The presentation gala of the IX Escolático Zaldívar Awards held

Fraternidad-Muprespa, Mutual Collaborator with Social Security, has presentedtwo the Zaldívar 2804 Escolático Awards for Safety and Health, coinciding with the VII Week of Prevention of the entity. The IX edition of the awards, held via streaming, has been inaugurated by the president of the Mutua, Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, and closed by its Managing Director, Carlos Aranda, while Natalia Fdez. Laviada, deputy general director of Prevention, Quality and Communication, was in charge of conducting the gala.

The winners

Grupo Agbar collected the first prize in the Plus category Prevention, which recognizes preventive improvement actions aimed at reducing workplace accidents, without forgetting good practices against the pandemic. Specifically, the entity has seen its contingency plan against COVID-19 recognized, promoting innovative measures to prevent infections among workers and guarantee the supply of drinking water to the entire population during the pandemic.

Banco de Crédito Social Corporativo, of the Cajamar group, was the awarded entity in the category Walking Towards Wellbeing, that distinguishes the best healthy habits projects. It received the award for a complete workplace wellness program aimed at promoting healthy eating, promoting physical activity, caring for emotional well-being and protecting individual health in its workforce. 

Nidec Arisa won the first prize in the category Talking of Prevention, qthat distinguishes good internal and external communication and disclosure practices. The jury valued that its internal communication program on occupational safety strengthens the preventive culture at all levels in the company.

Endesa was the company awarded in the category We are sorry for the Prevention, which recognizes good practices in areas such as the integration of the gender perspective, active aging or the adaptation of prevention to workers with special abilities.Her recognition has been granted for integrating the gender perspective at all levels of the company, developing a preventive policy adapted to women and also achieving the inclusion of diversity in preventive management.

In the category Safe Mobility, which has as a purpose to recognize good practices in occupational road safety. imposedHTMLTAG119___ the Sociedad Mixta del Agua-Jaén, SOMAJASA, for its work to raise awareness about a cautious attitude behind the wheel, developing actions that have been included in its Annual Road Safety Conference, which is in its fifth edition.

Fraternidad-Muprespa also recognized the work of Montserrat García, head of the Occupational Health Area of the Ministry of Health with the Extraordinary Award to the Professional Path. This doctor specialized in occupational medicine has been a pioneer and coordinator in the preparation of the reference document during the pandemic for prevention services. García claimed to have “dedicated his entire life to the study of occupational diseases and their prevention. To prevent, you have to know, and this task still lasts.” 

HTMLTAG158In addition, the Mutual Fund awarded the Extraordinary Award to the entity u organization committed to risk prevention labor to the International Social Security Association. Marcelo Abi-Ramia, its secretary general, highlighted at the gala the preponderant role in the field of Prevention of its programa Vision Zero, which “began as a simple guide but today has more than 16,000 associated organizations, all of them convinced that every accident can be prevented.”

Natalia Fdez. they give to the safety and health of their workers, at all levels.” Therefore I encourage the winners and also those who submitted a candidacy to “to continue on this path that will lead you to be more competitive, sustainable and secure”.

Institutional interventions

At the opening of the event, Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros highlighted that the companies candidates for these awards “have decided not to remain only in mere regulatory compliance but have gone one step further, adopting a strong commitment to workplace safety and well-being through good practices”, also adding that they have done so in a time of uncertainty due to the incidence of covid-19.“The calm has not arrived yet”, stated.

Carlos Aranda closed the day by emphasizing that “un developed and competitive country like ours cannot afford high accident rates in its business fabric.” “As a Mutual Collaborator with Social Security we never forget the commitment acquired with society: to raise awareness and raise awareness about the importance of acquiring a preventive attitude, an idea with which Prevention Week was born,” added.

Full list of awarded

Plus Prevention

• Winning company: Group Agbar
• Honorable mentions: Lonza Biologics Porriño, Servicios Culturales Algama and Cementos Especiales de las Islas.Ceisa Group

Walking towards the Wellbeing

• Winning company: Banco de Crédito Social Cooperativa (Group Cajamar)
• Honorable mentions: AXA Group, Sonepark Ibérica Spain and Clínica Vistahermosa Grupo HLA
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Talking about Prevention

• Winning company: Nidec Arisa
• Honorable mentions: Feu Vert Ibérica, Argal Alimentación y Casa Santiveri

We're Sorry for the Prevention

• Winning company: Endesa
• Honorable mentions: Balearic farming, Andros La Serna and Nuestra Señora de la Luz Center (Secular Institute Home of Nazareth)

Secure Mobility

• Winning company: Sociedad Mixta del Agua-Jaén, SOMAJASA

If you were not able to attend the gala live, you can watch it again below: