The subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, put the company Galopín Playgrounds Group as an example of equality policies promoted by the Government and of the commitment to sustainability that also permeates state policies. He did so during a visit to the group’s facilities at the Cerceda polygon where he was accompanied by its president, José Manuel Iglesias, and the town’s mayor, Juan Manuel Rodríguez García.
The deputy delegate took the opportunity to congratulate Galopín for the recognition obtained for its policies of equality in the labor field and the commitment to the sustainability of the companies that make up the group, among them the one granted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation to Galopín as an Innovative SME; the Business Excellence Award to Galician SMEs and lusas for the Corporate Social Responsibility policy, or the SEIO Equal seal of the European Union, granted for its active policy of equality and reconciliation of work and family life.
In this respect, the subdelegate highlighted the commitment to equality in companies “by the hand of a Government that decided to guarantee by law the presence of women in management bodies and that is working hard to eliminate the gaps that still separate men and women in the labor field.” “One day after the commemoration of International Equal Pay Day, it is important to continue to highlight companies that make equality, reconciliation and sustainability policies a hallmark of identity,” said Rivas.
In this same vein, he recalled the Government’s commitment to improving the labor market, indicating that “through the transfers of the State we are firmly committed to improving employment policies. Thus, since 2021, Galicia has received more than 645 million euros for the improvement of the labor market, especially for the improvement of employment opportunities, professional orientation, entrepreneurship, modernization and training and requalification.”
The deputy delegate also recalled the importance of the labor market reforms introduced by the Government, such as the increase in the minimum wage, “a measure that especially affects women, who are in many cases the ones who perform the lowest paid jobs”, or the labor reform itself, which fights precisely against this precarization.
In relation to sustainability, another of the hallmarks of the firm Galopín, María Rivas stressed the commitment that this Government is making to the transformation of the economic model towards one more respectful of the environment and that improves the lives of the people “and Cerceda is the paradigm of that transition that we are carrying out”, since it is one of the municipalities that benefit from the Just Transition Funds, which already mobilized aid in the regions of Cerceda and As Pontes worth 20 million euros, of which 8 million went to SMEs and industries.
María Rivas also stressed the “unique opportunity” represented by the funds of the Recovery Plan for that transformation, “3.4 billion in Galicia that allowed more than 16,000 Galician microenterprises and SMEs to create new jobs, open new lines of business, renew their technology, improve their processes and, ultimately, be more competitive,” he concluded.