have the social responsibility of supporting
and of working towards eradicating this
serious problem. At FCC Aqualia we have
participated in many actions aimed at buil-
ding awareness on this issue, supporting
the Ministry in each of the campaigns that
they launched against gender violence
We have always counted on the complici-
ty of workers in the support of these cam-
paigns, something that makes me very
proud of my colleagues. The posters in our
work sites and customer service offices
and messages in the invoices sent to mi-
llions of clients have contributed to creating
this awareness.
Last year, we also invited all the staff to coo-
perate actively in the “There’s a way out”
campaign of the Ministry. Our intention was
to launch a message of hope to women who
are victims of violence. Through a website,
FCC Aqualia employees created a collage
with the telephone number for aiding the vic-
tims (016). With a simple gesture, sending
a photograph, the collage was filled up and
we published it later in the company’s web-
site on the International Day against Gender
Participants of the
mentoring program
which aims
to contribute to a
cultural change within
the company.
The Ministry of Health, Social Services, and Equality approves the equality policies for men and
women implemented at FCC Aqualia.
In 2011, the company was awarded the Equality Seal (DIE, Spanish acronym) for its equal
opportunities policies for men and women. The Administration appreciated the increase in the
presence of women in specific posts, the equality measures in the recruitment processes, and
the company’s stance against gender violence.
Recently, the same ministry extended for another three years the “Equality in the Company” seal
to FCC Aqualia.
The policy of equal opportunities
for men and women
Violence, the 25th of November. The objecti-
ve of this action was to show that all society
was behind the help telephone number for
victims, and thanks to this action, also the
employees of FCC Aqualia.
In the area of integration in the workforce,
even though it is a difficult time, we try to
collaborate through professional interns-
hips for women who are victims of gender
violence in our companies. For many of the-
se women, it is their first contact with the la-
bour market and the effects are immediate,
raising the self-esteem if these women and,
of course, with the intention of gradually in-
corporating them in our company.
On another subject, how is the de-
partment that you manage facing the
increasing internationalisation process
of FCC Aqualia?
It is one of our main objectives. We are a
young company internationally; we started
in 2006 and bit by bit we have grown, in-
corporating people with a lot of initiative and
willing to tackle big challenges. At HR, our
great challenge is for middle management to
see the company’s internationalisation as an
opportunity for professional development.
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