2010 Milestones

  • European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Gold Seal for European Excellence (+500) awarded to Abengoa’s corporate Human Resource area (GIRH).

  • Top Ten in the MERCO study on Human Resource management.

  • Corporate human resource certification maintained under the new version of the SA 8000 Standard.

  • Implementation of the Labor-Related Social Responsibility Policy at all Abengoa companies.

  • Consolidation of the social model at Campus Palmas Altas, Implementation of a Flexible Compensation (FC) plan for Abengoa company employees in Spain.

  • Deployment of the Equality Framework Plan in all Abengoa companies.

  • More than 1.2 M hours of training, of which more than 191,479 hours were devoted to themes involving occupational health and safety.

  • Implementation of the Managerial Intercommunication Program.

  • Creation of the Abengoa Project Manager Program in the United States.

  • Consolidation of People Center as a global human resource tool.

  • Occupational risk prevention sessions for managers.

  • Sessions on awareness of occupational health and safety for middle managers.

  • Implementation of the Procedure of Obligatory Compliance (POC) to ensure worksite safety and security standards.

  • Creation of a working group made up of people in charge of ORP at Abengoa Brazil, Abengoa Chile, Abengoa Peru, Befesa Argentina, Teyma Argentina and Teyma Uruguay to establish common improvement measures for all holding companies.

  • Implementation and execution of the Campus Palmas Altas-specific internal communication plan.

  • Implementation of the Campus Palmas Altas Community through Connect@,

  • Creation of the Campus Palmas Altas Information Bulletin.

  • 2010 Style Guide, including a new appendix covering preparation of the company’s Annual Report.