He National Institute of Safety and Health at Work (INSST)a scientific-technical organization of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy and specialized in the analysis and improvement of working conditions, has organized, together with OSALAN-Basque Institute of Occupational Safety and Healthhe IX Open Meeting of the Spanish Network of Healthy Companies (REES) which, in this edition, has been focused on the Labor inclusion as a health promotion factor in companies. Among the recognitions to REES companies and organizations, for the first time, the award for best action in inclusive work for people with disabilities has been awarded.
Diversity and inclusion in the work environment have benefits for both workers, organizations and society. For organizations because it provides greater creativity and innovation, greater commitment and job satisfaction, and greater talent retention. For people, because equal opportunities in a safe and healthy job contribute to their economic and financial stability, their professional and personal development and their social integration, having a positive impact on their quality of life and that of society.
As highlighted Aitana Garí Pérezdirector of the INSST, “if in companies we manage to establish measures that protect people who are in a situation of greater vulnerability, either due to social determinants or because they are especially sensitive people, and these measures are extended to the entire workforce, we will to be able to protect the entire working population in a much more effective way.”
The IX Open Meeting of the REES has been presented by Carmen Mucientes de la PeñaHigher Technician of the INSST, while the inauguration was carried out by Maite San Saturnino PeciñaPresident of the Patients of the Spanish Heart Foundation; Ana González-Pinto ArrillagaPatron of the Spanish Foundation of Psychiatry and Mental Health; Virginia Carcedo YlleraGeneral Secretary and Director of Transformation, Excellence and Equality of Fundación Once; Lourdes Iscar ReinaGeneral Director of OSALAN and Aitana Garí Pérez, Director of INSST. All of them have highlighted the opportunity that the work environment represents to carry out health promotion programs, that is, providing the working population with skills that contribute to improving their health and, in addition, to share them with their personal environment. . A healthier working population means a healthier society.
Following this, the technical dayfocused on labor inclusion as a health promotion factor in companies, in which they have participated Carmen Montes TerentiRegional Director Inserta Empleo Madrid; María Teresa Bahillo del RíoPhysician in the Occupational Health Unit of OSALAN Central Services; Yolanda González Rábagomember of the research group on social determinants of health and demographic change, OPIK, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Ana Belén Barahona VegaHead of the Risk Prevention and Occupational Health Service of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia DFB.
The Meeting has been completed with two round tables to share good practices in which representatives of recognized organizations have participated. As on other occasions, the IX Open Meeting of the REES has been the scene of the awards ceremony that recognizes the best actions and good practice programs in the field of Health Promotion at Work (PST). The list of the award-winning entities is included below:
Category “Good practices in PST”: ADIF-Alta Speed; Railway Infrastructure Administration; Urban Parking, Services and Systems, SA; Bridgestone Hispania Manufacturing, SL – Bizkaia Plant; Spanish Lamination Company SL; Danone, SA; Iveco España, SL – Valladolid Plant; Osonament (Fundació Center Mèdic Psicopedagògic D’osona).
“Healthy and sustainable companies” category: Adisseo España, SA; Basf Española, SL; Federation of Soriana Business Organizations (FOES); Generali Seguros y Reaseguros, SAU; State Mobile Park, OA
Category “Best action in promoting cardiovascular health”: First prize – BASF Española, SL First runner-up – San Jerónimo Nursing Home Foundation. Second runner-up – Unión de Mutuas, MCSS No. 267.
Category “Best action in promoting mental health”: First prize – Madrid Tax Agency, OA First runner-up – Alcobendas City Council. Second runner-up – Ibermutua, MCSS No. 274.
Category “Best action in inclusive work for people with disabilities”: First prize – Spanish Lamination Company, SL First runner-up – ATOS Spain, SA (belonging to Eviden); Second runner-up – Unilever España, SA
The IX Open Meeting of the RRES has also hosted a networking space coordinated by Elena Moreno AtahoneroTechnical Advisor of the INSST and has been closed by Mª Jesús Terradillos GarcíaDirector of the Department of Health Promotion and Occupational Epidemiology of the INSST; Lourdes Iscar ReinaGeneral Director of OSALAN and Nuria Berta Chust MartínezDeputy Minister of Employment, Social Dialogue and Occupational Health and Safety of Castilla-La Mancha, the Autonomous Community that will host the X Meeting in 2025.
All the information on the IX Open Meeting of the Spanish Network of Healthy Companies, held in person and via streaming, is available here.
About the INSST
The National Institute of Safety and Health at Work (INSST), OA, MP is the reference scientific-technical body of the General Administration of the State specialized in the research and study of safety and health conditions at work, as well as as in the promotion and support for their improvement.
It is a reference body at a national and international level, which collaborates with the rest of the agents in the occupational health and safety system to provide advice and technical assistance, as well as to disseminate specialized technical knowledge in occupational risk prevention.
To carry out its activity, the INSST has four National Centers, located in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Bizkaia, two provincial technical offices, in Ceuta and Melilla, and central services located in Madrid.
About the Spanish Network of Healthy Companies (REES)
The INSST created the REES in 2013, following the model set by the European Network for Health Promotion at Work (ENWHP), as an initiative to promote and recognize the work of companies in the field of improving health and well-being of its workers, as well as promoting a culture of health, and the exchange of business experiences.
Any company or organization, regardless of its size, ownership or sector, can express its commitment, request its adherence to the Luxembourg Declaration and, if it wishes and meets the quality criteria developed by the ENWHP, request its recognition as a good practice. in health promotion at work.