Gransolar Group adapts to the new realities of the working environment and the needs of its employees, collaborating companies’ workers, suppliers and customers and launches Safety, Health and Environment as a new intrinsic value of the company. With this initiative, Gransolar aims to position itself as a benchmark company in the renewable energy sector and strengthen its leading position in photovoltaic energy.
With the new ‘Safe & Care’ value,the Spanish company, which has around 1,800 employees worldwide, has promoted the renewal of its Safety, Health and Environment department, which has been renamed HSE Huband considers it essential to promote a proactive HSE culture with the involvement of all areas of the company.
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In this context, and coinciding with the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, celebrated on 28 April, Gransolar celebrated the 1st Safety, Health and Environment Week,in which all the company’s employees were involved. Throughout the week, talks, workshops, contests and other participatory activities were held at all the headquarters and for everyone in the Group’s different business lines (PV Hardware / PVH, GRS, ISE Energía and PVHome).
PVH, for example, has recently implemented a new pre-assembly line at its factories in Spain, Saudi Arabia and the United States. This pre-assembly service for its tracker components, which considerably reduces the completion time of its projects and shortens on-site installation time by more than 40 percent, has required adapting the workstations of the factory operators, who now have to handle heavy parts with their bare hands. To this end, ‘ergonomic tools and workbenches have been acquired, the operators themselves have been trained with physical activity techniques designed and taught by a physiotherapist and active breaks have been implemented through video tutorials dedicated to improving working posture and strengthening the muscles,’ as Cristina Capellán, HSE Global Manager of PVH, explains..
Workshops and activities
Ergonomics played a prominent role in the activities of Gransolar’s 1st Safety, Health and Environment Week, with on-site workshops given by specialists at the Almeria, Madrid and Valencia sites. In these workshops, practical knowledge was passed on to both office staff and employees at the manufacturing sites.
Mental health was another of the key points of Gransolar’s 1st HSE Week, where the need to take care of oneself, of others and of the world around us was highlighted as fundamental to the three aspects embraced by the HSE Hub department.
‘In a company that has experienced great growth in a short period of time, we must be especially vigilant of the pressure to which our teams are subjected and take care of individual well-being, also on a mental level,’ says Gonzalo de Cea-Naharro, HSE Global Manager of the Gransolar Group. ‘It is very important that people feel supported in their jobs, that they feel appreciated, valued and supported at all times, which contributes to the good working environment that exists at Gransolar today.
