Our long term success and sustainable business depend on our ability to remain a recognized leader and a reference for all Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) matters.

Our aim:

Long-term success and sustainability built on innovation and recognition as a leader in all Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) matters
Provide and ensure safe and healthy working conditions for all our employees (permanent and temporary), visitors, contractors and other stakeholders by the prevention of all work-related injuries and ill health
Promote sustainable development by respecting and protecting the environment while performing and managing our services and operations using state-of-the-art HSE technologies and employing best practices
Integrate Health, Safety and Environmental items into the top management decision-making process and goals definition

It is therefore our commitment to:

Ensure the health and safety of our employees, contractors, customers and third parties with an accident prevention philosophy which identifies and eliminates hazards and reduces occupational health & safety risks
Provide an environmental-friendly workplace by preserving the environment and our communities through pollution prevention, rational use of energy, natural resources and minimizing our environmental impact
Comply with all applicable national, regional and local HSE regulations, laws and any compliance obligation directly related to our operations, as well as aligning with customer requirements and all SGS Group standards that exceed national, regional or local regulations and laws
Continuously improve HSE performance, management systems, programs and tools across all our operations, through internal and external audit assessments, ensuring reliability
Include HSE principles in our global, regional, country and business HSE objectives as well as in all activities and communicate them via the SGS Operations Council and OI committees to all levels of the organization
Innovate to improve working and environmental conditions in the workplace and move even further towards achieving our “Zero Incident” and “Zero Environmental Impact” targets
Increase HSE awareness by providing all necessary equipment, resources and training and promoting safer behaviors
Emphasize the use of the Stop-Work-Authority for SGS employees and contractors when faced with any HSE risk
Manage HSE risk and opportunities related to the workplace, operations and management systems
Foster continuous improvement on HSE aspects through the creation of efficient communication channels that actively involve the consultation and participation of employees, and where they exist, workers’ representatives
Protect any employee from reprisals when reporting incidents, hazards, risk and opportunities
Apply the SGS HSE statement to all activities, operations, constructions, systems, M&A and investments

Respecting Health, Safety and Environmental rules is an individual responsibility for all of us, at every level within our organization. These commitments apply to all SGS employees, contractors and visitors. Management is responsible for ensuring full compliance with SGS policies.

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