Prefilled drug-delivery systems provider is recognised for its management of occupational health.
The award highlights company鈥檚 commitment to occupational health management. The achievement acknowledges the targeted investments in creating and expanding a sustainable concept and recognition from the award serves both as an indicator where the company stands in the field and as a further source of motivation.
In addition to being a leading global contract development and manufacturing organisation, Vetter is also a leader in the area of occupational health management. This conclusion is reached by the initiative Corporate Health Award, which annually recognises companies that have made an above-average contribution to their employees鈥� healthcare and pursues a sustainable HR strategy.
In this context, Vetter has been acknowledged for excellence in the category of 鈥榗hemical and pharma industry鈥�. The Corporate Health Award, now in its ninth year, is one of a number of well-known initiatives that focus on occupational health management.
With a workforce of around 4,300 employees, Vetter supports its customers in the development, aseptic manufacturing and packaging of injectable drugs, including those for the world鈥檚 top 20 companies in the pharma and biotech sector.
The provider of prefilled drug-delivery systems sees this recognition as further proof of having adopted the correct strategy, as it pertains to occupational health management.
鈥淥ur clients value the high quality we offer in realizing various projects, often those involving highly complex pharmaceutical or biotechnological undertakings,鈥� said Vetter Managing Director Peter Soelkner.
鈥淎s a company that operates in the healthcare sector, it is a matter of course for us to apply this essence of quality across the board, including those actions concerning the healthcare services we offer our own employees. The wellbeing and good health of all the staff are important in this respect.鈥�
Each year, the family-owned enterprise invests a six-figure sum in realising and further expanding its health management services, headed by Petra Hagel.
Participation in the Corporate Health Award is contingent upon the completion of a comprehensive audit in which independent experts analyse the quality and effectiveness of a company鈥檚 occupational health management. Among other items, they look specifically at the offering of health-promoting services, innovative processes, and the interlocking of the program with the individual executive level.
鈥淭he individual audits we perform are in-depth. We examine how sustainably a programme has been incorporated into a company鈥檚 structure and how its employees can benefit,鈥� says Markus A.W. Hoehner, CEO of the market research company EuPD Research Sustainable Management GmbH, and one of the initiators of the Corporate Health Award.
鈥淲e find that Vetter has a well-planned and highly structured concept in place,鈥� explained Hoehner. 鈥淭he entire program is holistic in design and therefore offers the employees real added value.鈥�
鈥淲ith our occupational health management, which is managed under the title 鈥榁etter Health鈥�, the company offers all employees the opportunity to do something positive for themselves and incorporates their overall health,鈥� said Soelkner. 鈥淚n doing so, we also highlight those factors we consider to be the most important to our company鈥檚 success story, namely, the employees.鈥�
Vetter Health comprises an array of occupational health management measures covering the areas of the working world, support services, family and health.