Well-Living: well-being is a lifestyle
At Ferrer, we understand health in a holistic manner
We foster a culture of holistic well-being, including physical, mental and emotional aspects.
The main objective of our Well-Living programme, under the motto «well-being is a lifestyle», is to take actions that empower people to change their lifestyle.
We base this on five dimensions, because we believe that people’s well-being is the result of the combination of actions covered by each of them.
Mental health is also health
Although mental health is essential, it receives scant attention and visibility.
Mental health is also health and must be treated as such.
As part of World Mental Health Day, and in line with our commitment to people and their well-being, at Ferrer we took it upon ourselves to start a conversation about mental health.
Because we want to listen, understand, increase the visibility of these issues and do away with any stigma.
Video with three people from Ferrer talking about their experience with psychotherapy.
Podcast with Nacho Galeano, psychologist and specialist in healthy companies, to understand what we can do as an organisation and as individuals to promote and mainstream awareness about mental health issues.
We also set up seven corners in our production and logistics centres to inform people about all the tools they have at their disposal in Ferrer to take care of their mental health.
Support programme for people
Therefore, to help find the right emotional balance, during 2022 we will continue to develop our People Support Programme through BH Bienestar (Well-Living), extending it to other subsidiaries of the group and holding a webinar about the platform for all Ferrer people.
With a guarantee of complete confidentiality, Ferrer people can access services that include:
Unlimited and absolutely confidential psychological assistance
Individual personal development coaching sessions
A personal assistant to provide guidance for decision-making
Legal and financial counselling, both for the individual and for their family
Resources and information on well-being
A mobile app so that each individual has all these services at their fingertips
Benefits at Ferrer
At Ferrer, people’s well-being is our priority, and we want to help them feel good.
To this end, just for being part of Ferrer, we offer different benefits and advantages that maximise people’s remuneration.
Because if it’s important to our people, it’s important to Ferrer too.
Safety is non-negotiable
At Ferrer, people’s safety is and will continue to be our priority
In 2022, we continued with our Culture of Prevention project that we launched in 2020. The main objective of this project is to increase the leadership skills of each of Ferrer’s people on matters of safety, to increase their commitment and involvement and thus promote the integration of preventive activities and evolve towards a positive safety culture.
On World Occupational Health and Safety Day, we are launching an EHS Decalogue to ensure our Safety and Health, a compendium of ten attitudes that we consider essential for promoting a positive safety culture. Ten ways to behave in our daily lives that bring us closer to our goal of zero accidents.
#SayYesToYourSafety (#DiSíATuSeguridad)
Every action adds up, because in accident prevention, everyone is essential and responsible.
Therefore, for the dissemination of the Decalogue, it was the people identified by their colleagues as leaders in safety and health who explained these 10 behaviours.
At Ferrer we believe that organisations that talk about safety are safe organisations
It is vital to train regularly in order to be able to cope with an emergency.
Holding drills allows us to practice and identify areas for improvement that we need to work on in order to create a safe environment. Proper training can help protect the lives and health of the people involved, reduce damage in the event of a fire, and help people be better prepared to deal with unexpected and stressful situations.
We conduct regular drills at all our sites to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement in emergency plans and safety procedures.
Second-line responders at our chemical plant regularly undergo practical training with real fire at a fully equipped fire-fighting training ground specially prepared for this purpose.
In 2022, we held a practical fire workshop at the Campus de Seguridad de Castellolí.
Furthermore, as a new measure, we conducted drills during all the different shifts (morning, afternoon and night) at the Sant Cugat Pharmaceutical Plant.
During the night shift, a medical emergency drill was carried out for the first time, including a drill for cardiorespiratory arrest.
We celebrated our first Family & Friends Day!
In June, we celebrated our first Family & Friends Day at our Barcelona head offices and at our Sant Cugat centres
For an entire morning, we brought together nearly 1,000 Ferrer colleagues, family and friends to celebrate our culture, our mission and our activism.
Attendees were able to experience our “Ferrer for Good” by participating in numerous activities inspired by our strategic pillars and business focus.
The aim of this initiative is to make our teams more cohesive, to show our pride in “For Good” and to generate inspiration beyond Ferrer’s borders with our activism.
We hope to be able to repeat Family & Friends Day in other centres because, ultimately, we are the people who make Ferrer the best place to work.
