DKV has reached an agreement with the Expo Zaragoza 2008 organisation to sponsor the "Thirst"-Themed Pavilion, a sponsorship that is exclusive in the sector of heath insurance companies.

Thus, DKV joins the significant number of institutions and companies supporting this fair, which is dedicated to "Sustainable Water and Development" and is to be held in the capital of Aragón from 14 June to 14 September. The Zaragoza Universal Exhibit is divided into three sub-themes: "Water, sole resource", "Water for life" and "The landscapes of water". We must add a fourth related topic to these, since knowledge is sufficient to deal with issues affecting the group as a whole: Thirst, the driving force behind development.

The themed pavilions are sections dedicated to dealing with certain areas of the Expo Zaragoza 2008 theme. "Thirst", the pavilion sponsored by DKV, contributes a new approach: thirst as progress and as the driving force behind extraordinary techniques, culture and knowledge.

A visit to the pavilion will provide direct experiences with a global problem by means of sensations and suggestions. Its architecture is designed to recreate an enigmatic building, an inflatable volume covered in salt, reflecting sunrays and lighting up at night as though it had saved all the energy necessary to keep on working. The inside is organised into five spaces that will form a vessel travelling though the cosmos. The last of these five spaces will allow the visitor to view the entire interior like a huge celestial dome.

"Thirst" is created with the same sustainability criteria as that which accompanies Expo Zaragoza 2008.

Should you require further information on the “Thirst” theme or on Expo Zaragoza 2008 in general, visit its website.

Environmental protection is just one area of DKV’s broad corporate social responsibility programme. As a result of this commitment, the company undertakes several actions aimed at preserving the environment and saving natural resources: recycling paper and other consumables at all of its work centres, tree-planting by voluntary staff-members in order to neutralise the CO2 emissions generated when travelling, water-saving, etc. In fact, our head head office in Zaragoza is considered by the project "Zaragoza, water-saving city" to be a "Model building in terms of efficient water use".