The connection between financial and social exclusion is necessary, as well as highlighting that vulnerable groups face challenges in accessing essential services. Consequently, institutions play a crucial role in contributing to specific products and services to bridge the economic gap. Therefore, financial institutions must actively support this transition, emphasizing the necessity for more uniform and simplified regulations.

In Spain, more than 13 million people are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including various groups such as women, individuals with disabilities, senior citizens, children and young people. Companies such as Mutualidad and ILUNION recognize the importance of serving vulnerable groups to reduce inequality, and a fundamental part of their purpose is to have a positive impact on society. To do so, it is necessary to be careful and ethical to avoid increasing vulnerability. It is possible to achieve the highest levels of profitability and business excellence while contributing to a better and more inclusive society.

It is important to invest in the success, growth and happiness of the people on your teams. Companies need to put emphasis on offering employees an exciting project and feeling that they are working on something that has a positive impact. Collaboration and cross-functional work are necessary. The importance of creating contexts where workers can help, grow, generate curiosity, humanize and lead from authenticity; taking into account at all times the diversity and care of emotional well-being.

Talent is a company’s greatest asset and companies are becoming increasingly clear that it is necessary to seek formulas that fit the real needs and interests of people, promoting diversity and drawing on the experience of seniors, measuring skills, experience, and aspirations in a comprehensive manner. It is also important to give confidence to workers, especially to the new generations, recognizing their ways of communicating and adapting to their values to retain their talent.

In an increasingly interconnected world, technology has become a strategic tool to drive positive social change, transforming both the operation of organizations and their interaction with society. In this sense, innovation is essential for continuous reinvention, as it contributes to revenue growth and cost reduction. Equality of opportunity also implies democratizing access to technology, as well as collaboration between government and business to address the country’s most important challenges in this context.