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29 Jun 2022

Prodis Foundation publishes its Annual Report 2021

Prodis Foundation is pleased to share its 2021 Annual Activity Report with the Chamber members- 
 
The document unites the reports of the Prodis Foundation and its Special Employment Center, always with the aim of moving towards a real and effective inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. 
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15 Jun 2022

Ribera invests in “virtual biopsy” software for a more accurate diagnosis of breast cancer with AI

The Ribera healthcare group has invested in software that, with advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence, establishes biomarkers from MRI images, providing a “virtual biopsy” for a more accurate breast cancer diagnosis. Through its Future technology, Ribera has acquired 10% of the startup Kenko Imalytics, the driving force behind this project, which is endorsed and participated in by Valencia's Polytechnic University (UPV) and with more than ten years experience in the researching of medical images, applying multivariate models based on latent variables (in statistics, variables that are not observed directly). 
 
This agreement confirms the Ribera group's commitment to one of its strategic cross-disciplinary departments, the Breast department, as well as to open innovation, with their collaboration with startups that develop projects for the healthcare sector. In addition, it is committed to Valencian talent associated with the universities and, especially, to reaching strategic agreements with the UPV, through its startup accelerator and its Biostatistics group. The university hospitals of Torrejón and Vinalopó, as well as Ribera Polusa, Ribera Povisa and Denia hospital are already integrated into Ribera's Breast Department.
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09 Jun 2022

Public Report 2021: Dow Chemical Ibérica develops its roadmap to carbon neutrality

Under the corporate claim of Dow's 125th anniversary, "Imagine Better", Dow Chemical Ibérica has published its 2021 Public Report, including its main milestones and results in Spain.
 
During this year, the company has been focusing its attention on innovation, digitalization and sustainability, in alignment with its Sustainability Goals for 2025 and with its new and ambitious commitments to address the challenges arising from climate change.
 
In economic terms, Dow Chemical Ibérica has invested more than €50 million in Spain, exceeding the investments made in 2020 by 36%. 2021 was also one of the best fiscal years for the company in Spain, as it reached a turnover of €1,366 million, 43.7% more than the previous period.
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23 May 2022

Johnson Controls has been recognised in FT's Prominent Climate Leaders 2022 List

Johnson Controls is one of 400 companies selected from more than 4,000, and for the second year in a row. The company has reduced its energy and greenhouse gas intensity by more than 70% since 2002. Since 2017, Johnson Controls has achieved a 38% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, eliminating more than 415,000 metric tons of CO2 e.
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16 May 2022

Ribera, a finalist in the digital health awards with their shoulder telerehabilitation project and their health blog

The Ribera healthcare group has been a finalist in the two nominations to which it has presented projects this year in the Digital Health Awards. The 6th edition of these prestigious national awards recognized the telerehabilitation project in shoulder pathologies, developed in three of the group's hospitals, and the Ribera health blog, as finalists in the categories of Best Telemedicine Project and Best Health Blog.


 
The awards are aimed at recognizing initiatives developed in the area of healthcare, both in the public and private sectors, that contribute to improving the health, wellbeing and quality of life of people through new information and communications technologies. The Ribera healthcare group highlights both mentions since "these awards are very competitive and there are many high-quality projects presented each year, so being one of the two finalists in both categories is a great success".
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17 May 2022

INVITATION TO THE 1st EDITION OF FORO IBERIA - 2050 Target: Challenges and Opportunities for the Food Industry

Tetra Pak Iberia is pleased to invite you to the First Edition of the Foro Iberia on challenges and opportunities for the food industry. This forum is conceived as a space for dialogue and a great platform of participation for the European business ecosystem and will address issues of the highest priority considering the current context of the food sector. It will count on the participation of Ms. Judith Arnal, Director of Cabinet of the First Vice President of the Government; Mr. Juan Ignacio Zoido, MEP and former Minister of the Interior in Spain; Esperanza Orellana. Director of Production and Agrarian Markets, as well as prominent representatives of the private sector: Tetra Pak Iberia, Too Good To Go, Yara and CAPSA Food.
 
Annually it will bring together industry leaders who are advancing on the path to business excellence, with a special focus on the area of sustainability. The objective of this edition is to promote the exchange of knowledge, propose ideas and discuss best practices for the green transition in the agri-food sector.
 
The first edition will be held on May 17, 2022, at 9 am, at the headquarters of the Representation of the European Commission in Spain (Pº de la Castellana, 46, 28046 Madrid).
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05 May 2022

Ethisphere announces Johnson Control as one of the world's most ethic companies for the 15th time

Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies.
 
This is the 15th time Johnson Controls has been recognized for its ethical business practices and the quality of its global compliance program. In 2022, Ethisphere recognized 136 honorees spanning 22 countries and 45 industries.
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02 May 2022

Ribera is using personalized music therapy to humanize care for groups of patients

The Ribera healthcare group is using personalized music therapy in order to humanize care for different groups of patients. The initiative has been set up through a Spotify channel, and it is being carried out in the majority of its nine hospitals. The idea is to progressively extend this practice to also include its 60 primary healthcare centres and seven clinics.
 
Ribera has started this initiative since music stimulated many areas of the brain, such as those responsible for memory, movement and mood – according to a report from the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH). The Spotify profile also includes playlists for other purposes, such as relaxing, driving to a hospital to visit a family member, helping people that struggle with insomnia or even acting as a background for those working or doing a healthy activity. New playlists will be added progressively. 


 
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27 Apr 2022

Global Survey Shows Race to Decarbonization is on: Johnson Controls finds Delivering Growth and Competitive Advantage are Main Drivers for Companies to Commit to Net Zero

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, announces the results of a global survey to assess the progress of sustainability-focused companies in achieving their goals, showing that sustainability is now the top corporate investment priority globally and that the vast majority of companies see a clear competitive advantage in their approach to sustainability and the goal of achieving net-zero carbon.
The global survey evidences the urgency on the issue, with 72% of respondents identifying sustainability as a growing priority over the past 2 years. An overwhelming majority of the 2,348 global sustainability leaders surveyed in 25 countries around the world are investing in cleaner and more energy-efficient buildings. Among the main hurdles for clients today are related to the challenge of what to measure and how to effectively track their carbon footprints.
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20 Apr 2022

Radio frequency is here to stay

At URSO Hotel & SPA they are always up to date with the latest in beauty treatments, which is why they want to present our clients with the latest technology in beauty and youth: INDIBA.
 
A non-invasive aesthetic medicine treatment, based on radiofrequency, this device is capable of solving skin problems from the most superficial layers to much deeper ones.
 
Tissue can be regenerated in a single session, something quite unusual in the world of aesthetics. Not only regenerate tissue, but also rejuvenate it. This machine is capable of changing the appearance of the skin: rejuvenate, mitigate wrinkles, revitalize, reduce cellulite, sagging ... is a must of aesthetic medicine that has come to URSO to stay.
 
Do not hesitate to contact them, they will be delighted to help you.
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19 Apr 2022

Vinalopó University Hospital, a pioneer in the Alicante province in 3D nipple tattooing after breast cancer

The Breast Department of Vinalopó University Hospital, managed by the Ribera healthcare group, offers integrated solutions to breast cancer patients and has become the first center in the Alicante province to give 3D tattoos of the areola-nipple area.
 

A traditional tattooing technique is used, giving the area in question a 3D appearance. The procedure takes only 30 minutes, is painless, semi-permanent and provides patients with a very realistic result. 

 
Tattoo care is the same as any other type of care that a patient gives to their body: it should be covered for the first 24 hours, with regular washing and hydration of the skin.
 
“Thanks to the addition of this technique to our list of services, patients restore their appearance to that of before the surgery, helping to improve their self-esteem and confidence”, explains Doctor Lorenzo Rabadán, the surgical coordinator of the Ribera healthcare group's.
 

Patient testimonies attest to the good results of this technique and the integrated care that the Breast Department provides in Ribera's different hospitals.
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12 Apr 2022

Dow Chemical Ibérica is one of the 50 Best Companies to Work For in Spain in 2022

Dow Chemical Ibérica has achieved the 6th position in the category 501 to 1,000 employees and has been certified as one of the 50 Best Companies to Work for in Spain in the Ranking Best Workplaces Spain 2022. The Great Place to Work® consulting firm, which is celebrating its 20th edition, is a leader in the construction and certification of Excellent Places to Work. For the 2022 edition, Great Place To Work® analyzed 364 companies of different sizes and sectors, which involved the opinion of 430,672 workers.
 
After a diagnosis of the organizational environment, which included sending a questionnaire to employees and a specific evaluation of the people management culture, Dow Chemical Ibérica has obtained this recognition, which proves that it is an organization with a culture of high trust, in which its staff is motivated to give the best of themselves.
 
Specifically, the results of the survey reveal the special valuation that its professionals make of the Honesty of managers (92%), Management Confidence (90%) and Pride in teamwork (88%), among other issues.
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08 Apr 2022

The Fundación Prodis the solidarity entity in the 30th edition of Casa Decor

The Fundación Prodis has working for more than 22 years to achieve inclusive society by directly serving more than 470 people, making posible a future where everyone has a place.
 
With the collaboration carried out with the arquitectes Devesa & Agenjo, they seek that this visitor in this 30th edition becomes aware of a reality that today, in Spain, es parte de las lives of more tiene 300,000 people with intelectual disabilities.
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07 Apr 2022

Schiller, The Global American University, partners with LSE IDEAS to promote critical thinking on global affairs

In line with the objective of delivering cutting-edge learning experiences from top international experts, Schiller International University has partnered up with LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, to offer its students a unique learning experience. During the week of July 4-8, 2022, Schiller students will be able to attend lectures, participate in active exercises, and engage in dialogue with some of LSE IDEAS' top scholars, who will address key issues in international relations, and emphasize the importance of strategy and diplomacy in addressing the current international policy context.
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01 Apr 2022

Futurs, the technology division of the Ribera healthcare group, has activated a new fast-track employment opportunities program aimed at Ukrainian citizens who have had to leave their country.
 
With this program, the company is speeding up its application, assessment, interview and selection processes to facilitate the hiring of Ukrainians relocated to Spain, supporting them during all phases of the process and always maintaining all legal guarantees. 

 
The positions offered by Futurs are within software development, IT operations and system administrators. The people hired will receive an individual training plan so that they can obtain the necessary knowledge for their work and development. If they don’t speak Spanish, teachers will be provided to facilitate their adaptation to their new place of residence.
 


