For yet another year, the FCC Group is celebrating International Women's Day to show its commitment to equality, female leadership and diversity, the company's hallmarks. This date has become an opportunity to analyse and reflect on the progress made in terms of gender equality, as well as to identify the challenges that still persist in society. 

On the occasion of this day, FCC held a commemorative ceremony at the Las Tablas Corporate Headquarters, opened by Esther Alcocer Koplowitz, chairwoman of the FCC Group. In her speech, the chairwoman addressed these words to the women of the FCC Group who have been pioneers ‘I would like to remember, on this morning in March, all the women who have been pioneers in our Group, starting with my mother Esther Koplowitz. Women spread throughout the more than 25 countries in which we operate, who take risks and fight every day to move forward with their projects and make their dreams come true. I would like to end by thanking and congratulating all our female colleagues at FCC, who, by setting an example of professionalism and good work, contribute every day to making our company and our society better’. 

The meeting revolved around a round table, under the slogan ‘Women Pioneers’, with the participation of María Emilia Casas Baamonde, jurist, professor of Labour and Social Security Law and first woman chairwoman of the Constitutional Court; Theresa Zabell Lucas, founder and executive chairwoman of the Ecomar Foundation, sailor with two gold medals in the Olympic Games; Isabel Estapé Tous, notary public of Madrid, trustee of the La Caixa Banking Foundation and first woman academic of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences; and Carmen de Andrés Conde, chairwoman of the Creatividad y Tecnología business group, board member of several companies and the first woman to hold a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. 

During the day, topics such as the situation and perception of women in the world of work, both in the past and today, were addressed, and the progress made in gender equality was highlighted, as well as the challenges and threats that still persist, especially in sectors such as sport, finance and STEM careers. 

Committed to equality and diversity 

FCC is committed to the fundamental principles of equality, non-discrimination in the workplace, support for diversity in the company and respect for the heterogeneity of people. This work, on which the company has been working for years, has already yielded important results and values, thanks to which it is consolidating a fair and increasingly diverse working atmosphere.