Healthy Organisation Certification

Keys to the new AENOR SIGOS scheme

The Luxembourg Declaration and the publication by the World Health Organization of the document "Healthy workplace environments: Foundations and WHO model "in 2010 were the precedents for a path to excellence in health, safety and well-being at work through the continuous improvement in the management of the four avenues of influence for a healthy working environment established by the WHO; physical and psychosocial work environment, health resources, and company involvement in the community, among others.

In this context, AENOR published the first Healthy Workplace Management System in 2012 and more than 1,000 centres in Spain and various countries have opted for this certification.

However, the new HEALTHY ORGANISATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM of AENOR (SIGOS) has recently been published. It is a tool that replaces the previous HEALTHY COMPANY Model (SIGES) and one that will help companies to order and value all those Initiatives they are carrying out in relation to occupational safety, the promotion of health, sustainability and the responsible commitment to the community where they are located, demonstrating their commitment to continuous improvement.

For all these reasons, AENOR has carried out a process of transforming the Healthy Workplace Model to adapt it to this cultural trend. In this new model, organisations will find a more user-friendly tool for their application and integration, and one that is highly effective in managing safe, healthy, sustainable and committed companies, regardless of their size, sector and geographical location.

Characteristics of the scheme

The culture of a safe, healthy and sustainable organisation must evolve towards:

• The achievement of healthier, motivated and more satisfied workers, their families, customers, users, people and other interested parties who feel proud to belong to this organisation or have a relationship with it.
• An improvement in all environments under the organisation's ability to influence, making it attractive to other professionals and retaining talent.
• An increase in customers, users and other interested parties in the use of responsible products or services offered by the organisation.
• An improvement in the corporate image by projecting a safe, healthy and responsible organisation in which workers, customers, suppliers and other interested parties can participate until they become a reference point in their sector and within society.