GRI Renewable Industries celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

GRI Renewable Industries celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

GRI Renewable Industries has carried out a communication campaign in all its productive plants around the world to raise awareness on safety. Coinciding with the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28th, GRI launched its campaign Be safe!, centered in the active role that all the employees have to play to achieve the safety levels required by the company. Also, this campaign is useful to communicate the principles of the new Politic of Safety and Health at Work in GRI. This campaign has been developed during active meeting in all the plants and it has been used off and on-line material, in 8 different languages. For Javier Imaz, CEO of GRI: “GRI is a leading company in producing wind towers and it also aims to be leading in the safety and health at work. This will only be possible with the commitment of all the employees of GRI”.   About GRI GRI Renewable Industries (www.gri.com.es) was formed in 2008 and is the industrial wind division of Corporación Gestamp. It currently has 11 manufacturing plants in Spain, Brazil, China, Turkey, India and South Africa that manufacture and supply high quality wind towers and flanges to the wind energy industry worldwide. GRI Renewable Industries ended the 2014 fiscal year with sales over 450 million euros and about 3,000...
Gonvarri Steel Services launches its Road Safety campaign “Emotional Driving Challenge”

Gonvarri Steel Services launches its Road Safety campaign “Emotional Driving Challenge”

Emotional Driving is the new road safety concept created by Gonvarri Steel Services (GSS) for its workers, in order to motivate them to drive in a safer manner. This concept is being tackled  from three different perspectives: Planet, because road safety is part of the GSS commitment to society (helping to save lives). People, because it is also focused on prevention and a sign of concern for our workers. Performance, because road safety is part of the business model (Hiasa) and strategic objective. The Emotional Driving is becoming a reality thanks to several initiatives that are taking place in the division: • Safety Days,  like the one that already took place in Madrid on December the 19th. • Emotional Driving Challenge. • Emotional Driving Training. For GSS the Health & Safety is fundamental in its commitment to people, both to those who work in the company and to those that are part of the companies which GSS is working...
Leading the Change won the award of Cedered for Best HH.RR. Practice

Leading the Change won the award of Cedered for Best HH.RR. Practice

Gonvarri Steel Services & Gestamp Renewables has won the IV Award for Best HR Practice for its project “Leading the Change”. Last Friday, November 7th,  Pablo Gonzalez de Suso, Director of HR & OHS, received the award from José María López, Director of Cedered, during the VII Congress of HR Directors held in Valladolid. Among the winners, it was also awared Leroy Merlin for its “I know my Mission Workshop” project; DKV Seguros, for the project “Implementing a model of Managing People”; and TRW, for the “Talent Retention Program, Consolidation and Employee Development.” For Juan Llovet, Director of Communications, Marketing and Sustainability, and Pablo González de Suso: “This new recognition adds value to the corporate project, Leading The Change, a work of the corporate departments done in these years, whose teams have work together and they have aligned HR policies, sustainability and communication with the strategic plan of the company. This success would not have been achieved without the participation of all who are part of this great project”....
Gestamp Wind introduces its first Sustainability Report in South Africa

Gestamp Wind introduces its first Sustainability Report in South Africa

The Noblesfontein Wind farm has been successfully developed and became operational in July 2014 Gestamp Group  opened the biggest wind tower factory in Africa in Atlantis on the 5th of November 2014 Gestamp Wind is participating in Round 4 of the REIPP programme with a further wind project. (Madrid, 6 th November, 2014) Dionisio Fernandez, CEO of Gestamp Wind said “We have strong confidence in the South African REIPP programme despite temporary delays in the Round 3 closing and the announcement of Round 4 . The group is continuing with its projects and investments in South Africa by opening the biggest wind tower factory on the African continent this month”. Gestamp Wind is the only integrated player that is supplying both wind energy and industrial manufacturing components to South Africa, testament to its long term confidence and commitment to the REIPP programme in South Africa. Mr. Fernandez added “with this investment South Africa does not need to import any further steel towers for its Renewable Energy Programme and demonstrates that we have been effective in assisting the South African government with fulfilling one of the key objectives of the programme, which is establishing local manufacturing facilities, job creation and transfer of skills in South Africa. Gestamp Wind launched its world-wide sustainability report 2013 in South Africa today, which showcases the Noblesfontein Wind Farm socio economic and enterprise development project as the model to be implemented world-wide. Through the Noblesfontein Educational Trust the company trained 36 learners in electrical, electronic and plumbing skills in a 3 year programme, while the Noblesfontein Enterprise Development Trust established SMME businesses in security, birds...
Gonvarri Steel Services is committed to transparency and sustainable development

Gonvarri Steel Services is committed to transparency and sustainable development

First Sustainability report of Gonvarri Steel Services It has created a distributed economic value of 1,270 million euros in Spain and Portugal. 96% of its staff in Spain and Portugal has a permanent contract. Since 2006, the number of accidents with medical leave has decreased by 83.3%.   Madrid, 22 October 2014. Gonvarri Steel Services Península Ibérica (GSS Spain and Portugal), leader in the Spanish and Portuguese sector of steel service centers has launched its first Sustainability Report (for the 2013 financial year). The information in this report complies with the requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative for its A+ application level and it has been externally reviewed by an independent auditing firm. GSS Spain and Portugal contributes to the creation of wealth in local communities. During 2013, GSS has generated a distributed economic value of 1,270 million euros and the creation of local employment, among others. In relation to employment in GSS Spain and Portugal, the great stability of its staff (96% of the 1,188 workers have a permanent contract) and the good results in health and safety matters at its facilities must be highlighted. Since 2006, the company has reduced the number of accidents with medical leave by 83.3% and by 82% for absenteeism due to accidents at work. The company has eleven steel service centers located in Spain and Portugal and four business lines with steel products. GSS supplies to different sectors such as the automotive, the industry, the road safety and the solar structure sectors. Its production capacity is 4.2 million tons of steel per year. Jon Riberas, Executive President of Gonvarri Steel Services confirms...
Gestamp Wind social action in São Pedro, Brazil

Gestamp Wind social action in São Pedro, Brazil

Gestamp Wind is launching a series of social actions with the purpose of contributing to the development and growth of the areas where the company has presence. The company is building 5 wind farms in the region of Lagoa Nova (Brazil), where it is located São Pedro, a rural town where it has begun to pave an area of ​​3,500 m² and a computer center will be built fully equipped soon. Gestamp Wind promotes, builds and operates wind farms throughout the world, leading the wind energy market. In addition, it is involved in the development of local communities in which it is...