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 • SH&E is a line management responsibility. Ownership and accountability for SH&E performance is embedded in the line at all levels and Line Managers are responsible for providing SH&E leadership and for development and implementation of SH&E management plans for their areas of responsibility. 

Next we move to Develop and Implement SHE Management Plan….

SHE Policy

All companies should have their own SHE Policy

Some companies one combined Policy covering all aspects of operations including safety, quality, efficiency etc. This may not be a bad idea if set up is small.

Now what all should come in to SHE Policy?

There are three aspects namely Safety, Health and Environment as the name SHE suggests. One needs to have a look at operations and see which all components of SHE are impacted by your operations. In some cases there may not be any impact on Health of people working there or Operations may not be impacting Environment at all.

After having worked in Hazardous Industries for many years, I have myself starting believing that all accidents and injuries are preventable. Believe me you will find scores of people saying this but not many from within accept this. I was one of them but today when I look back, I sincerely believe that this is possible.

So, whether you believe it or not you should have this in your Policy. I can assure you that with passage of time and actions at work place you will start believing in it (if you do not believe already!)    

Now to be a Responsible Company, Statutory compliance is a must. Pl see what all Rules and regulations apply to your company. A line covering this should be in your policy.

As you are starting with a preamble that all injuries are preventable you need to have plans for continual improvement of safety at work place to achieve this ultimate goal. This should also reflect in your SHE Policy

If your operations can affect Health of people of pollute environment then your policy should cover this aspect as well.

Efficiency at work place is good both from business point of view and also from the point of Energy Conservation. See if this fits in your SHE Policy.

Training of work force is a must and important for continual improvement as it adds many hands who will help improve SHE Performance

You may think of other aspects as well which may be relevant to your business and include in the SHE Policy.

Having said whatever I have said above, one has to see that SHE Policy is not just a piece of paper and hence take up challenges which you think you can fulfil in next one or two years. You will always have opportunity to amend your SHE Policy as you move forward!

Given below a sample SHE Policy which you may look at

  

(COMPANY’S NAME)

The SH&E policy is:

At xxx we believe that all work-related injuries, illnesses and environmental incidents are preventable. We will manage all our activities with concern for people and the environment.

In particular, we will:

·         comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

·         strive to ensure our facilities operate to the highest standards to protect our employees, contractors, neighbours and the environment.

·         continue to seek ways to efficiently use materials and energy and thus conserve scarce natural resources.

·         provide appropriate information and/or training on the safe use and disposal of our products to our customers.

·         seek to develop new or improved products and processes to improve quality of people’s lives and to minimize the impact on the environment.

·         require every employee and contractor working for us to comply with relevant legislation and with this policy, and we will provide them with the necessary training.

·         set challenging targets and measure progress to ensure we continuously improve our safety, health and environmental performance.

We make this commitment to our employees, contractors, customers, shareholders and the community as we work towards our vision of

Value people and the environment

To be continued…..