1. Ferrovial
  2. Sustainability

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

We have been designing, building, and managing sustainable infrastructure for more than 70 years, with a unique style.

We expect perfection when it comes to safety. This is not a figure of speech—it is a standard we must all commit to, every single day. Perfection in safety means that everyone goes home at the end of the day, unharmed and healthy. There is no room for compromise, shortcuts, or complacency when it comes to protecting lives.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy

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Our commitment is rooted in our core values

Our commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and contractors is a fundamental aspect of our business improvement strategy, deeply rooted in our core values. Consequently, health, safety, and wellbeing are prioritized within our operational excellence framework, aiming to prevent serious and fatal injuries.

KPI: SIF rate

  • 2026

    -31.8%

    (2022 Ref.)

Organizational Focus

Leadership

We foster transparency and accountability. We are focusing on the quality and outputs from leadership engagements and Executive Incident Reviews (EIR).

Targets:

  • 90% HiPo EIR, including contractors
  • 90% closure of EIR actions

Competence

We develop our team members through a competency framework, to inspire and empower them to work safely or not at all.

Targets:

  • SCR expand to additional roles
  • 90% Lic. To Operate (LtO) (5YRS)

Resilience

We advance continuous improvement, learning from our experience to innovate and reduce risk.

Targets:

  • 80% closure of actions

Engagement

We promote a culture of care where team members look out for one another, speaking up when unsafe situations are detected.  

Targets:

  • 90% engagement actions

Operational Approach

Planning and preparation

Planning is at the worksite level and it requires collaboration. Our purpose is to ensure the resources and supervision for SIF prevention. Preparedness is at the crew level, our purpose is to eliminate improvisation.

Control and verification

Control of SIF risks with direct, mitigating and administrative interventions and the implementation of Ferrovial HSW standards. Verification is a pre-start and ongoing check that assures SIF risk controls are in place.

Culture, competency and awareness

Competence is requisite for all our work activities, and some also require qualification. Situational awareness is essential and may become the last layer of defense to SIF prevention.

Personal Approach

Always Safe, Always Ready

“Always Safe, Always Ready” (ASAR) is our expectation and philosophy that we apply to everyone at our worksites. “Always ready” means that we have a safe plan for working, that we are ready to lend a hand to less experienced colleagues and ready to take action when something is not safe.

HASAVI

HASAVI is our wellbeing program. Health and safety is not enough at Ferrovial, we want our personnel to return home better than before, with habits for healthy living. Our wellbeing pillars:

  • Mental health
  • Physical health
  • Social wellbeing
  • Financial wellbeing

Ferrovial’s Key Figures from 2024

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  • 9.1B
    Revenues
  • 29.6B
    Capitalization
  • 5.3M
    Total liquidity
  • 25501
    Employees
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