AESPLA celebrates the 25th anniversary of its birth, sponsored in 1999 by Fraternidad-Muprespa
The Spanish Association of Occupational Prevention Services AESPLA celebrated the 25th anniversary of its creation on May 23, an event in which a tour of the history of the entity was made, in whose birth
The meeting took place at the Endesa headquarters. Natalia Fdez. Laviada, Deputy General Director of Prevention, Quality and Communication of Antonio Garamendi, president of the CEOE.
Fdez. Laviada highlighted that the Association "has always been at the forefront, anticipating, adapting and leading change, being an engine for momentum and promoting the exchange of knowledge among its associates during these 25 years of profound changes in technology, in society, in us as individuals and of course, in the work environment."
He then gave way to three key figures from AESPLA: Alfonso Gonzalez, from ADIF, promoter of the creation of the Association; Concepción Martín de Bustamante, president between 2013 and 2021; and Antonio Diaz Ruiz, current president. His words were complemented by the participation of the associates, through videos that answered questions such as “What has AESPLA meant to you?”, “What does AESPLA give you” or “What do you expect from AESPLA?”
González reviewed the work dedicated to promoting risk prevention in different social and business spaces. “In those first years of AESPLA,” he assured, “it was essential to make other levels of companies see the importance of ORP.”
Martín de Bustamante described as the objective of the Association's work during the eight years in which he presided it, that "the challenge was to achieve 'zero accidents'." “It seemed like a utopia but AESPLA and I were convinced that it was possible,” he said.
Díaz, the current president of the entity, for his part, highlighted that the mission and vision of AESPLA is to provide service to its associates, generating a real value proposition for companies, "providing added value to the company through comprehensive health care for employees, not seeing it as a legal requirement to be met, but as a strategic contingency plan for people, to ensure that the business continues to function and is not paralyzed or slowed down," he noted, which is achieved "through individual professionalism, knowledge shared work, teamwork and respect for organizational diversity, we move together towards excellence in prevention. All of this in constant collaboration with official organizations, social agents and leaders in the sector,” he added.
During the event, a letter from Pedro Oya, former deputy general director of Fraternidad-Muprespa and one of the founders of the entity, who recalled the origins of AESPLA in 1999, in the context of the merger of His testimony provided a valuable historical perspective on the evolution of preventive culture in the business environment.
During his intervention, Antonio Garamendi offered a strategic vision of the changes in the productive fabric in the last 25 years, highlighting the evolution of the focus on prevention. He stressed “in these years, the synergy between business organizations and prevention services has made us move from a palliative culture to a preventive culture, a transformation,” he added, “that not only improves safety, but also has a direct impact on the competitiveness of companies.”
The day also included a different artistic proposal, with the pianist Marta Espiños, which offered an original musical performance. The anniversary event ended with a family photo of AESPLA companies and collaborators.
The Spanish Association of Occupational Prevention Services is a non-profit entity established in 1999 that brings together the Own and Joint Prevention Services of 46 large companies and entities with a presence in Spain. Of them, almost half are mutual companies of Fraternidad-Muprespa: Adif, AENA, Azucarera, BBVA, Cemex España, CN Ascó de Anav, Correos, Cruz Roja, Enagás, Endesa, Exolum, IBM, Iberia, Inditex, Mediaset España, Mutua Madrileña, Real Madrid, RENFE, REPSOL, Schindler, Telefónica and Tragsa.