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15 Mar 2022

Ribera Lab measures the cellular immune response to Covid with a new test in order to know the effects of the vaccine or infection

 Ribera Lab, Ribera healthcare group's laboratory division, has incorporated a new test into their portfolio of services which assesses a person's cellular immune response to COVID. With this test, anyone can know the state of their immune system to combat the virus, after having been vaccinated or infected, although the test is aimed especially at patients with compromised immune systems and groups that are especially vulnerable to Covid.
 
The test, which consists in a small extraction of blood, is now available in the centers that Ribera Lab has in Ribera Povisa Hospital (Vigo), Juan Cardona Hospital (Ferrol) and at the Alicante's Immunology Center (Elche).
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11 Mar 2022

Talent shines again at CEU Innovation Week

About 400 young people from different universities have contributed to the fourth edition of the Innovation Week, an initiative promoted by the CEU San Pablo University, whose objective is to challenge university students to propose innovative solutions with a social perspective to current problems that will produce us in our day to day in the field of health and well-being, the new forms of collaboration in the workplace, access to the digital offer of local businesses, or the new opportunities offered by the development of smart and sustainable cities. To enrich their proposals, the participants have held different meetings with experts and professionals from the 22 companies that have collaborated this year.
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23 Feb 2022

Ribera creates a channel with music playlists and a health podcast to help the well-being of patients

The Ribera healthcare group has created a channel on Spotify, one of the platforms with the most powerful audio content, with music playlists and health podcasts specially designed to help the well-being of their patients. In the context of World Radio Day, which is celebrated this Sunday, and within their humanisation of healthcare project, in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Ribera Group has created a profile on this social network. It includes music distribution lists for patients that want to relax during treatment at the hospital or at home or are on their way to the healthcare centre for a surgery or diagnostic test.
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18 Feb 2022

Alting acquires new property in downtown Madrid and grows 22%

On February 15 in the Spanish financial newspaper Expansión, Alting Group has purchased a building in downtown Madrid, at Calle Fuencarral 6, just off Gran Vía, one of the most sought-after retail streets in the city.
 
The acquisition price was €18 million, and Busquets & Gálvez and CBRE real estate agencies provided intermediation for the transaction.
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17 Feb 2022

DELTA’S DRIVING CHANGE FOR THE EARTH AND THE PEOPLE ON IT ECO-CONSCIOUS BEDDING, CUTLERY, AND AMENITY KITS

 
Delta is accelerating its efforts to build a more sustainable and people-first future for air travel. Starting this month, the airline will refresh its onboard product offerings with artisan-made amenity kits, recycled bedding, reusable and biodegradable service ware and premium canned wine. Together, the products will reduce onboard single-use plastic consumption by approximately 4.9 million pounds per year – that’s roughly the weight of 1,500 standard-sized cars – and significantly increase Delta’s support of minority- and women-run businesses.
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03 Feb 2022

BFF Quarterly Series - Macro Outlook in 4Q 2021: a much slower recovery than initially estimated

 
The report titled “Macro Outlook in 4Q 2021: a much slower recovery than initially estimated” provides a detailed reflection on the upcoming challenges for the Spanish economy and for business based on a rising inflation and the status of growth of the economy, which, despite its positive trajectory since the onset of the pandemic, has not yet reached the expected rhythm of recovery according to European authorities and against the estimates initially provided by the Government and AIReF. 
 
The Spanish economy is recovering from the deep recession caused by the COVID pandemic. Timely and decisive policy support has helped protect jobs, household incomes, and firm balance sheets. A highly successful vaccination campaign, with almost 90 percent of the target population now fully vaccinated, helped limit the impact of infections on hospitalizations, mobility, and economic activity in 2021. Employment has rebounded robustly and is already above pre-crisis levels. After falling by 10,8 percent in 2020, economic growth resumed in the second quarter of this year, although output remains well below its pre-pandemic level, in part due to the lingering impact of the pandemic on contact-intensive sectors and persistent global supply bottlenecks.
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01 Feb 2022

Ribera launches Minds, a digital psycological therapy program, with continuous monitoring from the therapist

The Ribera healthcare group has launched Minds, a digital emotional well-being program, which enables continuous monitoring from a therapist and makes use of a multitude of emotional support resources 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
 
Minds was created with the aim of responding to an increase in demand for personalized, specialized and online mental healthcare, due to the pandemic that we have been living through since almost two years ago. With this emotional wellness program, which is accessed through a mobile application, the patient can contact a therapist for video consultations and communicate with them via chat. They can also access the necessary resources at any time, in audio format or with guided exercises and techniques, to help them to overcome anxiety, sadness or loneliness. These feelings, together with problems regarding stress, sleep or related to food are some of the most common when looking for help.
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27 Jan 2022

Delta celebrates 30 years connecting Spain with the United States of America

As Spain geared up for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and Seville Expo, and Bryan Adams and Mecano topped the charts, Delta landed in the country for the first time, flying from Atlanta to Barcelona and Madrid. 30 years later, the airline operates up to 28 weekly flights from both cities to every corner of the United States, and customers enjoy the benefits of an improved product and service.
 
'In the last 30 years, flying has changed radically. Delta has led the redefinition of the customer experience, including the introduction of on-demand personal entertainment at every seat and Wi-Fi on all of our flights, as well as an expanded network in collaboration with our European partners Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Air Europa', commented Nicolas Ferri, Delta's vice president for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. 
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26 Jan 2022

Alliance Healthcare brings together 500 professionals from the pharmaceutical sector in the presentations of its new headquarters

Due to the inauguration of its new headquarters and logistics center in Viladecans (Barcelona), Alliance Healthcare, the global health solutions company, has caught the attention of almost 500 professionals from the health sector, community pharmacy and pharmaceutical industry in various meetings, held between October and December 2021, to boost the new infrastructure to community pharmacies, laboratories and healthcare logistics.
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13 Dec 2021

Ribera incorporates two startups to bring their patients personal nutrition plans and neurorehabilitation online

The Ribera healthcare group has incorporated two new startups into their co-innovation projects portfolio, which continues to grow through the Lanzadera Corporate program. In this selection round of startups, Ribera has chosen to work on two pilot projects: a mobile application for personalized nutrition plans, Nootric, and a platform for online neurorehabilitation, NeuronUp, with whom the first work session has already been organized. 
 
With these two startups, Ribera has chosen a total of nine technology companies in the context of the Lanzadera Corporate program in order to develop pilot projects in their healthcare centers and, at the same time, confirmed its commitment to co-creation and open innovation. Their aim is to continue transforming healthcare and provide patients and professionals with new tools with which to improve health and well-being.
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03 Dec 2021

ELZABURU opens new head office in the Cuatro Torres Business Area

On 1 November, ELZABURU moved its head office, which had been located for 40 years at calle Miguel Ángel 21, to the Torre de Cristal building, one of the four skyscrapers in the Cuatro Torres Business Area located on the Paseo de la Castellana.
 
The firm’s 150 professionals are working at the new head office, using new collaborative IP management models and taking advantage of our advanced technological tools.
 
Following the process of digital transformation that the firm has undertaken over the past few years, the move to the new head office is a further step reaffirming our commitment to rise to the challenges of a marketplace that is subject to constant technological and social change.
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11 Nov 2021

Upload and go: Delta’s new online tools make travel to the US easy

Delta is simplifying COVID-19 vaccine and other related entry requirements during booking, check-in and beyond with new experiences on delta.com
Customers on most routes into the U.S. will be able to verify vaccination status through Delta FlyReady
As U.S. borders reopen to foreign visitors and the holiday season approaches, many are eager to reconnect with the places and people they’ve longed to see. Delta FlyReadySM and the Delta Discover Map give customers invaluable tools to plan, prepare and go.
 
Customers on nearly all international routes bound for the U.S. will be able to use new built-in functionality in Delta FlyReady to directly upload and verify their COVID-19 vaccination certificate and negative COVID-19 test results, starting Nov. 8. Those are key entry requirements imposed by the U.S. government for travelers wishing to enter the country as borders reopen.
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10 Nov 2021

Ribera Lab continues its expansion plan and establishes itself in Ribera Juan Cardona de Ferrol Hospital

Ribera Lab, Ribera healthcare group's laboratory division, continues its expansion plan and begins its activity in Ferrol today, with the integration of the laboratory of one of the Galician hospitals of the group, Ribera Juan Cardona. With more than 22,000 square meters, Ribera Juan Cardona Hospital is Ferrol's only private hospital center, with 300 professionals and it works with the sector's main insurers. The introduction of Ribera Lab strengthens and expands its laboratory activity, with new clinical areas of diagnosis.
 
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04 Nov 2021

One more year, the Prodis' Solidarity Calendar is back

Prodis wishes 2022 to begin with a grateful heart, to all those public and anonymous people, who have left their skin in these difficult months.

For this reason, a great tribute will be payed to all the groups that have been involved in the pandemic and to all those people who, with a spirit of solidarity, most of them anonymous, have helped the most vulnerable.

You can get yours at www.prodishop.es

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29 Oct 2021

Ribera invests in the startup Serenmind in order to develop an accompanying digital psychological program for patients with breast cancer

The Ribera healthcare group has formalized its commitment to the startup Serenmind, with the first investment aimed at the co-creation of a specialized online psychological program, which serves as support for patients diagnosed with breast cancer. This alliance is framed within a wider project, which encompasses the vertical integration of Mental Health and Oncology and confirms Ribera's commitment to co-innovation and the digital transformation of healthcare.
 
This alliance between Ribera and Serenmind strengthens the shared and transversal program of the healthcare group's Breast Department, enabling fast, personalized and specialized attention for patients with breast cancer. Ribera's Breast Department, composed of a multi-disciplinary team, led by Julia Camps, has radiologists, surgeons, pathologists and oncologists, in addition to psycho-oncologists and nursing staff managing each case, accompanying the patients and enabling them to manage appointments for consultations, check-ups and treatment.
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26 Oct 2021

Alliance Healthcare opens headquarters and logistics center in Viladecans (Barcelona) and promotes a new international hub for clinical trials

Alliance Healthcare, a global health solutions company, with a history of more than 100 years in the Spanish pharmaceutical distribution, belonging to the international group AmerisourceBergen, has presented its new corporate headquarters and logistics center located in the Can'Alemany industrial estate, in Viladecans (Barcelona).

With an investment of 35 million euros, the new construction occupies an area of 25,300m2, which represents 40% of logistics area to meet the demands for pharmaceutical products of pharmacy offices and the needs of pharmaceutical laboratories around the world.

