Safety

In 2021, we relaunched SafeWork following Group-wide reviews of its implementation and adoption. SafeWork 2.0 builds on the learnings from safety-related incidents and establishes greater accountability for safety in our workplaces.

We require an effective safety management system at each industrial asset to support SafeWork implementation, and the integrity of plant and equipment, structures, processes and protective systems, as well as the monitoring and review of critical controls and the identification and management of lessons learned from incidents. 

SafeWork is built on a set of minimum expectations and mandatory protocols, standards, behaviours and safety tools. We believe well-led, consistent application of SafeWork will drive operating discipline and can prevent fatal accidents at all our industrial assets.

Core to our approach is our risk management system, through which we systematically identify, assess and manage safety hazards and credible risk scenarios associated with our industrial assets. We let our people know that we expect every individual, all employees and contractors, to take responsibility for their own safety, and for the safety of their colleagues and the communities in which they work.

We apply our minimum performance expectations at all our industrial assets, while recognising that each region, commodity, industrial asset and workplace is unique, and our industrial assets implement our management approach via local health and safety practices and management systems.

The scorecard for our Chief Executive Officer’s variable compensation includes 30% for key performance indicators relating to ESG matters, of which half is for safety performance and half for progress towards our 2026 and 2035 industrial emissions reduction targets. 

Recognising that contractor safety incidents are a contributing factor to our safety performance, we have developed a Contractors and Suppliers HSEC&HR Management Standard. The Standard sets out the mandatory requirements for the management of contractors and suppliers with respect to health, safety, environment, social performance and human rights (HSEC&HR) risks and compliance against our HSEC&HR requirements. 

The Standard requires all our industrial commodity departments to develop and implement a contractors and suppliers HSEC&HR management framework, which includes conducting a risk assessment to identify, assess and define controls for the management of HSEC&HR risks, opportunities and impacts arising from the use of contractors and suppliers and their work.