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Health & Safety
The group has a published Health & Safety policy which acts as a minimum standard for all subsidiary companies throughout the world.
Subsidiary operating companies must either adopt the group standard as it is or use it as the basis for their own company policy, ensuring at the same time that they comply with local legislation.
In adopting these standards, we seek to create a workplace and work systems which enable staff to feel safe and secure and where management is seen to take a proactive interest in staff welfare. Nick Buckles is the director responsible for reporting to the board on health and safety matters, assisted by the Group HR Director, Irene Cowden. Responsibility is devolved and delegated through divisional presidents to the managing director of each operating company, who in turn must make one of their company’s directors responsible for health and safety.
Each company appoints a suitably-qualified person to develop the company’s own policies and procedures and to undertake management and employee training. Risk assessment processes must be developed and a procedure put in place for monitoring compliance with policies and procedures. Accident reporting and analysis will be undertaken at both company and group level.