The visit was attended by an institutional representation headed by Carolina Darias, Minister of Health of the Government of Spain, who toured the new facilities together with Roger Torrent, Minister of Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and Carles Ruíz, Mayor of Viladecans . On behalf of the company, Javier Casas, CEO of Alliance Healthcare Spain, Juan Guerra, SVP, Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare and Steven H. Collis, global CEO of AmerisourceBergen.

 

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25 Oct 2021

New opportunities for the future job from CEU USP

More than 400 attendees and 83 companies have gathered at the Moncloa Campus Employment Forum organized by the Department of Professional Careers of CEU San Pablo University. A unique employability experience that has been held in a double-presence format, aimed especially at final year, postgraduate students and alumni, who have been able to discover the professional opportunities of the main law firms, multinationals, mass consumption companies and agencies of media and communication. In addition, they have had the opportunity to learn about the main challenges posed by the future of the labor market, as well as the skills and abilities most demanded by organizations in a context of digital transformation.
The rector of the University, Rosa Visiedo, has inaugurated this forum in person in the Hall of Degrees of the Moncloa Campus. In her speech, she pointed out that this event should serve as inspiration, contact and advice to students: “We do not want you to fear joining the labor market. I invite and urge you to take advantage of all the resources, like this one, that the University offers to get closer to the professional world”. In this sense, the rector has appealed to “put in value the soft skills that have to do with critical thinking, creativity and teamwork that our educational project instills in you and that will help to stand out in any selection process”.

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20 Oct 2021

Delta ready to welcome customers as international travel to the U.S. resumes

Integrated digital health credential platform Delta FlyReady will enable customer upload of required COVID-19 test/vaccine documents.

Effective Nov. 8, vaccinated international travelers who want to come to the U.S. can now do so, following the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will lift travel restrictions on foreign nationals that have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reopening of international travel will allow for the reunification of thousands of families and friends from around the world who have been separated for more than 18 months, just in time for the holidays.

International travel is vital to help reverse the devastating economic impact on America’s travel and tourism industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic. It is also an essential component in recovering global trade and commerce, particularly across the Atlantic. New York-JFK to London Heathrow is the world’s most important route for business travel.

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11 Oct 2021

The Prodis Foundation and Allfunds sign a new collaboration agreement to promote the employability of young people with intelectual Disabilities

The Prodis Foundation and the financial entity Allfunds come together to Collaborate jointly in the labor inclusion of people with intelectual Disabilities. Both entities share their visión of a more justo and supportive society. For this reason, Allfunds wants to offer the students of the Prodis Foundation's Master in Business Services Program the possibility of doing internships at its facilities, receiving training from compañero employees in a work environment and environment.
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06 Oct 2021

ELZABURU, best IP law firm at the Expansión Legal Awards

ELZABURU has been chosen, for the second consecutive year, as the best specialised IP law firm in the awards granted by Expansión Jurídico.
 
The award was collected by Ignacio Diez de Rivera, who was accompanied at the ceremony by Mabel Klimt. The awards ceremony was held at the Duques de Pastrana Complex in Madrid and was presided over by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida. This year’s edition has broken all participation records, receiving more than 250 nominations from 80 law firms.
 
In his speech, the Mayor stated that “the legal sector gives effervescence to Madrid", which he considers to be "one of the great legal capitals”. Ana I. Pereda, Manager at Expansión, agreed with the Mayor that legal certainty is a key factor for attracting investment and for the creation of companies. She added that “the coronavirus pandemic has brought new legal considerations on health and labour relations with the expansion of telework”.
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05 Oct 2021

An Update on Our Path to Net Zero

Their commitment to carbon neutrality is rooted in the idea that their customers shouldn’t have to choose between seeing the world and saving the world. They know the value that travel brings to our lives, and they are dedicated to taking the urgent actions necessary to build a more sustainable future for flight. 
 
Over the last month, they have taken another big step forward in their sustainability journey by announcing new, more ambitious targets, accelerating current commitments and building new partnerships to advance toward a future of net-zero aviation. 
 
Below is a recap of the tremendous progress they have made, thanks to the dedicated Delta team. 
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29 Sep 2021

Ribera and the IBCC form a strategic alliance in order to lead breast cancer research and integrated healthcare

  The Ribera healthcare group and the International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC), in Barcelona, have signed an agreement in order to incorporate the experience and knowledge of Javier Cortés' team of oncologists and researchers into Ribera's Breast Department, which Julia Camps manages. Thanks to this strategic alliance, the breast cancer patients from Ribera's hospitals will be assessed at the Tumor Committee by the IBCC professionals, which have joined the multidisciplinary Breast Department team, and will have access to clinical trials, innovative drugs and translational, national and international research projects, led by Doctor Cortes.
 
The IBCC is the first center in Spain that is hyperspecialized in the treatment of breast cancer, led by Doctor Javier Cortés and his team, created from a global, humanistic and scientific point of view, with more than 20 years of experience in research and breast cancer treatment.
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marriott
15 Sep 2021

The time is now to reconnect

Get more rewards when you book an eligible meeting, event, group, or hybrid meeting before March 31, 2022. Receive 2x Marriott Bonvoy™ points and a 5% rebate off the master bill. They continue to offer flexible terms & conditions to help you meet with confidence during these challenging times. 

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ribera
09 Sep 2021

The Ribera Group joins the “One Health” strategy to promote “a global vision of health all over the world”

The Ribera healthcare group has joined the “One Health” strategy to promote “a global vision of health all over the world” according to the healthcare director, Doctor Carlos Catalán. With ten hospitals and 62 Primary Care centers in Spain, more than 7,000 professionals, a million patients annually, 46 quality accreditations and 175 national and international awards, the Ribera group frames this within their responsible health model which bases its strategy on improving the health and well-being of citizens.

“One Health” is a global initiative that aims to improve communication and interdisciplinary collaboration in taking care of the health of people, animals and the environment, with it being understood that there are many factors that influence care in Public Health and the well-being of the global population. “We are experiencing a historical moment, with a global pandemic as a consequence of Covid, which should make us reconsider the importance of approaching the health of the population from a holistic perspective”, Doctor Catalán explains.
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07 Sep 2021

Delta and Spotify partner to curate the perfect soundtrack to your journey

The partnership brings together the world’s most awarded airline with the world’s largest audio streaming service.
Customers can enjoy a thoughtfully curated selection of playlists and podcasts from Spotify on Delta seatback screens.
Brands come together to create unparalleled audio entertainment experience during flight.
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expeditors
02 Sep 2021

Expeditors consolidates its role as reference operator in project cargo

The international logistics operator; Expeditors, which has different locations in Spain, has a Project Cargo service: “It provides solutions for the transport of equipment that, due to its dimensions or weights, cannot be moved following standard means and that need a 'special' treatment. Finding solutions for these transports is our job ”, explains Marta Castillo, Project & Energy Manager at Expeditors.
Intermodal transport was required for the process; combining the passage by road and by boat until its final arrival. In addition, the entire organization and management planning was in the hands of the company, that is to say: loading of the equipment in the factory, packaging for protection of equipment during maritime transport, land transport to port, maritime transport and the same services in destination in reverse until final delivery at your new location.
For any transport, both at origin and destination, those responsible are their own offices, and we do not use agents, which means that communication is very fluid with no other interest than the success of the project ”, concludes Marta Castillo.
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18 Aug 2021

Johnson Controls brings ADT's Intelligent Security to AmCham members

 ADT, a provider of state-of-the-art intrusion security systems with 24/7 Alarm Receiving Centre connection, offers residential customers protection and peace of mind through Smart Security, its digital home security solution. ADT Smart Security makes the home a safer, smarter and more connected place by adding 24/7 video intelligence and Geo-services. In addition to security management, it offers total control from anywhere through the ADT Smart Security app that incorporates video analytics, live home viewing and scheduled video alerts via rules.
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04 Aug 2021

Extraordinary State transfers: uncertainties about regional deficits in 2022?

BFF Banking Group – the largest independent specialty finance in Italy and a leading player in Europe for the management and non-recourse factoring of trade receivables due from the Public Administrations, securities services, banking and corporate payments – just released the second quarter 2021 Report on the topic “Macro perspectives on Spain and its regional Governments’ finances”.
 
The second report titled “Extraordinary State transfers: uncertainties about regional deficits in 2021?” reflects on the performance of the Spanish economy from March 2021 to end of June 2021 and provides provisional indications on how recovery will unfold over the last two quarters of the year. 
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19 Jul 2021

The Ribera group's Breast Department coordinates the healthcare and scientific activity of over 50 specialists in order to evaluate each case of breast cancer

The Ribera healthcare group has integrated all of its Breast Units of the group's hospitals into the Breast department and, since a few months ago, has been coordinating the healthcare and scientific activity of more than 50 specialists in breast pathologies, in order to evaluate each case of breast cancer, regardless of which of the group's hospitals is that of the patient, from a holistic viewpoint. 
 
Under the management of Doctor Julia Camps, a muti-disciplinary team has been put in place in the university hospitals of Torrejón, Torrevieja and Vinalopó and in Ribera Povisa Hospital, managed by Ribera. It unites professionals with more than 20 years experience in breast pathologies, especially breast cancer, and provides the patients with a shared and transversal program, with personalized attention and the best specialists in Spain to evaluate each case jointly and transversally. The breast department is already working on the imminent incorporation of Ribera Polusa hospital, in the first phase, and Ribera Santa Justa and Ribera Almendralejo shortly.
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delta-amchamspain
07 Jul 2021

Flying again this summer? This is what Delta Airlines exposes to know before your flight

As consumer demand for travel accelerates as summer kicks into high gear, many Delta customers are taking to the skies and reclaiming their lives over the next few months – some for the first time in a long time. Here are answers to six common questions about what things look like these days, both on the ground and in the air.
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02 Jul 2021

Ribera assumes management of the Juan Cardona de Ferrol Hospital from now

The Ribera healthcare group has finalised the takeover of management of Juan Cardona de Ferrol Hospital after the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) gave the green light. After the agreement with the Holy Charity Hospital Foundation in March, the company was awaiting this final authorization. This agreement does not include the purchase of the building which remains the property of the Foundation. With this, the Ribera group, which is specialized in offering public and private healthcare services, continues to expand its field of activity and consolidate its presence in Galician healthcare after acquiring Ribera Povisa hospital in Vigo in December, 2019, and Ribera Polusa hospital and Santo Domingo clinics in Lugo at the end of 2020. With more than 22,000 square feet, Juan Cardona is Ferrol's only private hospital center and works with the main healthcare insurance providers. It has 183 beds, 4 operating theatres, 6 hospitalization units and an Intensive Care Unit, a complete portfolio of services and a staff of 300 professionals.
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02 Jul 2021

Dow Public Report spotlights sustainability, innovation and the essentiality of the chemical industry

Dow Chemical Iberica has released its Public Report for 2020, summarising the key milestones and results achieved in Spain. For Dow Iberica, the year highlighted by the importance of the fact that the chemical industry was declared "essential" by the Government of Spain at a time when half the country came to a production standstill due to COVID-19. “Being part of an industry designated as essential means our actions have major impact. Our society cannot live without chemicals and I am very proud to be able to say that at Dow we understand the implications of that dependence. It is a huge responsibility that we have borne valiantly and always keeping front and centre our top priority: safety”, stressed Jon Bilbao, General Manager of Dow for Spain and Portugal.
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22 Jun 2021

GROW, together with the UCM, have launched the first health coaching course for the emotional management of the patient

GROW and the Universidad Complutense have launched the first collaborative and sustainable health and coaching course, aimed at health professionals.
 
