DP WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2021
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OUR WORLD, SAFETY
AT DP WORLD WE CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE. WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY – FOUNDED ON OUR HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL (HSE) PILLARS – MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSURANCE PROGRAMMES.
The Group Executive Safety and Environment Committee (“GESEC”) is the forum for ensuring regular oversight, guidance, and accountability across our group of companies. Our organisation is committed to our strategy and understands our goals can only be achieved by day to day leadership, engagement and accountability. Our Group Board has demonstrated the highest level of support and expects that we create a safe workplace for all. Our HSE Policy includes three HSE Pillars: Leadership and Engagement, Risk Reduction and Improvement and Commitments We Live By. The policy is central to the Group HSE management system and establishes a framework for the actions that DP World implements to protect people and the environment. Our Group HSE Management system applies to our people and contractors in entities that are under our operational control.
We continue to record and report on safety impacts within our businesses to the Board and senior management. This includes an Annual HSE profiling to identify and rate High, Medium and Low-risk entities across the portfolio. We have also recently completed a multiyear project that centralised and integrated 13 HSE online management applications to provide live performance tracking and consistent application of our standards across our businesses. Operating entity leadership are responsible for on-site risk interventions, regulatory compliance and engagement of our people to create a safer workplace. Our regional offices and group companies are responsible for providing ongoing monitoring and compliance with our greatest risks with a focus on continuous improvement.
Despite our efforts, 2021 was a difficult year for our business as we mourned the passing of eight colleagues. We are extremely saddened by this outcome and are especially sensitive to the long-term impact such loss has on the affected families as well as on our people, who have lost colleagues and friends.
DP World empowers its leaders and employees to improve HSE performance.
In 2021, we continued the roll-out of our SafeLeader training programme, with over 3,500 managers and supervisors trained online and a further 265 employees trained in 19 face-to-face sessions delivered in Europe, MEA and UAE regions. The objective of this training pack is to provide our people with an awareness of the term safety culture and the different stages of the journey to a ‘zero harm’ culture.
“WE ARE COMMITTED TO SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR GLOBAL OPERATIONS. OUR FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH OUR SYSTEMS, HSE LEADERSHIP, RISK REDUCTION, AND COMMITMENTS PROGRAMMES. OUR BUSINESSES WILL HAVE THE BEST AVAILABLE TOOLS SO OUR LEADERS CAN ACT CONSISTENTLY, ACCORDINGLY AND WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE, MONITOR, SUPPORT AND GOVERN OUR SAFETY NEEDS TO PROACTIVELY SEEK A ZERO-HARM WORKPLACE.”
JASON PRATT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP HSE
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