Mutual Union approved its Corporate Social responsibility Strategic Plan III.

– applies the code of ethics in their dealings with companies, workers, suppliers and society

Spain, 2011-October Union mutual has adopted its third Corporate Social responsibility Strategic Planthat specific social commitment until 2013, guaranteeing an ethical management of sanitary, preventive and economic practices which provides to partner companies and mutual workers.

In this third CSR Plan, Union of mutual is committed to advancing the development of r & d, the promotion of occupational safety and health and communication and information of social responsibility to its more than 45,000 mutual companies. The promotion of gender equality, labour conciliation, the promotion of good health practices, minimizing the environmental impact and the renewal of the quality standards are also part of the mutual commitments.

In this sense, the institution aims to deepen in its model of quality of care and health services management, currently, backed with the seal of silver of EFQM European excellence achieved in 2009. The next step is the gold seal EFQM 500 +, which is already working.

Also in the field of health and labour prevention, Union of mutual will continue with the development of good practices and environmental policy, areas in which periodically renewed certifications ISO 14001 and 9002, so credited to him, and marking patterns of performance of the entity.

In environmental care it will extend the application of any measure aimed at reducing energy consumption and water. In the past year, in the set of mutual Union centres, have recorded significant savings of 7% in electricity, 14% in the consumption of paper and 17 per cent in the use of chemical fasteners due to the introduction of digitized x-ray.

All economic, social and environmental actions carried out by the mutual, are measures by the GRI – Global Reporting Initiative – each year. It’s a global index, created by the United Nations, which guarantees the quality of the memories of sustainability of companies and has a large consideration in terms of rigor and credibility.

The four sustainability reports, which to date has made Union of mutual have received the highest rating of the GRI, A +.

The director Manager of Union of mutual, Juan Enrique Blasco, has stated that CSR is a key element in the concept of enterprise of the 21st century because need to consolidate a sustainable economic model. For the proper functioning of the market economy it is essential to restore relations of trust between businesses and consumers ”.

To Blasco, CSR creates value in the medium and long term as well as contribute to enterprise competitiveness. It has stressed that companies must assume the responsibilities arising from their actions, as well as integrating the social, labour and environmental values that are demanding customers and consumers ”.

Commitment to Union of mutual quality and the pursuit of excellence starts in the early 1990s, but is in 2003, with the development of the code of ethics and the first CSR Plan, when formalized its commitment to sustainable development. A compromise which covers mainstreaming economic, social and environmental, boosting the total quality and the management of European excellence with the implementation of the EFQM model.

During all these years, mutual Union has developed a series of good governance practices in the field of equality, quality, certifications, savings, innovation, environmental impact, transparency and training in risk prevention.

All this is supported by the ethical code of the entity, based on integrity, honesty and trust, values that govern the decisions and actions of the mutual relationship with employees, enterprises, suppliers and society in general.

About Union of mutual

Union of mutual is the mutual first of the Comunitat Valenciana in assistance by work-related accidents and occupational diseases. One in three workers receive coverage of Union of mutual protects 45.517 associates and 251.660 workers. Union of mutual part of mutual Corporation, the first mutual fund group of Spain, which brings together other seven Spanish mutual, protects three million workers, and has 330 own centres distributed throughout the peninsula. Within the Corporation, Union of mutual leads the Group’s Corporate Social responsibility.