In 2022, we continued to reinforce the learning obtained from COVID-19, related to the changes generated at a global level in work topics. We implement at regional level with some areas of the company the hybrid working modality, facilitating the opportunity for employees to perform their functions.
The Your Corporate Wellbeing, Program o ers our employees related practices to achieve personal balance and professional performance. The institution is committed to o ering recreational spaces that guide the employee to maintain a healthy life, generating a culture that allows the adoption of healthy habits and that these facilitate motivation in members of the Ficohsa Family. We highlight some initiatives that promote communication between organizational leaders and employees:
Coffee with the leader: Conversations between the Executive President of FFG, Camilo Atala, and employees to get to know them more closely and personally, and listen to their opinions, challenges and ideas.
FicoTalks: An initiative that seeks to generate a space of rapprochement between leaders and employees sharing learning, experiences, and life stories from a personal plane.
Day of Recognition: It is a day in which a space is generated to recognize at the regional level all the employees for their contributions, outstanding contributions and commitment in GFF.
Leading with Passion: An annual leaders’ event at a regional level; a strategy, motivation, and integration event.
We continue to work in listening spaces to generate initiatives according to their specific needs, based on gender, generational groups, and development areas.
We are committed to ensuring safe, clean, and risk-free working conditions that threaten the physical and mental health of our employees. We have a Health and Safety Committee that ensures the implementation of related processes and policies throughout the group. Its main function is to follow up the cases that are presented and o er solutions, immediate and timely, as well as improvements to those responsible for the areas in each of the countries.
Active brigade officers 2022
In 2022 we invested 81,82% more
in training hours for our brigade officers than the previous year.
During 2022
we had no work accidents.
Significant achievements in safety issues during 2022
(GRI 2-7, 401-1, 405-1) (SASB FN-AC-330a.1)
- Ficohsa Bank Guatemala received the award as «COVID-Free Enterprise CSR» by CENTRARSE Guatemala.
- Update from the Occupational Health and Safety Commission and a certified Occupational Health and Safety Plan was developed.
- Honduras conducted its annual assessments and tours of its buildings to verify improvements along with the fire department.
- Business continuity coordinators were trained through the SYSO Commission for knowledge of evacuation routes.
- For the first time in Nicaragua, an evacuation drill was made in the new facilities, with the support of the building’s administration.
- This year in Nicaragua, an Alliance was made with the Fire Department of Managua to conduct training in each of the agencies on first aid, evacuation of buildings and fire prevention, in the use and management of fire extinguishers; in this way firefighters certify emergency brigades.
- In Panama we certified our brigadiers in the areas of: First aid and CPR, emergency management and evacuation, fire prevention and use of fire extinguishers.
At FFG we have a health and safety system for the bene t of employees and their families, through disease prevention programs and medical services with which we carry out di erent campaigns for the bene t of health:
Mental Health
The program focuses on sensitizing our leaders and employees whose goal is to promote emotional well-being by fostering the normalization and self-care of mental health. In recent years we have paid special attention to the mental health of our work team through di erent tools and channels of care, including the free full-time medical and psychological hotline where we have the assistance of health professionals for the guidance of sta who require it.
During 2022 +1,500 calls for medical and psychological assistance were attended.