Occupational Health & Safety (H&S)
The concern for Health & Safety of all human resources employed by the Group is a key part of its broader
business policy and philosophy, as one of the most important factors in ensuring its growth.
In the context of creating a stable, healthy and safe working environment, the Group implements an
integrated Health and Safety Management Policy and Health and Safety Management Systems, according
to the ISO 45001:2018 standard aiming at continuously maintaining and improving the Health and Safety
conditions at the workplaces, based on established procedures and safe work instructions; preventing and
minimizing accidents and occupational diseases, as well as ongoing staff training and provision of
information on matters relating to health and safety in the workplace.
Through the Health & Safety Policy, the Group aims to minimize and eliminate accidents in all its
operations, through the prevention and assessment of occupational risks, the adoption of appropriate
measures and the implementation of new Health & Safety tools at work.
As part of its operations and due diligence processes, the Group identifies and assesses a number of risks,
such as potential injuries at work, possible occupational diseases, emergency situations (pandemic
COVID-19, fire, earthquake, floods, chemical gas leakage, etc.), possible failure to comply with legal and
other requirements in a timely manner, failure to identify the occupational hazard (unsafe way of
performing work, or lack of training, failure to apply the 15 inviolable H&S rules, etc.), unsatisfactory
provision of services by third-parties (external partners, suppliers, subcontractors, etc.) on health and
safety issues, complaints from Group employees or external partners, possible sanctions or defamation
that may arise, possible exclusion of the Group from prequalification questionnaires for public or private
sector projects.
In order to manage and minimize the above risks, the Group has adopted a series of measures, such as
continuous identification, assessment and review of the relevant risks through the Written Occupational
Risk Assessment (WORA) of the projects - facilities, strict monitoring and continuous compliance with the
legislation, continuous training of employees in health and safety matters, supervision of the
implementation of health and safety measures, implementation of internal procedures and health and
safety instructions, internal H&S audits, by certified auditors, daily checks by the H&S Managers in the
projects/facilities where they have a physical and daily presence, implementation of good practices to
raise awareness and develop an H&S culture (such as the transmission of monthly Health & Safety
messages, the application of the 15 Inviolable H&S Rules, the 15-minute Health & Safety meetings and
the observance of the Monthly H&S Report, systematic meetings to exchange experiences with the Health
& Safety Managers of the projects), measurements of Health & Safety factors, as well as the emergency
plan adapted to all possible sources of risks-emergencies.
With the aim of further strengthening the Health & Safety culture in order to achieve zero accidents, the
Group has integrated into its strategy a series of actions, , such as the digitization of the "Safety Pass" tool
for all employees and the extension of the tool to all employees of its subcontractors, the development
of a digital application to record near misses, unsafe situations and actions, the monitoring of corrective
actions and the culture change program in positions of responsibility (Safety Leadership Program), the
implementation of which started as a pilot project at HELECTOR in 2024.
It should be noted that the Group also records and submits to the competent authorities, accidents with
zero days of absence from work, as they are treated with the same procedures as accidents with more
than one day of absence, in order to be analyzed and investigated so that corrective measures can be
taken to avoid similar incidents in the future. In all accidents, after the declaration to the competent
authorities, an accident investigation is carried out by the project/activity investigation team, in
accordance with the Group’s internal procedure and always in accordance with the requirements of the
applicable legislation.