23 November Alsa, the transport company, was the first in the world to obtain the ISO 39001 Road Traffic Safety Management System certificate from AENOR, created in 2012. To this end, and coinciding with the Safety Week observed annually by the company, AENOR has presented it a recognition on the tenth anniversary of this certificate, which Alsa has renewed annually, as a sign of its commitment to improving the road safety of its operations.
The ISO 39001 certification means that the company has a system in place to manage its performance in the area of road safety. A decade after being certified, Alsa has implemented general safety programmes, such as "Eliminating Risks", in an effort to have zero traffic accident victims.
The implementation of various processes and technologies has allowed Alsa to significantly reduce its accident rate. Since 2010, it has reduced its at-fault accident rate in all its operations by 30%, a figure that rises to 61% in its Morocco, which is also covered by this ISO certification, as well as in Switzerland and Portugal.
The recognition was presented by Javier Mejía, AENOR's Marketing and Business Development Director, to Francisco Iglesias, Alsa's CEO. Francisco Iglesias stated that "this certificate demonstrates that organizations that work to adopt AENOR's certified management systems can achieve excellent results. We are proud of our 10-year relationship with Aenor, and of the pull effect that our leadership in this area has had in our sector, where 80 other companies currently have this certificate".
Javier Mejía, AENOR's Marketing and Business Development Director, said that "Alsa has been demonstrating that it has a comprehensive concept of the service it provides to society, one that encompasses progress in ESG sustainability and road safety. Over the last ten years, our auditors have been verifying Alsa's commitment to continuous improvement in the area of safe mobility".
The implementation of an AENOR-certified ISO 39001 Road Traffic Safety Management System provides three major advantages for organizations: It promotes a safe system approach which has the long-term aim of eradicating road traffic accidents by encouraging good practices based on analysing the most significant road traffic safety risks involved in their processes; it avoids significant economic costs and lost profits for the company, while improving the productivity and profitability of their business by maximizing the safety of their employees; and it reinforces their position in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility by sharing responsibility for road traffic safety among the various stakeholders involved in the system.
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