At the beginning of October, water and waste management group Suez signed a new European agreement on health and safety. Though such agreement no longer existed following the absorption of a large part of the company's activities by Veolia, this text takes up the principles of the previous agreement and adds new commitments on mental health, prevention of harassment, extreme weather conditions and domestic violence. It has been signed by two European trade union organisations: the European Public Services Union (EPSU) and IndustriAll Europe.
Suez’s previous European health and safety agreement dates back to 2014. Since then, the group has shrunk from 80,000 employees to 40,000 following the sale of a large part of its activities to competitor Veolia. What remains of the group corresponds to a new perimeter, resulting from divestments due to antitrust regulations, and the 2014 text has not been retained. “We wanted to come up with more concrete actions and commitments than were in place under the 2014 agreement,” explains Soizic Mac
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR