Occupational health policy
We strive to protect our physical health and well being in the workplace.
We recognise that a healthy workforce contributes to business success. Maintaining a healthy workforce has two main elements: the prevention of occupational illnesses and the promotion of good general health (wellness) in our workers.
We are committed to preventing new cases of occupational disease. We have developed a programme with a number of linked elements to achieve this. These elements are:
- A set of minimum occupational health standards that apply across the Group. We have implemented these standards in conjunction with education, training, and the incorporation of systems and procedures.
- An assurance process entailing regular audits, reviews and reports that measures compliance with our occupational health policy and standards.
- A set of targets covering improvements in workplace conditions and a very challenging target to reduce our number of new cases of occupational illness by 40 per cent within five years.
Scientific research has shown the financial benefits to companies of comprehensive wellness programmes and we are increasing our efforts on maintaining the fitness of our employees over their working lifetime. Most of our sites already have regular medical examinations for the workforce at which general health issues such as weight, blood pressure control and regular exercise are discussed. We are benchmarking our performance in this area against a range of other leading companies and are building the business case for active wellness programmes.
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