Health Coach. Leader of the healthcare process®, it focuses on providing healthcare professionals with emotional management tools applicable to patients with chronic or long-term illnesses.
Blended, theoretical-practical course, with 21 ECTS credits.
 
Applying coaching skills for patients in the health sector is unprecedented in Spain, but has been successfully applied in countries like the USA.
The objective is to train healthcare professionals to empower the patient and improve healthcare processes with more impact on the healthcare system.
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18 Jun 2021

Alting Real Estate Group launches new build-to-rent project in heart of Sant Gervasi

Alting is launching a new build-to-rent project in the Sant Gervasi district, at 433 Balmes Street, just off Kennedy Square and Tibidabo Avenue in Barcelona.
It is a residential building constructed in the mid-20th that Alting acquired in 2016 and added to the company’s portfolio of investment properties.
 
The comprehensive renovation project aims to bring the building back to its original glory, with all the features and services, while creating 30 high-end homes for rent. The development will also have penthouses with terraces and a rooftop pool and sunroom. The basement will have parking and a gym for residents.
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17 Jun 2021

XV Anniversary of the promentor program

We celebrate the XV anniversary of the Promentor Program in a virtual event. At the event held by the UAM and the Prodis Foundation, current issues have been addressed and experiences shared on training for people with intellectual disabilities and the benefits of their labor inclusion in the business world. A job and a mission that both institutions share since 2005.
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16 Jun 2021

28 companies participate at the first CEU international fair

Companies increasingly demand young profiles with international experience. In order to help their students to promote this distinctive characteristic in the broad labor arena, the Professional Careers departments of the three CEU Universities: Universidad CEU San Pablo (Madrid), Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (Valencia y Elche) y Universitat Abad Oliba CEU (Barcelona) have organized the first CEU International Employment Fair. A digital encounter where 28 companies participated and almost 900 students connected from different parts of the world simultaneously: the United States, France, Peru, Colombia, the Netherlands, Austria, as well as Spain.
 
During the event, students and alumni have been able to interact with the different outplacement stands, with spokespersons from all continents; attend round tables with representatives of international chambers of commerce; from international institutions; expatriates; recruiters; and international employment and internship platforms. Likewise, the participants have learned from the Speed Presentations, in which interested students have had the opportunity to learn about the Icex, Universitet, Fulbright and Santander Erasmus scholarships.
 
In addition, the participants have had the opportunity to dialogue with students who have lived the international experience of internships, employment, mobility or volunteering to solve their possible doubts and learn more about what it means on a personal and professional level to enjoy an experience abroad.
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14 Jun 2021

Ribera Lab enables safe sport with Covid tests, over-training monitoring and specific check-ups

The Ribera healthcare group laboratory division provides these tests on its own premises or at the club and federation venues, as well as at places where there are gatherings or at sports halls where a competition takes place. The Alicante province is the chosen base for a lot of teams for gatherings and long training periods for various sports. In addition, the specific check-ups that are carried out, with the monitoring of parameters that the clubs' or federations' medical bodies establish, allow for the detection of, for example, when a certain level could pose a physical problem for the athlete and, thus, damage to the heart, liver or musculoskeletal system is avoided. Precisely this type of check-up for elite athletes or those that compete at a high level that enables them to avoid significant damage and help to take care of the health of this group of people. In addition, the Immunology Center specializes in cardiogenetics, in order to prevent any of the possible outcomes such as the sudden death of athletes.
 
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07 Jun 2021

Johnson Controls reduces environmental impact with its new product range of coolers YORK® YZ

The YZ model reduces up to a 35% of energy consumption and annual maintenance costs in comparison to other coolers in the market. The company will announce in the "Expocomfort" the third generation of coolers consensed by water. The objective is helping its clients to reduce carbon footprint. Johnson Controls Building Technologies & Solutions continues upgrading building efficiency with industry-leading HVAC equipment.
 
"We've assumed the committment to conserve better the planet's resources. Developing equipments of maximum efficiency and optimized to use low GWP refrigerants is one of our priorities in this mission", explains Christian Rudio, HVAC manager of Europe in Johnson Controls. Among the new refrigerants suitable for scroll compressors, the R-454B also accomplishes the requirements of sustainability, availability, low cost and efficiency claimed by the market. This cooler also offers stability of costs during the large useful life period of air conditioning equipment.
 
“The YORK® YZ centrifuge cooler YORK® YZ  prepares adequately our clients for the actual process of elimination of the HFC coolers. By optimizing our YORK® YLAA scroll cooler to function reliably with the R-454B, we've overcomed another important and desired step to reduce the impact of our HVAC equipments in global warming." concludes Christian Rudio.
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07 Jun 2021

BFF announces a new project to promote italian contemporary art

BFF is proud to announce the launch of the project ART FACTOR – The Pop Legacy in Post-War Italian Art, which takes its initial form in the book of the same name, published by Skira editore Milan Genève Paris, and in a website showcasing the collection; the next phase of the project will see the collection being exhibited across Europe.
The project features a selection of works by Italian artists, taken from the private contemporary art collection of Farmafactoring Foundation. The collection is an homage to the art of the second half of the twentieth century, and has also been an integral part of the history and growth of the group that has assembled it over the years.
It was specifically the art factor that – more than twenty years ago – provided the genesis for what was to become a collection of over 250 artworks, spanning the years from the immediate post-war period right through to the early 2000s, created by artists such as Valerio Adami, Enrico Baj, Alberto Burri, Hsiao Chin, Mario Schifano, Arnaldo Pomodoro and Joe Tilson.
 
The project takes in a selection of works that describe the Italian path through Pop Art, as embodied by the output of Valerio Adami, Franco Angeli, Enrico Baj, Lucio Del Pezzo,Gianfranco Pardi, Mario Schifano and Emilio Tadini. From the mid-1960s onwards, these artists engaged with a longstanding iconographic tradition, re-casting and transcending the avant-gardes and stylistic techniques of the past, while making use of a rich variety of resources, often deployed for purposes of social and cultural activism.
Indeed, the art book and the artworks themselves tell this very story: the desire to be active participants in – not spectators to – those initiatives that create value for society. Under the curatorship of Maria Alicata, the catalogue and the project itself encapsulate all of the most important moments in the collection’s history: from its origins, with Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Enrico Baj and Giacomo Balla, to the Pop Art legacy, with Valerio Adami, Emilio Tadini,Gianfranco Pardi and Lucio Del Pezzo.
 
Thanks to this initiative, the collection – which has its permanent home in the Milan headquarters of BFF – will become an exhibition that will tour across Europe in 2021-22, visiting cities including Athens, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Warsaw and Milan, thus covering most of the countries in which the group is currently operational.
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31 May 2021

The Ribera Group promotes a line of cosmetic services with a special focus on the Hair Transplant Unit

The Ribera healthcare group has set up a new line of services, Ribera Aesthetics, in Ribera Polusa (Lugo) y Ribera Santa Justa (Villanueva de la Serena) hospital, with a special focus on this initial phase for the Hair Transplant Unit. This new area will include cosmetic medicine and surgery and cosmetic treatment services, with all the assurance that a multi-disciplinary team implies, and with the majority of healthcare professionals present, as well as their hospitals' surgical and medical equipment.
 
The hair transplant unit, which now attends to patients in both centers, is highly specialized, has certified, renowned professionals, and carries out these interventions with cutting-edge techniques, which provide a definitive solution in 98 percent of cases of androgenetic alopecia, both in men and women. Doctor Carlos Caballero leads this Hair Transplant Unit whose objective is, as he explains, “to help correct alopecia, baldness or the loss of thickness, both in men and women, with implants, since they are a very efficient, definitive solution and they provide a high level of patient satisfaction”. Doctor Caballero points out that, although there is a significant percentage of male patients, “androgenetic alopecia in women is very frequent, with a significant genetic component, but in addition, they tend to suffer from more noticeable psychological consequences than men”. 
 
The Ribera group's hospitals' Hair Transplant Unit provides a free initial consultation and guarantees that you are placed in the hands of a qualified professional. Doctor Caballero warns of the dangers of intrusiveness in this discipline and places value on the high level of specialization of this unit in the Ribera group's hospitals. “We sometimes have to fix real disasters, when patients put themselves in the hands of fake specialists”, he affirms, whilst reminding us that a hair transplant is a surgical act, which requires a specialist, nursing staff and specific equipment.
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delta-airlines
25 May 2021

Powered by its people, Delta earns J.D. Power No. 1 airline ranking.

With an overall score of 860 out of 1,000, the airline was recognized as No. 1 in customer satisfaction among airlines in North America by J.D. Power. Following a year of unprecedented uncertainty, the people of Delta catapulted the airline to the No. 1 spot in the J.D. Power 2021 North America Airline Satisfaction Study. The prestigious honor represents the voice of customers who flew between July 2020 and March 2021, underscoring the professionalism, care and humanity Delta people delivered during one of the most stressful periods for travel in modern history. The J.D. Power award is one of the very few earned by receiving high survey scores from a random sample representative of the airline industry’s customer base. According to J.D. Power, their study showed overall that flight crews stepped up during the pandemic, the removal of change fees scored points with customers and empty middle seats signaled an airline’s concern for passengers. But it was Delta’s people who pushed it to the top.
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25 May 2021

BFF Banking Group returns to office work in Spain and chooses Castellana 81 in Madrid

BFF Banking Group – the European leading independent specialty finance player for the management and non-recourse factoring of trade receivables towards the Public Sector, securities services, banking and corporate payments – chooses Castellana 81 to return to office work after more than a year being fully operational in remote working mode.
 
