The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In September 2015, all members of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global action plan. In it, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were proposed, which included 169 goals for their achievement. The objectives balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: social, environmental and economic.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent basic principles to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are all aimed at focusing efforts to achieve positive changes for the benefit of people and the planet.

They were conceived at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in  2012 to create a set of global goals related to the environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted them at its meeting on  2015. They were finally launched in January  2016 and guide the policies and financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). 

From 2016 to 2030

Fraternidad-Muprespa evolves and with it the Social Responsibility towards which we are heading and that is why our organization works with the base of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which should serve as a guide to help build a better future for all, while meeting the objective of guaranteeing our sustainability.

Our goal is to collaborate with 11 SDG Of the 17 that exist, those whose goals have a more direct relationship with the activity we carry out at the Mutua, which pursue equality between people, their health and well-being, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

Objective 3. Health and Wellbeing.

• Excellent healthcare for our clients is one of our basic operating principles.
• We promote healthy habits among the workers of our associated companies, providing them with the necessary resources and tools through the healthy itinerary “ Walking towards well-being”.
• On our web portal “ The health corner Through publications and news we promote healthy environments.
• We carry out informative actions that you can find on our prevention portal Previene.
• We help our companies become certified as healthy companies.
• We carry out face-to-face road safety workshops nationwide. We also celebrate the  Workplace road safety week, carrying out actions in all provinces.  You can listen to the podcast about the Workplace Road Safety Week by Fraternidad-Muprespa by clicking  here
• In Fraternidad-Muprespa the year was celebrated  “We are healthy” to improve and strengthen the philosophy of healthy living of the Mutua's workers at work and personally.
• An area of ​​clinical psychology has been incorporated into our own Prevention Service in order to address the needs of our employees in the work and personal fields from within the organization.

Objective 4. Quality Education

• The Mutual has signed ccollaboration agreements with educational entities: schools and universities to provide training and collaborate in quality education.  
• Fraternidad-Muprespa advocates training as a tool to promote the continuous learning of workers, based on a multiplicity of resources framed in theCorporate University, UNICO.
• Digital evolution:We seek to generate differential proposals, new services and personalized digital and useful products. Our duty is to offer such a level of digitalization, so that electronic means are the preferred means of relationship with the Mutual Fund, in an intuitive and easy way.

Aim 5. Gender Equality

• Fraternidad-Muprespa renewed its commitment in 2021 to  accession as a signatory entity since 2010 of the United Nations Global Compact. In the renewal we have expressed our commitment to theSDG 3 Health and Wellbeing.  Every year we present the Global Compact Report, which reflects what is established in the Annual Report and Sustainability Report.
• III Equality Plan 2018-2020 whose validity was extended during 2021 while the IV plan is being negotiated. This includes actions beyond legal obligations to guarantee the principle of effective equality between men and women.
• Since 2016 we have the  Equality Badge in the  Company, a mark of excellence awarded by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality to entities that stand out for the implementation of equality measures or plans in the development of equal opportunity policies between women and men in the workplace. (RED DIE).
• In 2016 we joined the program “More women, better companies”, from the Institute for Women and Equal Opportunities to increase the presence of women in management positions in 4 years until reaching a balance of representation at said levels.
• Together with SDG 17, the Project is born  INGEPRE, integration of the gender perspective in the field of security and  occupational health of female workers and the search for the continued decline of  accident rate labor.
• In 2021 we have renewed theAsturian Brand Quality Excellencerewards active participation in the policy of promoting equal opportunities between women and men.

Objective 7. Affordable and non-polluting energy

• Use of green energy.
• Installation of solar and photovoltaic energy modules.
• Preparation and implementation of a Reduction Plan, with energy efficiency measures.
• Use of autotransformers to reduce active and reactive electricity consumption.
• Installation of telemetry and remote management to reduce electricity consumption, along with a lighting protocol, according to hours of sunshine and use.
• Acquisition of an electric car and another hybrid, and installation of infrastructure (charging points) for the use of electric vehicles.
• Selection of efficient and bioclimatic construction criteria when designing new infrastructures or modifying existing ones.
• Use of light sensors in areas with natural light in various centers.
• Progressive change of conventional luminaires with LED lighting.
• Acquisition of 52 multifunction devices with ENERGY STAR labeling.
• Hospital Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana got the  LEED Platinum certified, which recognizes excellence in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of buildings from an environmental point of view.

