Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth

Over 6,200 professionals work directly with the different entities of the Fundación Espriu, which has a permanent employment rate of 82% (above the national average which is 73%) , according to the latest data from Eurostat. Quality employment is also one of the goals of SDG8.

The Fundación Espriu was acknowledged as the third largest business group of the so-called Social Economy in Spain – due to its invoicing of 1,742 million euros, and it held the first position in the ranking of Relevant Companies in the Social Economy 2018 by CEPES, within the socio-healthcare area. Also, according to CEPES, the social Economy has created 3,100 new companies over the last two years and in total, it gives work to over 2.2 million people all over Spain, including direct and indirect jobs within the sector.

Additionally, the Fundación Espriu works every day to achieve the SDG8, not only in Spain, but all over the world. An example of this is shown by activities such as the International Cooperatives Day that last year focused on this goal, putting an emphasis on the cooperative model for the healthcare area. A model based on the rule of ‘one person, one vote’ and on the consensus of putting people ahead of economic capital.

“Cooperatives make a sustainable social medicine model possible, on the one hand, allowing top quality care to be provided to patients and on the other, fair conditions for the health professionals to be able to exercise their vocation,” sources from the Fundación underscore.

Cooperativism and quality work

• Healthcare cooperativism is present in the health systems of 76 countries.
• Social Economy has a business fabric that generates over 10% of the GDP.
• The Social Economy in Spain is formed by 42,140 companies and organisations and it generates over 2 million direct and indirect jobs.

Data

• In 2017, the world unemployment rate was 5.6%, compared to 6.4% in the year 2000.
• Throughout the world, in 2016, 61% of workers had non-regulated jobs.
• 470 million jobs are needed throughout the world for those who are joining the work market for the first time.