Employees would come together in the office about three days a week, and work from home for two days, rotating in two cohorts. The hybrid work pattern, already experienced in other offices across the Group, will help teams to familiarize with flexible models that make the return to office safer and easier.
 
Javier Molinero Sánchez, Head of Spain at BFF, commented: “We are incredibly happy with this news, which inevitably has several meanings for many of us. The move was planned in March 2020, but as the pandemic hit Europe and remote working became the safest option to secure the well-being and health of our workers and their families, we’ve committed the actual move to a time when the situation would have been more controlled and safer. May 2021 does mark this new phase. We are proud of starting from a green rated building. Castellana 81 is a symbol of hope for a more sustainable, flexible, inclusive, and healthy environment to all of us.”
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18 May 2021

Ribera is incorporated into Lanzadera's new Health Innovation Hub and sets two start-up challenges with Amazon and IBM

The Ribera healthcare group has set their two first technological challenges of Lanzadera's new Health Innovation Hub, aimed at looking for creative, practical and viable startup solutions regarding “remote hospitals”, together with Amazon e IBM, which act as facilitators, providing their technology and knowledge in order to generate solutions with a very wide scope.
 
 
Within this concept of “remote hospital” we can find all of those applications that, using Artificial Intelligence, IoT (The Internet of Things), voice technology or natural language processing, enable improvements to the monitoring of patients and communication with them, without them needing to go to the hospital, as well as the development of predictive models for early diagnosis.
 
Ribera has experience with applications that take healthcare to where the patient needs it, after developing pilot startup projects in their hospitals, chosen together with Lanzadera in their corporate program. Now, within this Hub, they have gone one step further by having technology facilitators, such as Amazon Alexa and IBM, which will give support to new projects. Furthermore, the technology affiliate of the group, futuRS, has developed predictive models, such as that which warns of Covid patients that may end up in ICU, in order to bring forward decision making and avoid any deterioration.
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17 May 2021

Integrho (AdQualis) signs an agreement with Audalia Nexia, a new expert partner in payroll outsourcing

Integrho, the AdQualis Human Results division specialized in the development, implementation and maintenance of HR software applications, has signed an agreement with Audalia Nexia to improve the benefits of outsourcing the personnel and payroll management area. Thus, Integrho adds a new Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partner, as a fundamental part of business growth in its channel strategy. The versatility and adaptability of the Integrho solution makes it possible to adjust the tool to the particular needs of Audalia Nexia customers, regardless of the volume of data they manage. Controlled task management will offer greater efficiency to people management departments, also providing the ability to run reports and monitor data as a query.
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06 May 2021

The Women's Institute, part of Spain's Ministry of Equality, awards 3M's equity policies

3M Spain joins the DIE Network, an initiative of the Ministry of Equality that promotes the exchange of good practices and experiences in the field of Equal Opportunities between women and men in the workplace.
The culture of Equality has always been a constant in 3M's identity, being actively promoted through programs and various activities held throughout the year, such as the corporate campaign "Engánchate a la inclusión" and its "Decálogo de la Igualdad"; the campaign "Each for Equal" for International Women's Day; the program of activities in the "Semana de la Igualdad"; campaigns against gender violence; and different initiatives to balance work and family life.
"We are very grateful and proud for this recognition from the Ministry of Equality," commented Roberto Anta, Country Leader of 3M Spain. "We are firmly committed to continuously strengthening our culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, promoting a work environment in which people with different experiences and skills feel safe, engaged, valued and free to express themselves”.
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03 May 2021

Polusa launches Acquired Brain Damage Unit in order to help patients regain function after a stroke

Ribera Polusa hospital has created an Acquired Brain Damage and Functional Recovery Unit in order to treat patients with neurological injuries that they have suffered after a stroke, as a consequence of Covid or after a surgical intervention in a multi-disciplinary, integrated and intensive way.
 
After the first free assessment consultation, the Unit of Acquired Brain Damage and Functional Recovery's team design an individualized therapeutic treatment plan, with some short and medium-term objectives to achieve, focused on regaining the patient's function and independence, with them remaining there for as long as they are recovering.
The individualized therapeutic treatment plan, with 24 hour medical attention, includes daily work sessions in the morning and afternoon with various specialists in order to regain physical mobility, functional, cognitive, sensorial and psychosocial capabilities which limit the patient in day-to-day living. 
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26 Apr 2021

Mabel Klimt, chosen in the Top 100 Women Leaders

Mabel Klimt, member of ELZABURU and Media & Entertainment Manager, has been chosen to be one of the 'Top 100 Women Leader's in Spain'.  This ranking is chosen out of a popular vote towars the 100 most brillliant women in different corporate areas every year. Mabel has been chosen in the "Professionals and Independent Leaders" area, with more than 500 candidates and 75.000 participants. 
 
Mabel is a lawyer and she is also specialized in the legal advice area for cultural and entertainment projects. For Mabel it has been "an honour to be part of this process and an enormous satisfaction to have been one of the 100 chosen Women. Every candidate has qualified, immense, professional and personal capacities, and by making ourselves visible we are already fulfilling an important objective. As a society, we can't afford losing these habilities. By taking advantage of them, we will be able to normalize them. 
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26 Apr 2021

Johnson Controls Launches OpenBlue Technology Ecosystem to Create the Smart Building of the Future

The new digital platform spans the breadth of Johnson Controls' offering in solutions and services, offering future-focused capabilities for smart, connected and sustainable buildings.
 
Johnson Controls, the global leader in smart and sustainable buildings, has launched OpenBlue, a comprehensive suite of connected solutions and services that combine the company's 135 years of building experience with the latest technology. An open digital platform, which integrates with Johnson Controls building systems creating safer, more agile and sustainable Smart Buildings.
 
Johnson Controls OpenBlue is the culmination of years of research and development by industry-leading data scientists and engineers to create the 'blueprint for the future' in the smart and sustainable building industry. The new suite of connected solutions enables previously unimaginable building occupant experiences, respectful safety and increased sustainability, powered by cutting-edge connected technology.
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26 Apr 2021

Alting brings Alex Azuaza on board to reinforce management team

Alting Real Estate Group, a benchmark in the real estate sector based in Barcelona and led by Eduardo Marcos, has brought Alex Azuaza on board as the new Business Development Director. 
 
Alex Azuaza will be in charge of growing, optimizing and commercializing our portfolio of properties owned by Alting and will lead the charge to generate new business opportunities, in line with the Company’s business plan. 
 
Alex Azuaza has a degree in Business Management and Administration from Pompeu Fabra University and extensive experience in the real estate sector. He has previously held positions like Head of Expansion at multinational company BMB Investment Management, Sales Manager at INBISA and Deputy Director of Corporate Business at Layetana Real Estate. 
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22 Apr 2021

3M among the 100 companies with the best reputation in the world

Among the most important elements for a company when it comes to creating identity and establishing a connection with customers, reputation is one of the most essential. Having a good reputation makes customers trust products much more, they come to prefer that brand over others or recommend it more to their friends and family. In a year as special as the one we have just passed, 3M has positioned itself as one of the most reputable companies in the world. It is definitely a company that its customers trust.
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20 Apr 2021

Ribera Lab provides a post-vaccination test to confirm immunity and the presence of antibodies against Covid

Ribera Lab, the laboratory division of the Ribera healthcare group, has broadened their portfolio of services with the new post-vaccination test, which allows them to confirm the presence of antibodies against Covid and, therefore, the exact immunity of each person to the virus. This test quantifies the IgG directed at the SARS-CoV2 spicule, Coronavirus, which makes it an objective and trustworthy indicator of the level of antibodies acquired after the vaccination and confirms its effectiveness. Ribera Lab's professionals recommend having this test between 14 and 21 days after having been vaccinated with the final dose of the vaccine. There isn't a problem after this period of time either. The post-vaccination test is a simple and painless test. The Ribera Lab professionals take a standard blood sample, like in a blood test, as they only need a milliliter of serum.
 
Results are available 48 hours after the blood draw. And, in addition, it is not necessary to fast before the test because food consumption does not interfere with the result.
 
The Ribera Lab centers that carry out this type of test are located at the Immunological Centre of San Juan (Alicante), and at Ribera Polusa, Ribera Santa Justa and Ribera Almendralejo hospital, in the provinces of Lugo and Badajoz respectively.
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19 Apr 2021

Ready, set, let’s go: Delta gives customers more ways to reclaim the joy of travel

Delta customers can now look forward to industry-first loyalty rewards, digital tools that make it simple and seamless to satisfy travel requirements, more seats to more destinations, and new and classic onboard refreshment options. 
 
Consumer confidence and demand for travel are growing as COVID-19 vaccinations accelerate, and Delta is welcoming customers back with new travel experiences – all while enhancing the Delta CareStandard health and safety commitment the airline has become known for during the pandemic. 
 
Delta is launching new digital resources to make travel planning easier, including an interactive map that is searchable by price and destination type; offering SkyMiles Members the ability to earn up to 75 percent more toward Medallion Status on most ticket types, including Award Travel, in a first for the industry; reintroducing onboard snacks and beverages; and extending the validity of all tickets expiring in 2021 – as well as all new tickets purchased this year – through the end of 2022.
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15 Apr 2021

Resilience as the tool to protect and maintain business value

FTI Consulting presents their Resilience Barometer™ 2021 with the opinion of more than 2.737 leaders from recognized companies, during the year in which Covid-19 has brought disruptions and indispensable processes of adaptation for the survival of these businesses by attending fundamenal aspects which have been brought into focus in this complex context.
 
The study offers a detailed analysis with data obtained in Spain, which contrasts with some of the results obtained in the G20 analyzed countries. Stands out a need of change in the business models of almost the 80% of the surveyed and reveals new approaches in the appliance of the 'ASG' criteria and in relation with media and the public sector.
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15 Apr 2021

SilverMoney, the fintech card intended for seniors

 
BBVA Open Innovation, the connection of the BBVA with the fintech ecosystem which supports the most promising startups, stands out among them SilverMoney as the project to revitalize the economy and generate wealth.
 
