Sustainability of Union of mutual memory gets higher rating of the GRI.

Spain, 2011-September the mutual Union 2010 sustainability report has obtained the certificate A + of the Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, which has been verified and validated by external audit carried out by AENOR. For the fifth consecutive year, the memory of mutual Union, has been distinguished with the highest rating in the GRI sustainability.

This fifth report offers performances and results of the economic, social and environmental performance of the entity, which based its management model in efficiency and commitment to ethical with its stakeholders, helping to provide a fair and effective preventive health care system.

The report sets out initiatives developed and implemented with different interest groups with which relates the mutual, employees, companies, workers protected and adherents, partners, public administrations and society.

To the managing director of John Henry Blasco, A + reinforces our commitment to the sustainability of social protection by means of a solvent, efficient and transparent management system. The development of best practices of responsibility, and excellence, directly affects the health of workers, good health care and the reduction of absenteeism ”.

The report reflects the implementation of the strategic line of Social responsibility ” of the entity with the implementation and achievement of the RSC Plan 2007-2010.

The main achievements during the past year include the II training in ethics and social responsibility plan to all its employees, the implementation of the Plan of equality, the development of the Plan of accessibility, the development of the Green Office, and the renewal of the accession to the Global Compactan initiative of ethical commitment to the ten principles of conduct and action in the field of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Since 2007 mutual Union is attached to the United Nations Global Compact and in 2010 has joined a joint initiative of the Global Compact and the Fund of United Nations development for women (UNIFEM) for the empowerment of women.

As regards environmental care, Union of mutual, according to the ISO 14001 certification, annually evaluates the impact of its activity on the environment in order to develop appropriate actions to minimize it.

One of the basic pillars of 2010 has been energy efficiency and reduction of costs, what has enabled remarkable progress in the concept of sustainability both from the economic perspective and environmental strategy of Union of mutual.

In addition, during 2010 the mutual renewed quality ISO standards 9001 and 14001, he managed the UNE 163602 of r & d and has continued to progress made in the EFQM model, that mutual account with seal 400 + in order to get the 500 +.

The 2010 sustainability report is available online on the website of Union mutual.

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.