A prevention model that transforms safety into competitiveness
Xavier Pladevall, CEO
Acció Preventiva is a Spanish consultancy firm specialising in Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP), with over thirteen years of experience and a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 professionals. Based in Barcelona, it positions itself as a pioneer in driving cultural change in prevention, moving beyond the traditional model focused solely on legal compliance. Its proposal is built around the exclusive methodology “Changing Your Prevention”, created by its founder and CEO, Xavier Pladevall Molina, which integrates safety into business strategy and turns it into a driver of motivation, efficiency, and competitiveness.
The company’s aim is to transform prevention into a strategic pillar. It seeks to align safety with business objectives, engage leadership, and change the way risk is perceived. The outcome goes far beyond reducing accidents: it fosters more human, sustainable, and motivating workplaces. According to the company’s own data, its clients have achieved reductions of up to 90% in accidents, 85% in absenteeism, and improvements of 86% in productivity.
Acció Preventiva offers a wide range of services designed to strengthen safety, health, and business competitiveness. As an External Prevention Service (SPA), it provides risk assessments, tailor-made action plans, health surveillance through mobile units, and scheduled medical check-ups. It also develops specific programmes to manage psychosocial risks — such as stress, overload, or lack of work–life balance — with the aim of reducing sick leave and boosting team motivation.
Another of its areas of focus is preventive leadership and communication programmes for executives and HR managers, integrating prevention into talent management and fostering leadership based on trust and closeness. In terms of training, it combines online and face-to-face formats with innovative resources such as virtual reality, which recreates risk scenarios and enhances immersive learning. The firm also designs healthy workplace plans and supports organisations in achieving certification as healthy environments, promoting physical, mental, and emotional well-being, as well as a positive climate that aids talent retention.
The company drives technological innovation with tools such as Previnet, the Emotional Well-being Test, and the SPA portal, which centralise information and optimise management times. The incorporation of artificial intelligence provides more accurate diagnoses, quicker decision-making, and improved anticipation of risks.
Looking ahead, Acció Preventiva aims to continue innovating, expanding its services, and addressing new areas such as psychosocial risks and the integration of gender perspectives in workplace organisation.