Based in Madrid, the SilverMoney project of the 'startup' SeniorsLeading was last February one of the winners of the first edition of 'The Self-Employed and SMEs Alarm Clock', a disruptive acceleration program that seeks new solutions through collaboration between technology-based startups and companies that are committed to innovation.
 
A couple of months after collecting the award, SilverMoney plans its launch this April, starting with a pilot project that will focus on the city of Madrid and some local businesses, such as municipal markets, where they will implement their proposal for that seniors can generate savings for their descendants.
 
The way to create it is through an application or a physical "fintech" card, which will allow users effective discounts at certain businesses. The senior pays the amount that the product or service costs, but the stipulated percentage is stored in a checking account each month. At the end of the month, the child or grandchild that the senior has correctly selected received all the money that has accumulated in the account.
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12 Apr 2021

Johnson Controls launches an AI-based mask detection solution for Spanish buildings and stores

The solution uses existing cameras to identify if building occupants are socially distancing themselves and wearing masks.
The Face Mask Detection solution generates an automated notification to raise awareness of the use of masks and offers a faster response time when a person without a mask is detected. The solution is powered by the exacqVision 20.09 video platform and offers a cost-effective, integrated solution for building managers helping to maintain safer environments for employees and visitors.
 
Mask detection is a key feature for Johnson Controls, which recently announced the OpenBlue Healthy Building suite of digital solutions to make shared spaces safer as people begin to return to their offices.
 
OpenBlue Healthy Building solutions are integrated, but can also be implemented in a modular way. Solutions include a combination of hardware and software that features smart equipment, digital sensors, security systems, cameras, monitors, analytics and dashboards, infection control, and other connected devices. As well as a mobile application to manage the spaces and experiences of the occupants.
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adqualis
26 Mar 2021

AdQualis makes its first Barometer dedicated to how HR departments have faced the pandemic and what the next trends will be

AdQualis Human Results, a comprehensive consultancy for people and talent management and a pioneer in executive search in Spain, presents its first Barometer: a survey of the history of winners of its homonymous awards, which have accumulated 20 editions and have recognized more than 100 executives (CEO's, General Directors and People Management Directors) from some of the largest and most cutting-edge companies in our country.
 
This study allows us to analyze the state and trends of talent management in Spain through its protagonists in the last two decades, and in this first edition it reflects their priorities and challenges in the COVID-19 context.
 
Conclusions such as that 2020 has been decisive to advance in the digitization of organizations, that almost all of the experts consulted recognize that the pandemic has changed and will forever change the ways of working, or the reality of gender diversity in the Companies are some of the ideas that are launched in this barometer that already sets out the path that the most important companies in the country will follow in terms of human resources and talent management.
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bove montero y asociados
24 Mar 2021

COMPASS stands for efficiency, security, digital archive and automation. This is the new tool that Bové Montero y Asociados has launched and will be setting a new direction in online accounting. The tool allows accounting processes to be automated and simplified one step at a time with the aim of gaining efficiency, reducing bureaucracy and saving costs. COMPASS is designed to help companies with a huge volume of invoices to streamline their internal processes. It also allows them to have a digital archive of their accounting information accessible from anywhere. Moreover, the system centralises all accounting data so that the main indicators of the organisation's financial activity can be displayed on a dashboard. This allows financial managers to monitor the situation of their business in real time. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of investing in new technologies to address the need for rapid and accurate information and increasing control of commercial and financial operations. COMPASS is the key tool for automating accounting processes, detaching processes from human resources and enhancing efficiency and quality.

COMPASS stands for efficiency, security, digital archive and automation. This is the new tool that Bové Montero y Asociados has launched and will be setting a new direction in online accounting. The tool allows accounting processes to be automated and simplified one step at a time with the aim of gaining efficiency, reducing bureaucracy and saving costs. 
 
COMPASS is designed to help companies with a huge volume of invoices to streamline their internal processes. It also allows them to have a digital archive of their accounting information accessible from anywhere. Moreover, the system centralises all accounting data so that the main indicators of the organisation's financial activity can be displayed on a dashboard. This allows financial managers to monitor the situation of their business in real time. 
 
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of investing in new technologies to address the need for rapid and accurate information and increasing control of commercial and financial operations. COMPASS is the key tool for automating accounting processes, detaching processes from human resources and enhancing efficiency and quality.
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CEU San Pablo
22 Mar 2021

CEU San Pablo University celebrates its III Innovation Week

In the constant effort to connect university talent and the business world, CEU San Pablo University has held the third edition of its Innovation Week, organized in collaboration with Santander Universities: an online event boasting the participation of around 400 registered students, from 19 domestic and international universities, and 30 companies from different sectors.
 
With 6 challenges in total, the students have faced the search for solutions to problems brought about by the pandemic, such as adapting to new work formats and new methods of commerce, the development of new technologies, mobility and connectivity in cities, or the management of health systems and patient care. 
 
To respond to these challenges, the students have developed projects such as applications and web pages that promote the development of remote working and the well-being of employees, encourage sustainable travel, digitize restaurants, or avoid crowding in hospitals, as well as proposals aimed at facilitating communication for deaf people during the current use of face masks and at reducing the use of plastics and minimizing their environmental footprint, among others.
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delta air lines
16 Mar 2021

Delta debuts latest touchless tech: contactless payment onboard

The airline is investing in touchless features throughout the travel journey and testing digital seatback menus on select international flights. Delta continues to invest in touchless and frictionless features in the air and on the ground. Starting March 16, tap-to-pay technology will enable contactless payment for onboard purchases. Customers will be able to purchase earbuds on board using their mobile devices or contactless-enabled credit cards. Contactless payment will expand to all onboard sales as more food and beverage options return. The new system also allows for emailed receipts.
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grupo ribera
15 Mar 2021

Ribera incorporates two remote interactive rehabilitation start-ups with virtual reality and haptic technology

The healthcare group Ribera has incorporated two more start-ups from the corporate program Lanzadera (Shuttle) into various work teams in their healthcare centres, in order to develop both pilot projects which are based on rehabilitation.
Trak has designed an application for tele-rehabilitation and remote monitoring of patients with musculoskeletal pathologies, in real time and through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI); and Neurodigital Technologies is a platform that also uses virtual reality, but through glasses, controllers and haptic or tactile technology, for the rehabilitation of motor neuron functions.
 
Ribera is now sponsoring seven start-ups in the healthcare sector, thereby reinforcing the strategic plan of co-innovation that they put into operation two years ago upon signing the Lanzadera agreement. The aim is to develop technological projects that help to transform patient care in the health centres, providing revolutionary tools and processes that improve the quality of life of patients. Trak and Neurodigital Technologies, the two most recent additions, began work on their pilot projects in January.
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urso hotel
08 Mar 2021

Gift the best experience that can be given to a parent

Hotel Urso & SPA proposes a day full of experiences that will make this day an unbeatable opportunity to give back to parents the great daily work they do, paying them special tribute at the Hotel.
You can start this magnificent celebration with their brunch, served in their elegant greenhouse, where you can enjoy a great gastronomical variety that will surely not leave you indifferent.
In their SPA, they offer treatments designed especially for him, for both facial care, such as the phyto-aromatic facial treatment by Sisley Paris based on relaxation, hydration, nutrition and finally in-depth regeneration of his skin, as well as other treatments focused on hands and feet that count with massage, exfoliation, and enhancement of the natural shine of the nails.
At the end of this day, you can enjoy the best cocktails in Madrid in the armchairs area of the Lobby-bar next to the live piano, which creates a perfect atmosphere for the occasion.
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22 Feb 2021

Neoelectra Group begins 2021 by expanding to France

The Group's expansion to France will entail an investment of 15 million euros and will focus on the development of the “Neoelectra Green” business line, specialized in renewable energies such as biomass, biogas, WWTP sludge treatment, waste gasification “Waste to Energy ”, photovoltaic energy, etc. To which will be added the commercialization of natural gas and high purity food CO2 for industrial clients together with the other lines of business, betting on the competitive advantages that position the Group as the third independent producer of electrical and thermal energy in Spain, applying the same business model that it has used in its expansion in Chile.
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3m-amchamspain
18 Feb 2021

3M Plans $1 Billion in Spending to Cut Emissions, Save Water

3M Co. plans to spend $1 billion to zero-out emissions in its own operations by 2050 and slash water use, joining the growing ranks of companies pledging to curb emissions linked to climate change.
 
Source: Bloomberg
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delta air lines
10 Feb 2021

Delta extends middle seat blocking through April 2021; Only U.S. airline to continue providing more space for customers

Delta is continuing its industry-leading commitment to provide more space on board as the only U.S. airline to block middle seats and limit capacity on all flights departing through April 30, 2021, ensuring customers can confidently plan and book their spring travel. 
 
The airline has consistently listened to its customers and prioritized their preferences by offering more space through seat blocking and reducing the overall number of people on board each flight since April 2020. 
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21 Jan 2021

Long Stay Promotion

Whether away on a business trip, relocating or in need of a temporary place to settle, The Westin Palace, Madrid has an option that will fit your needs. 
They will take care of everything so that you only have to focus on what is really important to you. 
The Westin Palace, Madrid launches its new long-stay promotion that includes: 
- Stay in Junior Suite, (50-60 sqm)
- Breakfast at La Rotonda Restaurant
- Complimentary daily mineral water service.
- Free parking
- 30% discount on food and beverage
- 50% discount in laundry service
- 24hrs. free access to the fitness center
- Complimentary HSIA internet access
The suite will be equipped with coffee-machine, minibar, printer and IHome audio System.
 
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19 Jan 2021

Glassdoor recognizes Delta on ‘Best Places to Work’ list for fifth year.

For a remarkable fifth year, Glassdoor has recognized Delta as one of its Best Places to Work. Delta ranks No. 7 on the 2021 list of 100 large companies, the highest rank Delta has historically received. The list is based solely on the input of employees who voluntarily provide anonymous feedback on their jobs, work environment and other important workplace characteristics.
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17 Dec 2020

Delta launches interactive travel requirements map to take more stress out of planning your next trip.

Delta makes planning and booking trips easier with new interactive map on Delta.com that details travel requirement information, showcases where we fly and more. Navigating ever-changing travel requirements can be tricky, but Delta is making it easier to plan and book your next trip by bringing detailed travel requirement information, an updated look at where we fly, and a seamless connection to booking into a single easy-to-use tool on Delta.com.
 
