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Global Corporate Safety Health and Environment (SHE) Policy
ABF Ingredients is committed to conducting its business in a manner, which complies with country specific and other relevant local legislation, minimises adverse effects upon the environment and protects the health, safety and welfare of our employees and others affected by our activities.
We consider the effective management of Safety, Health and Environment risks to be of equal importance to other activities for the efficient operation of the business. Through a process of continuous improvement ABF Ingredients will ensure it meets its obligations as a responsible Global Company. ABF Ingredients will measure and manage its Safety Health and Environment performance.
The Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility for the control of Safety Health and Environment risks. This responsibility is devolved to the local management within each Operating Company through the principle that:
“Where line managers or other employees have responsibility, accountability and authority for business operations they also have responsibility and accountability for ensuring associated SHE issues are controlled”.
All Operating Companies within ABF Ingredients will ensure suitable Policies, Procedures and Arrangements are in place, appropriate to the local conditions, to achieve the following aims of ABF Ingredients:
- Provide a safe and healthy workplace which takes into account the individual needs of our employees and others affected by our activities
- Prevent accidents or uncontrolled events so far as is reasonably practicable which could be injurious to health or the environment
- Develop awareness amongst all employees to enable them to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and any others affected by their actions, and to minimise the environmental impacts arising from their actions
- Our employees are expected to adopt a proactive attitude towards the control of Safety Health and Environment hazards, risks and impacts
- Responsible use of natural resources through implementation of active controls to reduce waste, conserve energy, minimise emissions and develop opportunities for re-use and recycling
- Prevent unacceptable environmental impacts or offend local communities through emissions to air, releases to water or disposal of solid waste
- Minimise packaging and fuel use consistent with the requirements for food safety, product protection, customers’ demands and efficient production and vehicle fleet operation
- Legal compliance with the letter and intent of local Safety Health and Environment legislation as a minimum for all operations
- Effective emergency response procedures are in place to minimise the impact of incidents on persons and the environment
- Integrated management of Safety Health & Environment issues within the normal operational Business Management Systems used to control operations
- Significant plant and process changes are assessed and positively authorised in advance to prevent adverse environmental impacts and/or Health and Safety risks
Stephen Catling
Chief Executive Officer
ABF Ingredients