Goal 8. Decent work and economic growth

• The main objective of Fraternidad-Muprespa in relation to responsible labor practices It is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of quality employment, improve the conditions of equal opportunities, integration of people with disabilities in the work environment; in addition to carrying out actions aimed at Society that promote the promotion of employment.

• We research, develop and innovate in the reduction ofprofessional contingencies.
• We control and monitor the common contingency.
• We advise on the preparation of investigation reports on workplace accidents.
• We guide in the coordination of business activities.
• We spread  Prevention10: we raise awareness about occupational risks.
• We advise SMEs in adapting jobs.
• We help spread and implement  Vision Zero.
• We have a specialized web portal Previene, dedicated to the  occupational risk prevention and development of health culture.
• We celebrate the  Prevention Week.

Objective 9. Industry, Innovation and infrastructure

• At Fraternidad-Muprespa we are committed to research and development to offer patients quality and effective healthcare with the use of the most modern techniques, which allow for less invasive and traumatic treatment, improving and reducing recovery time.
• Every year, in our  awards Escolástico Zaldívar 2804 We recognize our associated companies highly committed to the  Occupational Risk Prevention, that demonstrate that they have carried out or are carrying out preventive actions that represent an improvement and innovation in the safety, health and well-being of their workers, beyond mere compliance with prevention regulations.
• In 2019, the  Hospital Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana, which has been projected and designed from its beginning to achieve optimal efficiency in the use of resources, which has led it to achieve theLEED certification Platinum. and obtaining theAIS (Accessibility Indicator System) certificate with five stars, which is the highest category of this international standard that certifies the degree of accessibility.
• In the rest of the Mutua facilities, the selection of efficient and bioclimatic construction criteria is sought when designing new infrastructures or modifying existing ones and we have 90 audited care centers, 8 of them having the highest AIS certification score.

Objective 10. Reduction of inequalities

• At Fraternidad-Muprespa there is a diversity management and work-life balance policy, which guarantees full equal treatment of all people, with special emphasis on people with disabilities.

• In 2021 we have renewed the Diversity Charter with which we assume, among others, the principles of raising awareness about equal opportunities, advancing in the construction of a diverse workforce and promoting the inclusion of all people.

• Fraternidad-Muprespa joined the INSERTA Program of the ONCE Foundation in 2017 with the aim of promoting the employment of people with disabilities through different actions .

Objective 12. Responsible production and consumption

• At Fraternidad-Muprespa we have aPurchasing Policywhere we express our essential purchasing values ​​based on sustainability, quality and defense of the environment.
• In all public bidding procedures we demand a series of demanding requirements related to aspects of sustainability, efficiency and energy savings.
• We strive for energy savings and recycling in all Mutua centers.
• OurQuality Policybased on the UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2015 Standard, it is aimed at achieving its main objective, which is to satisfy the expectations and needs of the clients of the Fraternidad-Muprespa Quality Management Systems.

Aim13. Climate action

• The Environmental Policy defined by
• We have implemented and certified the   ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
• Dissemination of environmental communications internally and externally (intranet, Twitter, projection of posters in its centers and newsletters). Furthermore we have a  Good Practices Guide Environmental that is available to all employees.
• We have verified our  Carbon Footprint, ISO 14064:2006and we have obtained the seal  “CALCULATION + REDUCE”, granted by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, by managing to reduce our emissions by 75% in the last four years.
• Accession to the Circular Economy Pact and theplatform  Climate Action, thus showing the commitment to sustainability.
• We are attached to the first and secondManifesto For a sustainable economic recovery.

Aim  16. Peace, justice and strong institutions

• Fraternidad-Muprespa has its Code of Ethics and Conduct in which the values ​​that the Entity is consolidated and is committed to maintaining with the different interest groups an ethical and responsible management of its activity, as well as the guidelines and behaviors that the Mutual workers must follow.
• La Mutua has joined the Digital Pact for the protection of people, promoted by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), which values ​​privacy as an asset for public and private organizations. As well as the defense of people from attacks of digital violence through the #prioritychannel.

Aim  17. Alliances to achieve objectives

• We encourage and promote agreements with institutions to create a sphere of collaboration between the signatory entities. 
• Improve alliances with institutions in our field to exchange knowledge and specialization with the ultimate goal of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.