A new interactive map gives you the power to search, view and click-to-book their desired destination all in one place, giving them full control and a better understanding of current requirements and what to expect upon arrival. This new functionality, powered by Smartvel, allows Delta teams to deliver the best experience possible even before customers return to travel.
 
The tool gives insight into quarantine and testing requirements, travel forms and paperwork, local health information, local COVID-19 guidelines, and links to necessary forms and applications needed prior to travel. Customers can have confidence in Delta’s industry-leading connectivity to take them where they want to go, and know the airline will prioritize their health and safety throughout the journey.
 
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11 Dec 2020

Work life balance and multinational companies

Fundación Másfamilia -expert organization in conciliation management and promoter of the efr Certificate, which already has more than 800 companies around the world- has created a working group with different efr entities with headquarters outside of Spain that has made it possible to develop a study on conciliation and CSR in multinational environments.
 
The creation of this working group has made it possible to elaborate an argument that, gathering the contributions and experiences of the group, facilitates the incorporation of multinational entities into the culture of reconciliation management and helps us to analyze the levers and brakes of reconciliation in this type of entities efr.
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10 Dec 2020

URSO Hotel: Spa to relax, chocolate afternoons with churros and piano brunch.

Treat yourself at URSO Spa, a small oasis of luxury and well-being in the centre of Madrid. Relax in the exclusive water area that includes hammam and complete the experience with one of the Natura Bissé or Sisley treatments.
 
Go to URSO Lobby Bar to enjoy the hot chocolate with churros. An exclusive selection of chocolates perfect to enjoy in great company.
 
Enjoy the Brunch in URSO Hotel every Saturday, Sunday and holiday with live piano. A traditional style "à la carte" brunch complemented with national and international proposals prepared at the moment by the kitchen team.
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neoelectra
25 Nov 2020

Neoelectra Energía climbs to position No.20 4 years after entering the market according to the CNMC ranking

Within 1 year Neoelectra Energía has achieved a rise of 3 positions in the ranking of natural gas traders of the CNMC, ranking at No.20 in Spain. Taking into account that the company entered the market in 2016, it is enjoying a privileged position. Maintaining 1.5 TWh / year of sales volume to date, in an especially complex year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The Quarterly Supervision report of the Natural Gas Retail Market in Spain, which positions Neoelectra Energía ahead of renowned companies such as Nexus, Audax, Aldro Energía, Fenie Energía, Odf, Holaluz, includes the analysis of 89 marketers that supply natural gas to end customers in the Spanish market.
 
The Director of Neoelectra Energía, Sergio Maynar, confirmed that "the next challenges are expansion to Portugal and Chile, entering into the commercialization of both electricity and natural gas and the commercialization of CO2 emission rights. Steps through which the company it is consolidating itself as an energy partner for industrial clients in the national market, Europe and LatAm”.
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delta air lines
19 Nov 2020

Delta wins record 10th Business Travel News award on strength of pandemic response, people-first approach

For the 10th year in a row, corporate travel professionals have named Delta the No. 1 airline in the annual Business Travel News Airline Survey, with significant improvements over the airline’s already-leading 2019 scores.
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neoelectra
18 Nov 2020

The program “Give it a Turn” of El País makes a report on Neoelectra Aran facilities, an example of sustainability and circular economy

Neolectra Aran is grateful to the El País "Give it a Turn" Program for the fantastic report made on its facilities.
A clear example of circular economy and sustainability, which are part of the Group's "core business". This report summarizes the electrical and thermal generation process, the recovery of food CO2 of purity higher than 99.9% and the delivery of thermal energy to the Caviar Nacarii fish farm, dedicated to the breeding of sturgeons with an annual production of 850 kilos.
 
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united_way
17 Nov 2020

An innovative CSR program

People's well-being has a direct impact on their professional performance and motivation, and in this year that is being a challenge for everyone, United Way Foundation in collaboration with the Wellness Coach Institute wants to introduce you to an innovative proposal of online workshops especially aimed at Human Resources and/or CSR departments, as a tool that will help increase the well-being and commitment to the company of your employees.
 
As you know, United Way Spain promotes the wellbeing of the community, as it is what makes them stronger to face challenges, so this initiative is totally aligned with their mission to advance the common good, thus promoting better health for all. They have two objectives: to introduce you to these innovative wellness workshops, which will help your employees to become aware of the importance of health, for both body and mind, and at the same time, to make it easier for the company and its employees to get involved in an action with social impact. 
 
The workshops will be held in exchange for a donation to the campaign #United2Help
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nippon gases
16 Nov 2020

Nippon Gases launches its new corporate website

Nippon Gases, part of the Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation, a strategic partner for industrial and medical gases in Europe, recently announced the launch of its new corporate website with a completely renovated modern design and a full update of its extensive portfolio of application solutions.
The new website, active today in 13 countries and 10 different languages, offers a renewed and simplified browsing user experience from any device allowing for better understanding of who they are and what they have to offer. In addition, the website reflects the new philosophy and vision of the corporation: innovative, proactive and collaborative, capable of making life better through gas technology thanks to a wide portfolio with hundreds of solutions across many different markets.
Additionally, the website provides: a new download center enabling single access to documentation about safety, quality, policies, or marketing materials and reports; access to their digital services or ecommerce; an easy tool to locate the nearest distribution point; a European press center; and an events calendar. These are just some of the new features designed to improve your user experience. 
“Our website is the reflection of who we are, what we do and what we stand for: a safe, compliant, sustainable, diverse, inclusive and talented industrial and medical gases company. In the society in which we live, this website is, more than ever, our introduction card. And we also want it to be our invitation to explore our company” said Eduardo Gil, President of Nippon Gases. 
To learn more about Nippon Gases, please visit the website. 
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fundacion prodis
10 Nov 2020

Fundación Prodis seek ambassadors for the challenge 'No house without a Prodis calendar'

Every year, since 2011 Fundación Prodis produces around 25,000 units of a practical and endearing calendar with its wall and table versions that its young people distribute with the illusion of feeling that they are part of something very big. This year due to the situation they are going through, they have to reinvent the distribution of their calendars.
They need ambassadors like you
Their usual ambassadors need for this task that they always carry out with such enthusiasm to people like you, with commitment and with the desire to help create a society in which we all have the capacities we have, learn from each other, let's learn from each other, to obtain a full life and a more fair society.
Your commitment will consist in helping them to reach the maximum number of homes, offices with their calendars ... 'No house without a Prodis calendar' By purchasing the amount you can from their Prodishop store and distributing them to your loved ones.
How to become a #EmbjadorProdis:
- Have at least 5 friends with whom to share the generous act of acquiring a Prodis calendar.
- Enter and purchase the number of calendars that you think you can distribute (minimum 5). In ‘Observations’ Indicate ‘Prodis Ambassador’
- You will receive the calendars, your certificate and your badge at the address you indicate.
- Share your commitment with the networks with the hashtags #SoyEmbajadorProdis and # CalendarProdis2021
- Distribute the calendars. You already know that the donation is 6 euros.
 
Receive your Prodis Ambassador Pack
- Calendars (the ones you have requested).
- Welcome letter from our president.
- Badge bracelet.
 
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nippon gases
06 Nov 2020

Nippon Gases Europe adopts new Philosophy and Vision

As part of the globalization strategy of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso (TNSC) Group with the incorporation of a global holding company Nippon Sanso Holdings per October 1st, 2020, Nippon Gases Europe will adopt and embrace the new corporate Philosophy and Vision that will constitute the foundations of Nippon Sanso Holdings.
 
The new holding will be the parent company to the TNSC Japan industrial gas business, the US Matheson Tri-Gas Group, the European Nippon Gases Europe, the Asia/Oceania Regional Group and Thermos Business Group. With this new holding company the TNSC group takes a further step in the strategic direction of boosting synergies and strengthening a global brand that responds to the needs of our employees, customers, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders.
 
New Philosophy:
Proactive. Innovative. Collaborative.
Making life better through gas technology.
The Gas Professionals.
 
New Vision:
We aim to create social value through innovative gas solutions that increase industrial productivity, enhance human well-being and contribute to a more sustainable future.
 
Both, new philosophy and vision, combine innovative collaboration with social and human commitment, placing our gas solutions at the service of a more sustainable future. “As the great company we are, we also hold a social responsibility that we fully embrace. This philosophy and vision are our commitment to our employees, customers, patients, society and environment. It helps us summarizing in clear and practical words what stakeholders can expect from us- and no doubt it is a compelling commitment that requires the contribution of each employee.” said Eduardo Gil, President of Nippon Gases. “The TNSC Group has everything it takes to lead the way and having the support of a Global Holding company will be key in this process, starting with one Group Philosophy and one Group Vision.”
 
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adsis
29 Oct 2020

Adsis Foundation - Youth Employment Project

Fundación Adsis is a non-profit organization that, for more than 50 years, has been fighting to build a more fair, supportive and inclusive society. They work from closeness and support, committed to the most vulnerable people so that they can develop their life projects.
 
Their mission would be impossible to undertake without the invaluable collaboration and commitment of great friendly companies that accompany them in all their projects, offering opportunities for a better future to their beneficiaries. They are very honored to count on the active collaboration of corporations such as La Caixa, DHL, Correos Express, Integra International, Bauhaus, Mediamarkt, Leroy Merlin, Ikea, Covirán, Auchan, Carrefour, Condis, Amazon, Mercadona, Adecco, Ilunion Hotels, Big Mamma Group, Ilunion Hotels, Alsea, Telefónica, Repsol or Aena, among others.
 
They would like to take this opportunity to tell you about an ambitious project they have been working on for two years in Madrid, financed by the prestigious international banking firm JP Morgan Chase, in which they are training 80 young people in vulnerable situations, in collaboration with relevant companies of great logistics activity.
 
Likewise, this project entails a study on youth employment, the social contribution of the business environment as a generator of job opportunities and the emergence of new technologies. To do this, they have designed a survey that they would like to present you, inviting you to participate (it would be a real luxury to have your support!).
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dow
28 Oct 2020

Dow Pack Studios Tarragona sets packaging industry up for sustainable success

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), introduces Pack Studios Tarragona, the 10th in a global network of Pack Studios sites helping customers address packaging sustainability by providing a testing platform to shorten development cycles for new formats and load stability innovation. Dow ha inaugurated Pack Studios Tarragona with a Virtual Grand Opening on 28 October.
“Designed to serve the packaging industry by accelerating innovation and supporting the industry’s sustainability goals, our Pack Studios in Tarragona is the result of several years of development,” said Felip Vidiella, EMEA Senior R&D Director at Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. “Pack Studios Tarragona is equipped with state-of-the-art film production and testing capabilities for primary and secondary packaging applications in food and industrial packaging, health and hygiene materials, as well as adhesive innovation in labels.”  
“This new Pack Studios represents our strong commitment to the industry’s move to a circular economy”, said Marco ten Bruggencate, EMEA Commercial Vice President at Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics.
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FG
16 Oct 2020

Health and safety key to Five Guys' new normality

The situation in which we find ourselves is transforming the world in which we live by leaps and bounds and is causing us to modify many day-to-day habits that we took for granted. The rules of the game have changed, for the entire hospitality industry, so Five Guys has adapted to this new present in the best and most enthusiastic way possible.
 
