A Corporate Culture Focused on Health and Safety in the Workplace

In every organization, there is a Health & Safety culture, whether we like it or not. It is important to perform a self-assessment, to be able to identify the areas of improvement.

We can say that there are three levels of Health & Safety culture:

A first level of culture is essentially focused on loss control (e.g., costs, worker’s compensation, disability insurance, damage to equipment, etc.).

At the second level, the focus is put on improving the organization of prevention namely by putting in place prevention programs.

Finally, at the third level of culture, Health & Safety are central values in the organization, and they are part of all decision-making processes. It is only when Health & Safety is integrated at all levels of the organization that we can talk about a Health & Safety culture.

Currently, AGF Group is between the first and the second levels and its objective is to reach the third level of Health & Safety culture. To achieve this goal, the strategy is to decentralize at the level of the division and business units, the  responsibility and accountabilityin terms of Health and safety. In order to do so, the corporate Health & Safety team, led by Martin Logan, National Health & Safety Director, will provide the required support to the entire organization.

In conclusion, in order to reach the third level of culture, everyone will have to make an effort: the corporate Health & Safety service, the management as a whole, as well as all employees. This is a mobilizing project that concerns all employees of the Group, regardless of their location, their role and their level of responsibility in the organization.