibility is usually associated with the elimination of architectural barriers or mobility, but there are many other needs that must be taken into account in order to build truly inclusive environments. Among them are those of ostomates, a group whose daily difficulties remain largely unknown to society. With the aim of delving deeper into this…
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AIS, a differential approach compared to other Real Estate certifications
Many certifications such as WELL, LEED or BREEAM incorporate aspects related to accessibility. However, accessibility should not be approached as a complementary criterion, but as a fundamental pillar in the design, construction and evaluation of built environments. This was one of the main conclusions of the round table discussion ‘Synergies between AIS and other Real…
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Approved entities meet at Around 2026 Spain
AIS assessors met on May 28 at the Annual Meeting of AIS Authorized Entities: Around 2026 Spain, an event at which they shared certification progress, working group conclusions and the outstanding case of the year, among many other topics. After a review of the milestones achieved, with special emphasis on the celebration of the AIS…
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What are ESG criteria and how do they relate to accessibility?
For a long time, when a company talked about sustainability, most of the conversation revolved around the environment. But in recent years the focus has broadened and organizations have begun to understand that the way they treat people is also part of their real impact. That’s where ESG criteria and, increasingly, accessibility come in.
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Usability and accessibility: What are the differences?
Although in some cases usability and accessibility are terms that are often confused and used for the same thing, the truth is that they are two different concepts. The difference between the two terms is important because it directly affects the autonomy and safety of the elderly, people with disabilities or users with temporary reduced…
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What is universal accessibility?
Universal accessibility is not just an idea linked to regulations or architecture, but a different way of understanding how the environments in which we live and work should function. In essence, it starts from a simple premise: if a space, service or product is well designed, anyone should be able to use it without added…