For a family business like Five Guys, this is a challenge that must be met together, like good families. But, above all, with great caution and always bearing in mind that the safety of its employees and customers is above all else.
To read the whole news, visit the web.
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elzaburu
28 Oct 2020

ELZABURU: Best IP law firm at the Expansión Legal Awards 2020

ELZABURU has been chosen as the best specialised IP law firm at the fifth edition of the Expansión Legal Awards, rewarding excellence in business law practice. This year there were more than 230 candidates from 85 different law firms, beating all previous records for participation.
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Eaton
15 Oct 2020

Marcos Fabregas-Dittmann, new country director of Eaton Iberia

Eaton, a leading energy management company, has appointed Marcos Fabregas-Dittmann as the company's new country director in Iberia. The objective of this incorporation is to boost Eaton Electrical's business in a scenario of change and interesting opportunities in the electrical sector and data center equipment.
 
Marcos Fabregas-Dittmann, has 20 years of experience in sales, strategy consulting, operations, business development and business management, all in an industrial and international context, where he has led transformation, growth and commercial excellence projects.
 
Before joining Eaton Electrical, Marcos has held positions of responsibility in companies such as Emerson, Tyco, Ingersoll Rand and Kearney.
 
“I am very excited to join the great team that is Eaton Iberia, and very impressed by the strong values ​​that the company has regarding technological innovation, sustainability, commitment to people and ethics. Customer service and teamwork with our distributors and partners are some aspects that I consider essential on a day-to-day basis, and that's something Eaton is brimming with. I hope to contribute all my expertise to help develop and implement a growth plan for the business together with the rest of the team in Spain and Portugal ”, says the executive.
 
Marcos is a partner and collaborator of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Spain. In addition, he is also a business mentor for technology companies at the Madri + d Knowledge Foundation.
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Alting Real State
08 Oct 2020

At Alting we work on the 2020 Transformation Plan addressing new challenges and objectives

At Alting, this 2020 we are immersed in a new stage with the "2020 Transformation Plan" in which we are addressing structural changes in the field of innovation throughout the Company for its adaptation and present and future growth.
 
The plan includes major challenges, such as the digitization of the Company, the implementation of teleworking, flexibility, the modernization of the offices and the updating of Alting's corporate image together with the launch of a new website.
 
Adapting new ways of working for new times.
 
The Marketing and Communication area has worked on the new corporate image, where it is worth highlighting a logo with more current lines but that maintains the characteristic seal of our company and a new, more dynamic and intuitive website that allows us to know first-hand everything corporate information, as well as our services.
 
In changing times. Our values ​​make us stronger.
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MCE logo
05 Oct 2020

AMA CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN MANAGEMENT “The new standard for management excellence”

American Management Association, is a global and leading provider of management training.
 
To detect current leadership and the standard of excellence in management, AMA has conducted a global survey with nearly 12,000 managers from different levels, geographies and industries. The revealing result shows the areas that companies need further development of their managers and directors to meet the demands of the current market.
 
AMA has leveraged its nearly 100 years of knowledge and experience to bridge this gap and has compiled the “AMA Certificate in Professional Management-CPM”. This comprehensive management certification helps individuals affirm and showcase their knowledge and skills in management, while enabling organizations to identify and hire qualified managers who have met a set of established and recognized criteria.
 
AMA-MCE invites you to the next briefing event to understand the corporate benefits that CPM brings.
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EATON
01 Oct 2020

"All to one" towards the energy transition

On September 24rd, "All to one towards the energy transition" writen by José Antonio Afonso, manager of Commercial Building at Eaton Iberia. 
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DELTA AIRLINES
17 Sep 2020

Is it safe to travel? "Check the levels of protection that Delta has implemented

Although most customers have been at home since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many processes have changed at Delta to transform cleanliness and security so that you feel more secure when traveling again.
 
They call it the “Delta CareStandard,” and it includes levels of protection throughout the journey to provide clean surfaces, more space on board, and a safer service for customers and employees.
 
But what is the Delta CareStandard really? You can see it for yourself, long before you set foot in an airport. The Delta CareStandard video demystifies the current travel experience by taking you through the levels of protection that customers may encounter the next time they travel with Delta.
 
From your arrival at the check-in area, through security filters, the gate, on board and in the baggage claim area at your final destination, Delta CareStandard is the airline's way of ensuring that you you can feel safe during your trip.
 
Delta is constantly updating best practices and improving the new standard of care based on the advice of medical experts and customer feedback. Using the same innovative spirit for which they are known, they will continue to evolve and seek to improve with cleanliness and safety as a priority.
 
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majestic-hotel-amchamspain
16 Sep 2020

Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona has reopened its doors

Since 1st September the apartments Majestic Residence and the rooftop La Dolce Vitae at Majestic Hotel & Spa are at your disposal. Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona 5*GL will open its rooms and suites on 1st October 2020, becoming therefore, the first hotel of its category opened on Paseo de Gracia.
 
 
 
 
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Clarity AI
10 Sep 2020

Clarity AI has been selected to join the World Economic Forum TechPioneers Class of 2020

Clarity AI is a global FinTech providing a state-of-the-art technology platform to help investors design sustainable investment strategies and manage their portfolios for impact, and companies understand and improve their sustainability performance. We leverage technology, artificial intelligence and the highest research standards to be able to measure and assess ESG risk, social impact and impact on SDGs, among other specialized modules. Our mission is to bring societal impact to markets.
 
We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected by the World Economic Forum to join the TechPioneers Class of 2020! We will continue paving the way forward through our use of AI to optimize the sustainability and societal impact of investment decisions! 
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09 Sep 2020

Abbott launches an easy-to-use, portable, rapid antigen test in Spain with results in 15 minutes to improve COVID-19 testing capabilities

Abbott announced that it has received CE certification for its Panbio ™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in people suspected of having COVID-19.
The Rapid Antigen Test, which is licensed for use by healthcare professionals, requires no instrumentation and results are obtained in as little as 15 minutes, making it a valuable tool for large-scale testing in a variety of population settings . The Panbio COVID-19 Ag Test is a reliable, affordable, portable, and expandable option for testing for COVID-19.
Rapid antigen testing can also be a very useful tool to support public health strategies, such as contact tracing and large-scale testing of people suspected of having an active infection. Rapid antigen tests allow frequent testing of COVID-19 on a large scale and thus quickly identify infected people and reduce the spread of the virus, ”said José Antonio Leal, commercial director of Abbott. Abbott is working with national authorities to implement these tests in Spain.
Preliminary results from an Abbott clinical study of 241 samples showed that the Panbio COVID-19 Ag test has a sensitivity of 93.3% and a specificity of 99.4% in people suspected of being exposed to COVID-19 or who had symptoms in the past seven days.
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Neoelectra Energy
08 Sep 2020

Neoelectra Energía begins to supply electricity to Grupo Solitium

Neoelectra Energía, electricity and natural gas company, continues to increase its client portfolio this 2020, after having recently closed a commercial agreement with Grupo Solitium to supply it with electricity. Thank you to this operation, it consolidates itself as an energy partner of Grupo Solitium, a company with national coverage that offers computer and print management solutions for companies.
Neoelectra Energía enjoys a privileged position as it belongs to a long-standing Group with its own generation, allowing it to make all of Neoelectra's Know How available to its customers.
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04 Sep 2020

Audalia HR Lab Announces Partnership Agreement with Cornerstone OnDemand

Audalia HR Lab, the unit specialized in the digitization and transformation of the human resources function of professional services firm Audalia Nexia, and Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSOD), a global leader in people development solutions, today announced the partnership agreement with Cornerstone OnDemand.
Following Cornerstone’s recent acquisition of Saba Software, Cornerstone has an expanded reach and ability to help a larger, diverse group of clients realise the potential of their people with the right learning and development opportunities. The combined company has more than 75 million users and serves approximately 7,000 organizations, of all sizes, around the globe.


Javier Alió, managing partner of Audalia HR Lab comments, "the partnership agreement with Cornerstone allows us to offer an industry-leading portfolio of solutions for the attraction and development of talent. Together we can be even more innovative and bring great value to our customers". He added that, "Cornerstone's value proposition is a key differential in the market, with a clear commitment to training and developing people in an environment of maximum uncertainty where employee reskilling/upskilling is already being decisive in the success of companies. The artificial intelligence technology provided by Cornerstone is a huge catalyst for this process, and also greatly improves the employee experience."

‘We are very pleased to collaborate with Audalia HR Lab to help organisations of all sizes and industries in Spain to accelerate their digital transformation," said Marc Altimiras, Area Vice President for Southern Europe, Cornerstone OnDemand.
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Google
06 Jul 2020

Google gives a Digital Digital Boost ’for the economic recovery of Spain

The situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the lockdown of the population and the forced closure of businesses, has put many companies in an unprecedented situation. At the same time, staying at home has reinforced the fundamental role that technology plays in our lives, accelerating the trends that we hoped to incorporate in a much longer period of time. However, only 14% of SMBs have a digitization plan. The keys to recovery and to face future challenges are to accelerate a transformation that allows companies to diversify their services, find new sources of income and be prepared for a new normality where digital will be essential. 

For this reason, Google Spain has announced its collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism to launch 'Impulso Digital', a campaign that seeks to support Spanish companies in their digitization, especially SMBs, in addition to promoting national and international tourism and digital training.

The project also includes the "Digital Impulse platform with Google" (link: https://grow.google/intl/es), which brings together free tools, guides and training aimed at the development of companies and professionals on a single website.

This initiative is part of the commitment that Google has announced this July 1 (link: https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/grow-with-google/free-tools-and-training-help-economic-recovery-europe-middle-east-and-africa/)  to help 10 million people and companies to go digital and grow in Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the next 18 months.  
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