A healthy working environment is a prerequisite for a healthy company. Our Health and Safety Policy states that we will “set high standards and continuously improve the health and safety performance as a natural part of our social responsibility”. In 2002, we made further progress in transforming the policy into concrete actions.
In 2002 we set out to collect background information from each production unit and country on factors that have relevance to the number of accidents reported. With this information, we developed a baseline for global H&S indicators. The first step was taking the pulse of the organisation’s H&S status, to better develop prevention efforts and improve the working environment.
The aim was to support the continuous development of H&S standards in the company through exchange of better practices, and to measure H&S performance beyond occupational injuries. Arriving at a uniform set of indicators is no easy task, as the practice of H&S is largely determined by national legislation. However, there are many similarities, and ways to exchange better practices.
We collected information from our largest production units on occupational injuries, access to H&S competences, systematic H&S work, and employee participation.
A tool for handling stress
Balance between work and family life is part of our company’s Vision. However, we know that it is not always easy to achieve. We have established practices of flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home with the aim to address this issue.
Our employees have expressed a need to focus on stress and workload. Therefore, a toolbox on how to cope with stress has been developed and made available at our intranet. The toolbox offers help on how to prevent stress and cope with stressful work situations. It contains concrete guidance for managers on how to recognise signs of stress among their employees and how to create an open environment in which talking about stress is encouraged. The toolbox also emphasises the need for each employee to be aware of symptoms of stress and take the necessary steps to cope with it.
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