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etermining important changes within
merger with Iberdrola is already
members of the Red Arrows flying team –
they’re potential lifesavers. So who better
of Iberenova and separating the
to pass on safety advice than a man who
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The most significant is the creation
knows the intricacies of their spectacular
function and Generationʼ
Operations group from Energy
enewables and Major Projects
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s Wind
Mission Excellence, was a keynote speaker when
displays like the back of his hand?
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and benchmarking exercises which
un in tandem with a series of synergy
Work to support this development will
Corn Exchange, Edinburgh.
00 delegates from all parts of the Energy Wholesale
Former Red Arrows pilot Justin Hughes, from
business took part in this year
h
Justin had his audience engrossed as he gave an
ʼs staff conference at the
best practice and assist in the prepara
insight into their management of safety
tion of the Iberdrola Strategic Plan to
ave been implemented to establish
Choosing the correct attitudes and
be announced in October
behaviours is paramount, he stressed. Red
.
Arrows pilots were not necessarily the best
corporate functions that have major
.
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pilots in the RAF – but the world-class
standards delivered by leadership,
“
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A set of workstreams covering
underway; operational functions are
teamwork and demonstrating the
also progressing well.
nterfaces into our business are well
behaviours that deliver
continual
t
improvement
parts here and in Spain, allowing the
Several management and operational
were
Group to capitalise on best practice.
eams have met their Spanish counter-
This work will dominate over the
summer months and I will report on its
progress.
A series of synergy and
On Health & Safety, the first quarter
benchmarking exercises
have been implemented
to establish best practice
of this financial year has seen a
significant upturn in the number of
”
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what made the dif
Conference, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
incidents requiring first aid or medical
many delegates their first chance to meet our new
treatment both to our own staf
CEO, José Luis del V
ference.The May conference of
alle. He spoke about the merger
fered
those of our contractors.
f and to
of our two companies, our integration plans and future
ambitions.
huge programme of work in new build
and maintenance activities on our wind
I recognise we are undertaking a
conference delegates on last year
farm site at Whitelee, on our many
his plans for the future
Energy Wholesale Director John Campbell updated
outage programmes and on FGD at
an update on Iberdrola, our health and safety position
ʼs achievements and
Longannet. Contractor numbers and
and our business performance and results. He
. His main emphasis included
construction activity are at an all-time
highlighted that our merger with Iberdrola will bring
high.
many opportunities and challenges.
held in late June gave many of our
involved our finance team, who were heavily involved
people who work with these daily
The time-outs across our sites
in ensuring Ignacio Galán was able to announce the
The first challenge
hazards time to reflect on the causes
first combined set of results on June 30.
of these incidents and how best to
We had a good result in the group H&S standards.
avoid them in the
future.
tice in
Health &
Best prac-
Safety
remains our
central focus
– zero harm
is the only
acceptable
statistic
during this
busy period.
JOHN CAMPBELL, MAIN MAN: New CEO José Luis del Valle, left, addressed the confer
DIRECTOR, delegates take part in one of lighter moments. Right, speaker Pearse Mur
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