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Healthy Company Plan: Healthier, happier

In the Sustainable Development Goals of the global action plan of the 2030 Agenda, health is marked as one of its fundamental pillars. Specifically, Objective 3 establishes that “ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.”

This objective of the global action plan, together with the corporate value of wellness and Rieusset’s conviction that the healthier we are, the happier we are, are the reasons that have led the company to develop a Healthy Company plan for all its personal.

It is a health and wellness program focused on caring for the health of employees, understanding health in its broadest sense.

Rieusset bases this project on the WHO definition of health: "it is a state of perfect physical, mental and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease."

For this reason, it is committed to a Healthy Company plan that acts in the following areas:

  • Safety at work
  • Health both physical (illnesses or pathological disorders) and mental (emotional well-being)
  • Food
  • Physical exercise
  • Social responsibility

This plan began to be implemented in April 2021, it is aimed at the entire Rieusset workforce –although it is totally voluntary– and its slogan is "Wrap yourself in health" as a nod to the company's production activity: flexible packaging and labels.

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The objective of the plan is to convert Rieusset into a company where the workers are healthy and safe, both physically and mentally, in an environment with a good working climate. The plan also intends for its scope not to be limited to Rieusset but that it may extend that well-being to the personal environment of the workers

These ambitious goals are supported by the results of studies on occupational health that conclude that these programs are effective initiatives when it comes to improving the physical and mental well-being of employees, helping to consolidate the company culture, reducing personnel turnover, and improving productivity and the work environment.

In addition, they are one of the best instruments for retaining talent. This is shown by the Cigna 360 Wellbeing Survey, which points out that 53% of Spanish workers would take this aspect into account for staying in their company if they were offered a job with similar conditions but without an occupational health program.

Benefits that the program is expected to provide:

  • Improvement of the physical and emotional state of the employees, which should imply a reduction in accidents and illnesses
  • Improved motivation and stress management, generating an improvement in the work environment and, consequently, an increase in people's performance
  • Reduction of absenteeism and work accidents.
  • Improvement of the corporate image, recognizing Rieusset as a Healthy Company.

In relation to this last point, it should be noted that according to a study by Foment del Treball carried out in 2019, 43.88% of companies have healthy plans and programs but only 35.71% have developed these projects, which places Rieusset among the pioneering companies in developing and implementing this type of program in Spain.

Rieusset’s healthy company plan is made up of four programs:

Cardiovascular program, healthy heart.

This program consists of 6 training sessions that aim to achieve the adoption of healthy cardiovascular habits:

  • Achieving a healthy weight
  • Having adequate cholesterol and blood pressure levels
  • Giving up smoking
  • Doing physical exercise regularly
  • Having correct glucose values

To complement this program in Rieusset, sports activities will be organized such as popular walks, football matches, gymkhanas, etc.

Musculoskeletal program

This program combines 2 training sessions and a musculoskeletal and postural hygiene workshop in which participants learn the technique and benefits of standing up straight and walking upright, having correct postural hygiene, not making sudden movements, bending at the knees instead of the back or making “postural pauses”.

It is worth mentioning that Rieusset has been offering the services of a physical therapist for three years now, which is available once a week for all its workers.

Healthy eating program

This program begins with an analysis of each participant’s body condition, in which metabolic age, body mass index, % of body water, etc. are established. Based on these results and together with 3 training sessions, each worker learns to make a healthy eating plan and is able to follow the evolution of their body condition analyses throughout the year.

The healthy eating program is complemented by practical workshops such as:

  • Lunchbox recipes
  • A healthy shopping basket
  • Healthy eating away from home

Taller cocina para tuppers Rieusset

Taller cocina para tuppers Rieusset
Photo by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash

Psychological health program

The psychological health program consists of 5 training sessions that aim to get participants to learn to control their attitudes, adapt their moods, generate positive attitudes, prevent bad ones and manage and improve their emotional well-being.

In this case, the program has follow-ups in order to achieve continuous improvement and is complemented with mindfulness workshops, retirement preparation workshops and emotional coaching.

