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Foundation Mapfre receives the certification Aenor to improve the hygiene vial of his employees

07/02/2014

7 February 2014

Foundation Mapfre has obtained the certificate of the System of Management of the hygiene Vial according to the norm ISO 39001, that concedes the Spanish Association of Normalisation and Certification (Aenor).

This recognition, whose aim is to help to the organisations to improve the hygiene vial of his activities and reduce the siniestralidad, accredits that this entity fulfils with the international norm ISO 39001, that establishes the requirements to implant and develop a System of Management of the hygiene Vial. This system contributes to reduce the risk of possible impacts on the traffic of his employees and visitors to the Room of Exhibitions of Foundation Mapfre, situated in Madrid.

In the act has participated the first vice-president of Foundation Mapfre, Filomeno Looks, the one who has received the certificate of hands of the general director of Aenor, Avelino Brito.

To obtain this certification, that includes all the activities developed by Foundation Mapfre, this institution has analysed the habits of travel of his employees, like the method of transport used, the existent distance between the domicile and the place of work, and the time that the employee devotes in his travel of house to the work and vice versa, among others.

Also has developed a series of measures that has allowed him improve the hygiene vial and promote forms of travel safer and sustainable, between which find : courses of learning for his employees and familiar; a platform to boost the use shared of vehicles between employees; the realisation of specific campaigns of hygiene vial in period on holiday; and the option that his employees change of vehicle when these are ancient and that the elements of hygiene more important of his vehicle subject to an exhaustive review.

The certification is headed to organisations, so much public like private, that interactúen and have some impact in the system vial. Besides, has a positive influence in the system vial and boosts a safer behaviour.

The international norm ISO 39001 covers the different factors that can influence in the hygiene vial, like the speed of the driving, so that it was safe, the use of personal equipment of hygiene vial, a safe planning of the trip, and first helps in case of accident, among others.

The requirements of this international norm include, among others, the development and application of a politics of hygiene vial suitable and the set up of plans of action that take into account the legal requirements through a system of management that bets by the continuous improvement.