IDEWE Group: rapid prevention solutions with a measurable impact
As an external service for prevention and protection at work, we at the IDEWE Group are committed to promoting safe and healthy working environments. As a leading player in Belgium, we provide you with bespoke solutions for prevention and employee wellbeing, tailored to your sector, needs and challenges.
With more than 1,000 qualified experts spread across 11 regional offices and our headquarters in Leuven, we support 35,000 employers and nearly 880,000 employees every day. Our far-reaching regional presence allows us to be close to our customers and respond to their specific needs quickly and efficiently.
IDEWE: there before we are needed
- You receive quick solutions with immediate results. Prevention is no longer an obligation, but rather an investment with clear added value.
- You gain clear insight into the impact of prevention on your business performance. Instead of empty promises, we provide specific figures that demonstrate the value of wellbeing.
- You can always count on direct access to expertise and tools tailored to your specific situation.
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Prevention and protection at work
For startups, SMEs and large enterprises
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Quick response, strong solutions
The right experts at the right time
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Proactive. Personal. Professional.
Your prevention partner, tailored to you.
The IDEWE Group consists of two complementary organisations:
- IDEWE vzw is the largest external service provider for prevention and protection in the workplace in Belgium, active across the country. Our services extend well beyond occupational health and encompass safety, ergonomics, psychosocial support, environmental consultancy, hygiene and more.
- IBEVE vzw, our specialised sister company, focuses on areas beyond the legal framework of external services such as safety coordination, energy management, industrial hygiene and environmental management.
What makes us unique?
We strongly believe in an interdisciplinary and proactive approach. Together with you, we create a sustainable prevention policy. Our expertise across various sectors and our ongoing monitoring of legislation, trends and technological innovations allow us to guarantee forward-thinking solutions.
This ensures that you always have an approach that truly works in your working environment.
We make sure you are actively involved in every process. Doing so strengthens both the employer and employees, and means we are closely aligned with your organisation’s policy and objectives.
Join the IDEWE Group
Want to become an IDEWE customer? We will visit your company to ascertain the risks within your organisation. We will then be able to engage the appropriate prevention advisor or expert.
You will have a permanent prevention team that will keep in touch and visit you on a regular basis.
Our experts are on standby in urgent situations – such as a serious accident at work. This also applies to ad-hoc consultations and follow-up examinations after an illness.
Services based on science
How can you be sure that your prevention policy is achieving its goal?
By relying on our experts from the Knowledge, Information and Research department,
who provide the scientific basis for all our services, tools and advice.
Wellbeing and prevention in your organisation should be based on a solid scientific foundation. Because the better informed you are, the more effective your policy will be.
Interested in our scientific research?
Check out the overview of IDEWE’s research projects here.
Are you interested in being part of our research projects?
Discover how our Creative Connect Centre translates scientific insights into innovative, visually strong solutions that help organisations strengthen their prevention policies.
Our strategic plan
The IDEWE Group draws up a strategic plan every four years to help us set clear priorities. IDEWE is also facing many societal challenges, such as the tightness of the labour market and the shift towards hybrid working. Our strategic plan allows us to address these challenges in the short and long term.
Our mission statement
Before we develop a strategic plan, we always go back to our core. The IDEWE Group is a value-driven organisation. We want to improve people’s quality of life through their work. Our strategic plan therefore has the following mission:
Good work for better living through engaging prevention.
In short, we provide quality and dedicated prevention to as many people as possible so they can live happier, healthier and better lives.
Better service and greater flexibility
The coronavirus pandemic made it clear to us that there is a huge need for more digital services. That’s why we are fully committed to our digital transformation. The benefits?
- We constantly follow up on our customers using digital tools.
- Our employees have more time to focus on areas where a human approach has the greatest added value.
- Our customers receive the right follow-up at the right time.
Our strategic plan also enables us to make decisions faster. We provide our assistance and expertise based on the current needs and requirements. That’s why in autumn 2021, we decided to postpone our routine and targeted medical examinations temporarily in order to focus on contact tracing during the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Our strategic plan consists of four priority objectives. We symbolise these four key aspects using a drone: a dynamic and mobile tool that helps us to maintain an overview of what’s going on. This drone will keep us company for years to come.
Our four strategic focus areas
We aim to support customers, address challenges in the prevention sector and position ourselves as a dynamic market leader and employer with our strategic plan. These are our four key objectives.
Dynamic market leader
As a dynamic market leader, the IDEWE Group aims to be the primary point of contact for employees, employers and policymakers. We aim to build sustainable relationships with our customers and contribute to shaping the prevention landscape. This results in effective prevention with a dynamic, contemporary image.
Human digital self
We incorporate digital advancements into our services to make them more user-friendly for our customers. Automating our processes gives our employees more time for human interaction. This allows our staff to build a personal connection, facilitated by digital follow-up and support, and truly make a difference.
Organisation is ‘future proof’
We are a future-proof organisation that keeps up with the times. This means that we use our resources as efficiently as possible and optimise our current organisational structure where necessary.
Most attractive employer within prevention
We want to be attractive to our current and future employees. It is only through expertise, passion and entrepreneurial spirit at every level that we can continue to meet our customers' needs. By prioritising the wellbeing of our employees and establishing a strong employer brand, we will become the most attractive employer in prevention.
ISO-9001
Did you know that our quality management system meets the ISO 9001:2015 requirements in full? It is your guarantee of the highest quality, and it makes sure we are alert to your needs.
In order to guarantee the best service, we define our working methods in clear procedures in certain cases. We involve our employees as much as possible, with every IDEWE employee taking ownership of all procedures, information and working documents that apply to them.
EcoVadis
In 2025, the IDEWE Group received a bronze medal from EcoVadis, a globally recognised organisation that assesses companies on their sustainability performance. This recognition underlines the IDEWE Group’s commitment to corporate social responsibility and focuses not only on the environment, but also on sustainable relationships with customers, employees and partners. The EcoVadis assessment looks at themes such as environmental impact, living conditions at work, ethics and sustainable procurement policies, and proves that we are taking steps towards a more sustainable future in all these areas.
Customer satisfaction
The best measure of our performance is your satisfaction.
We therefore monitor it on a continual basis, and consider your costs as well as your benefits. After all, a healthy workforce is invaluable. It ensures your employees are productive and happy – and it also benefits your organisation in the long term.
There are no clear parameters for measuring individual wellbeing. That’s why we make every effort to log, resolve and prevent complaints, whether they come from you or your employees.
We also monitor your wellbeing and that of your employees in other ways, such as through a satisfaction survey.
If you’re keen to learn how we work with our customers, read more in our customer testimonials.
Discretion
We consider it of vital importance that your company and personal data (including your employees’ data) is treated with the utmost discretion.
That’s why we follow European, national and regional legislation to the letter:
- Personal Data Processing Act
- Privacy Protection Act.
What’s more, your employees always have control over their own data. They decide who sees which data, after all.
Financially stable
IDEWE vzw and IBEVE vzw are both non-profit organisations.
Nevertheless, we keep a close eye on our financial situation. Because larger margins allow for investments and ensure our continued existence.
Sustainable business for people, the environment and society
For IDEWE, sustainability goes beyond merely making an effort for the environment. It’s also about meaningful and lasting relationships with customers, partners and employees.
That’s why we offer solutions that contribute to societal challenges. Doing so allows us to help organisations to stand out and create a sustainable future for themselves and their customers.