In order to be able to quantitatively assess the evolution of the general health of the workers, and therefore the results of our healthy company plan, we rely on the score of the collective health index, which is obtained from the results of Rieusset staff’s health surveillance, taking into account both the lab test results and the physical and psychosocial medical examinations.

To calculate the collective health index, data such as these are taken into account:

  • Incidence rate: the number of new cases of a disease in a specific place and period
  • Prevalence rate: the number of existing cases of a disease or health event in a specific period.
  • Morbidity indicators: these are used to measure the occurrence of diseases, disabilities and injuries in a group of people.
  • Mortality indicators: this is the mortality in a given place and time.
  • Indicators of behavioral risk factors: these take into account behavioral risk factors that are related to lifestyles, for example smoking, sedentary lifestyle, alcoholism or an unhealthy diet.
  • Health service indicators: these take into account the performance and quality of health care systems and services.

This index is calculated on an annual basis and we hope to see that, thanks to the healthy company plan, each year the indicators improve at the same rate as the well-being and happiness of each and every Rieusset worker.

What have we done?

In 2021 we focused our efforts on the psychological health program. The training on this topic is based on the choice made by the majority of employees (a questionnaire was sent to the staff so that they could choose the healthy company program that most interested them). This training allows incorporating tools to deal with the increased stress that has been generated by the pandemic.

In relation to this topic, the following have been carried out:

  • Training on techniques to reduce stress in the workplace. Online training was given to office staff in June and face-to-face training was given to factory staff in November.
  • Prior to the training, data and information related to stress were provided with the aim of raising awareness among the entire workforce about the importance of this topic:
    • What is work stress and its components
    • Work stressors and other types of stressors
    • Ways of dealing with stress

 

Other activities

In addition, this year, as we have been doing since 2019, different healthy habits campaigns have been carried out, including: anti-smoking, healthy eating, physical exercise, sleep and high blood pressure.

In 2021, new activities were also implemented, such as "fruit day". At least twice a year we offer our employees seasonal fruit. In 2021 "fruit day" was held during the month of April, on which strawberries, bananas and apples were provided, and in the month of December, when mandarins, bananas and apple were provided, all with the aim of raising awareness about the incorporation of these healthy foods into the daily diet.

What results did we obtain in 2021?

We are very pleased to see the results of our healthy company plan, since in 2021 we improved the score obtained in the collective health index, going from 5.10 in 2020 to 6.54 in 2021, positioning ourselves above the average for our sector (5.7).

Below you can see and compare the graphs for the years 2020 and 2021, which show in which areas Rieusset’s staff has improved:

  • Musculoskeletal
  • Smoking
  • Healthy eating
  • Diabetes
  • Healthy Weight
  • Healthy Heart

2020

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2021

The areas that have improved the most compared to 2020 have been: healthy heart, healthy weight, diabetes, healthy eating and musculoskeletal. This last one is directly related to the physical therapist service that the company makes available to workers. In 2021, a total of 253 visits to the physical therapist were made.

Rieusset, committed to health

In conclusion, we can say that despite the difficulties we have experienced due to the covid restrictions, we are satisfied with the positive results that our healthy business plan is having.

This 2022 we want to continue carrying out actions to raise awareness among our workers. An example of this has been the awareness campaign developed during World Cancer Day, and new actions that will be carried out to raise awareness and promote healthy habits.

Rieusset, committed to the well-being and happiness of each and every one of our workers. For a more sustainable, safe and healthy future.

 

Healthy Company Plan 2022

What have we done?

During 2022, work continued on the healthy company plan, since health is part of our purpose as a company.

According to our initial plan, 2022 was supposed to focus on psycho-health, but due to internal issues, we had to modify it and, although we carried out some psycho-health activities, we carried out more awareness-raising actions on topics such as cancer, food, and safety at work. Let’s look in more detail at the awareness campaigns that we have carried out:

  • International cancer day. On 4 February 2022, we shared the 12 ways for preventing cancer recommended by the European code, given the very high prevalence of this disease.
  • World day for occupational safety and health. On 28 April 2022, working on the issue of psycho-health, we raised awareness for giving guidelines in order to achieve emotional well-being both in the work environment and outside of it. These guidelines are:
    • Carrying out good time management to optimize tasks.
    • Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues through good teamwork, listening, participation and sharing information in order to work collaboratively.
    • Watching our diet, doing physical exercise, getting enough sleep and taking care of the people with whom we interact both in our work and personal environment.

