FCC
participates in the
lnternational Safety Fair
Once again, the pavilions at Madrid’s IFEMA
fair grounds hosted the International SICUR
Safety Salon, with 38,840 professional visi-
tors from eighty different countries.
This fair in a reference in Europe in the pri-
vate, public, labour, anti-terrorist, and fire-
fighting industries and where important
technical seminars are carried out at the SI-
CUR FORUM.
FCC participated in the seminar organized
by the Mapfre Foundation, The Worker’s
Health: key for Social-Labour Development.
The topic of this seminar was the importan-
ce of the health of those who spend a major
part of their lives in work surroundings which
requires taking action to enhance the quality
of lives of citizens and society.
The first round table discussion at the se-
minar discussed factors that affect health
in a more critical manner, such as our diets,
physical activity, and rest in our personal li-
ves and at work. In the second round table,
entities such as FCC, F. Mapfre, Grupo Ma-
hou-San Miguel and Acciona talked about
the vision of managers on health as a core
element for a company and for society in ge-
neral, and expressed their thoughts on some
of the issues that were raised:
•
Workers’ health as a competitive fac-
tor for organizations: a worker’s health
is unique and its impact goes beyond
the workplace. It has been proven that
an organization is as healthy, dynamic,
and capable as its workers.
•
Workers’ perception of health-promo-
ting activities: the response to these
activities is positive and workers par-
ticipate actively and identify it as a key
factor which also contributes to imple-
menting mandatory occupational ha-
zard prevention measures.
•
The key aspects when initiating a
health-promotion policy: besides se-
nior management’s commitment, it is
essential to design the right commu-
nication strategies bearing in mind the
message, its target audience, and the
manner of transmitting this message.
•
On the question of whether or not
managers have sufficient information
to be able to incorporate the healthy
company concepts in their business
strategy: corporate management
should have knowledge on the indica-
tors that help them manage the health
and welfare of the organization. They
should be able to decide the design of
policies and to know their impact on
the business.
•
The current framework for the pre-
vention of occupational hazards: we
should have proactive regulatory fra-
meworks that promote knowledge,
research, and dissemination and it
should be at the service of all hierarchi-
cal levels.
•
The possible contribution of a healthy
company to the ageing society: the
concept of a healthy company can
contribute to eliminate barriers when
considering age as a factor at the
workplace and in society.
FCC was also invited to the First Latin Ame-
rican Seminar on municipal road safety or-
ganized by FESVIAL jointly with Unijepol, the
General Directorate of Traffic, the Spanish
Federation of Municipalities and Provinces
(FEMP), and the Madrid City Council. Repre-
sentatives of various Latin American coun-
tries discussed at the seminar the importan-
ce of road traffic in cities and the different
measures and good practices that are being
developed for its improvement.
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