Health & Safety Policy.

Purpose and Scope

This policy statement sets out our commitment to achieving the highest health and safety standards across all of our operations. It applies to all employees, sub-contractors and suppliers engaged on projects managed by The Nest and Health Group Ltd.

 

Policy Objectives

We are committed to delivering great service to our Clients in a manner which safeguards the health and safety of our employees, sub-contractors, Client staff. The Nest and Health Group also considers its effect on the wider community and considers environmental sustainability within our office, activities, and projects.

 

Key Principles

  • Thinking – Everything we do in relation to health and safety is in line with local regulations and industry best practice. Our health and safety goals are centered on continually improving our services, efficiencies, and striving to exceed the expectations of our Clients.

  • Managing – Our Senior Management are responsible for ensuring that this policy is reviewed annually and implemented correctly. Our upper management is responsible for ensuring that we have the policies and resources in place to achieve our goals of reducing our health and safety risks so far as reasonably practicable.

  • Delivering – The way in which we will deliver on our commitment to health and safety initiatives achieved by employing correctly trained individuals and offering opportunity for both personal and professional growth.

 

Strategy

  • Identify applicable laws and regulations: We identify all applicable laws and regulations, and other requirements and ensure that appropriate controls are in place to achieve compliance.

  • Identify and manage risk: Our risk management processes identify what we need to do in order to reduce the impacts of our activities on our people, those around us and the environment. By communicating these risks and impacts in a timely manner, to our employees,

  • Clients and the sites where we work, we aim to ensure that everybody is aware of and supports our purpose.

  • Promote continual improvement: Setting objectives and targets will drive continual improvement in our services, thereby helping us reduce our environmental impacts and the risk of injury or illness.

  • Drive appropriate behaviours: We do this by engaging with our employees, sub-contractors and suppliers. We work with them and educate as required to provide the skills and competencies needed to prevent pollution, injury and illness, to work safely and to consider the safety of colleagues and others who may be affected by their work.

  • Develop an effective culture: We foster a culture of open communication, where our employees feel able to raise concerns on any health and safety matters. Our managers and supervisors will treat the concerns of our employees seriously and respond accordingly.

  • Report and investigate near misses and incidents: Where near misses and incidents do occur, it is absolutely imperative that we take the necessary steps and precautions to prevent them from occurring in the future. Implementation of new processes and procedures may develop as a result.

 

Responsibilites

The CEO:

  • Reviewing, endorsing and achieving this policy’s aims.

 

The General Manager:

  • Administering this policy on behalf of the CEO;

  • Developing and rolling out the supporting strategies to drive continual performance improvement.

 

The Project Director:

  • Ensuring that this policy and supporting strategies and procedures are distributed, implemented and complied with;

  • Ensuring that their management systems meet the requirements set out in the Company guidelines;

  • Leading by example in promoting a proactive approach to health and safety in all Company activities.

 

Managers:

  • Implementing and enforcing the processes and procedures;

  • Ensuring that their employees are aware of their responsibilities and receive appropriate training;

  • Addressing any inappropriate and non-compliant behaviour.

 

Employees:

  • Carrying out their responsibilities in line with this policy and adhere to associated procedures;

  • Challenging any behaviour that falls short of the expectations of this policy;

  • Identifying any breaches of this policy and reporting them to their line manager.

 

Kind Regards,

The Nest and Health Group Management Team

Last updated: 22nd Jan, 2023