 

  • Breast cancer day. On 19 October we joined the campaign of the Spanish Breast Cancer Association and spread its slogan: pink is more than a color: it is research, it is survival, it is support for people with breast cancer who need it. As a symbolic act, on that day the factory staff wore pink caps, instead of the usual blue ones, and we distributed pink pens with the ribbon commemorating the day to the office staff.

 

  • Fruit month: With the aim of promoting healthy eating, during the month of November and with the collaboration of AMERC (Association of Municipalities of the Riera de Caldes) in its healthy business area, for three days we were able to enjoy a variety of seasonal fruit for free – a very successful initiative.

 

What results did we obtain in 2022?

In order to quantitatively assess the evolution of the general health of our workers, we based ourselves on the score of the collective health index, obtained from the results of the health surveillance of Rieusset personnel, taking into account both blood tests and medical examinations.

Below, we show the results for the years 2021 and 2022:

2021

2022

The result for 2022 was 5.91 points, 0.63 points less than the previous year. Even so, we are still above the average for our sector – 5.6 points – which gives us satisfaction and encourages us to continue working and improving.

In 2022 the Rieusset staff has improved in the following items:

  • Overweight
  • Audiometry
  • Musculo-skeletal disorders
  • Cholesterol

 

The improvement in these means a higher score in the following programs:

Musculo-skeletal program

Musculo-skeletal improvement is directly related to the physical therapy service that the company offers to its workers. 2022 data:

  • A total of 240 visits to the physical therapist were made.
  • 62% of the workforce that visited the physical therapist corresponded to staff from the workshop.
  • 38% of the workforce that visited the physical therapist corresponded to office staff.

 

Another factor that has had a direct impact on the reduction of musculoskeletal risks is that through the Risk Prevention area, at Rieusset we have made adjustments to the different jobs in order to improve ergonomics and therefore reduce musculoskeletal risks, with the intention of completely eliminating them.

These are the paths that have been set up to allow us to find and implement ergonomic improvements:

  • Ergonomic evaluations carried out in the different jobs, with the actions that may derive from them.
  • The meetings of the Health and Safety Committee, where the prevention delegates, as spokespersons for the staff, can request improvements where any deficiency has been detected.
  • The channel we have established to make improvement proposals associated with prevention.
  • Communication either directly or via e-mail with the Prevention Coordinator.

 

These are some of the actions we have carried out during 2022:

  • Installation of lifting platforms at die-cutters to avoid lifting heavy loads.
  • Acquisition of a new mobile lifting platform to transport rolls at the sleeve former, with the intention of improving the mobilization of rolls and avoiding accidents due to overexertion.
  • Relocation of the lamination pressure rollers in order to be able to use hoists and thus avoid having to handle them manually.
  • Start of the Physiotherapy project applied to jobs with a pilot test in the position of die cut operator.

 

Physical Exercise Program

We have noticed a change in the healthy habits of a large part of the staff, who are doing more physical exercise. In our team we have people who enjoy cycling, competitive running and triathlons, paddle tennis, walking, etc.

General Health Program

We are obtaining satisfactory results from the awareness campaigns of a few years ago, in which a lot of work was done with regard to prevention so that people would realize the importance of using hearing protection, despite the fact that on occasions they could cause some discomfort, and this has allowed us to significantly improve the results.

Rieusset, committed to health

There are some aspects such as smoking and the average age of the staff (47 years), which make the score in some items lower than the previous year, but even so we have improved in other aspects such as body mass index and physical exercise, and we continue to be above average for our sector.

This 2023 we want to continue advancing in our healthy company plan, carrying out more actions to achieve the absolute well-being of all workers and, ultimately, achieve our purpose: a more sustainable, safer and healthier future.


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