OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Overberg Water is striving for excellence in all that we do, recognize the impact that our activities can have on people and the environment. Safety, health and protection.of the environment form an integral part of our planning and decision making. We manage our entity, wherever we do business, in an ethical way that strikes an appropriate and well-reasoned balance between economic, social and environmental needs. We expect our employees and service providers globally, to take personal responsibility to embrace this ambition in all of our day to day activities.
OUR GOALS
Eliminate incidents, minimize risk, responsibly manage environmental impacts and enable excellence in operations and business performance while providing a workplace that takes into account the safety and well-being of our people and service providers.
OVEBERG WATER IS COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING
- Conducting our business with respect and care for people and the environment.
- Responsible utilization of natural resources.
- Consistently demonstrating visible and active leadership with employees and service providers.
- Promoting dialogue with stakeholders about SHE matters and performance.
- Complying with agreed corporate requirements that embrace the duty of care, including compliance with applicable laws. Taking decisions that add sustainable value in the short, medium and long term.
WE WILL ACHIEVE THESE COMMITMENTS BY
- Identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing effective controls to prevent causes and mitigate possible consequences.
- Setting and periodically reviewing SHE objectives and targets, and communicating progress.
- Using internationally recognized management systems, ensuring they are audited and identifying improvement opportunities to drive better SHE performance.
- Developing and implementing inherently safer and cleaner technologies.
- Holistically managing health and wellness of our people.
- Implementing a life-cycle approach for all products we buy, make and sell.
- Responding effectively to emergencies involving our people, operations and products.
- Benchmarking best SHE practices internationally.
- Learning from incidents to prevent reoccurrence.