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2005-11-26 News Headlines
Global Industry Commitment
to Workplace Safety
Nine multi-national companies join growing World Safety coalition at
DuPont leaders forum on safety and performance.
Nine multi-national companies joined a growing coalition of diverse companies
from around the world in the first-ever “World Safety Declaration: Global
Industry Commitment to Workplace Safety” during the 2005 DuPont Leaders
Forum on Safety and Performance here. Also at the forum, five companies
earned the DuPont Safety Award for individual and collective safety initiatives
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In its third year, the Leaders Forum is part of DuPont’s safety leadership
initiatives to foster strong actions about safety at work and at home.
Participants examined how significant differences can be made by embracing
safety leadership as a strategic business value. Speakers included former
astronaut Neil Armstrong, DuPont Safety & Protection Group Vice President
Ellen J. Kullman, and CEO Bruno LaFont of Lafarge, one of the world’s
leaders in building materials.
Senior leaders from Nestlé ,
Sonae,
Fortum,
MOL, SUAL, Borealis,
Plastic
Omnium,
Kone and Ciba
signed the World Safety Declaration at the forum. The declaration, which
was unveiled September at the XVII World Congress of Safety and Health
at Work, calls for participating companies “to affect real-world change
to achieve an attainable goal of increased safety and injury reduction.”
One of the declaration’s goals is to recognize that safety enhancements
in workplaces and homes are achievable objectives that can be defined,
evaluated and measured – despite the differences of geographies and environments
around the world. The companies also committed to reporting their progress,
successes and challenges over the next three years at the 2008 World Congress
on Safety and Health at Work.
The 15 founding organizations of the “World Safety Declaration” headquartered
in various regions around the world from a broad scope of industries --
ranging from entertainment to mining -- include DuPont, General
Electric,
British
Petroleum,
BE&K, TATA Steel, TATA
Chemicals,
Fluor,
Rohm
& Haas,
Evergreen
Aviation Technologies,
Yantai
Wanhua Polyurethanes,
Reliance
Industries Limited,
Aker Kvaerner, Hindustan Lever, CEMEX
and Calvert.
“The World Safety Declaration is striking a chord with leaders in industry,”
Kullman said. “While the challenges we face as senior executives vary,
the safety and well-being of employees is a fundamental responsibility
we all share.”
The DuPont Safety Award was presented to AMEC
Group Limited,
Alcoa,
Mondi
Packaging Paper Steti,
Borealis and Aluminium Norf. The DuPont Safety Award recognizes significant
projects in workplace safety or society at large that have been led by
individuals, companies or organizations in the areas of innovative approach,
performance improvement, felt leadership, business impact and cultural
evolution.
“The common thread among these winners is that they understand the strong
link between business performance and creating a safer workplace,” said
Mathieu Vrijsen, president, DuPont Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Each
of these companies has shown exceptional dedication and innovation in
reducing injuries and creating a safety culture.”
AMEC Group Limited, an international project management and services
company, was recognized for its creation and implementation of First Step
and Safety Watch programs. These programs, which are being adopted by
several of the company’s clients, resulted in excess of 4.5 million hours
over a continuous 12 months period with zero lost time injuries.
Alcoa, the world’s leading producer of aluminium products, was recognized
for its Fastening Systems business in Europe for significantly improving
performance in the area of environment, health and safety for 2,000 employees
in different countries with programs adapted to each country.
Mondi Packaging Paper Steti, a member of the Anglo American/Mondi Group
of Companies located in the Czech Republic, earned its recognition based
on management efforts to transform the company’s culture as the country
moved from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. The result
includes 1,294 days without a lost time injury and a change into a world-class
operation in safety, health, environmental and financial performance.
Borealis, a leading provider of plastics solutions, which saw total recordable
injuries decrease from 6.9 in 2001 to 1.7 in August 2005, was recognized
because of its “Step Change in Safety” program. In addition to the dramatic
decrease in injuries, the program also resulted in greater employee satisfaction,
improved operational performance and stronger financial performance.
Aluminium Norf was recognized for its significant increase in employee
involvement in safety management. The aluminium rolling mills created
working groups of employees who designed and implemented the 24/7 Safety
process. The result was a reduction in accident figures by strengthening
safe behavior, improving communication and ability to work in a team toward
creating a new corporate culture.
DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work
by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier
life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont
offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including
agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection,
home and construction, transportation and apparel.
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