Maximum safety of the employees in the performance of their business activities is a priority for the SyV Group. To this end, the Group is committed to providing a safe and stable environment for its employees and constantly updates its occupational health and safety measures. In addition, it fully complies with prevailing legislation in all the countries in which it operates.

The SyV Group has adopted the concept of Integrated Safety and has established an occupational health and safety policy aimed at improving working conditions and raising the level of protection, health and safety of its employees.

In addition to fully complying with all legal requirements, all Sacyr Vallehermoso Group companies are implementing occupational health and safety management systems certified under OHSAS 18001, the principal international benchmark for health and safety.

This OHS management system helps to correctly identify, review, manage and improve monitoring of the occupational risks to which Group employees are exposed and to comply with prevailing legislation.

For further information on occupational hazards go to our Corporate Responsibility Report 2009.