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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017
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The key roles of the Taskforce include:
• Setting safety policies and procedures for Group-wide
implementation
• Directing the implementation of safety programmes
• Raising awareness of safety rules, procedures and best
practices
• Reviewing the effectiveness of current measures taken to
ensure the safety of employees and others in the workplace
• Ordering investigations on work-related incidents, accidents
and threats to safety in the workplace, and reviewing reports
and recommendations
• Supporting the Business Units’ safety committees in the
implementation of safety standards and campaigns
In 2017, the Taskforce organised four meetings in which they organised
and subsequently implemented the following initiatives:
• Strengthening of the Emergency Response Team at the Wisma
Mahmud building for emergency preparedness measures which
included implementing in-house training, fire drills and the purchase
of emergency response equipment
• Internal training which included a fire drill, first aid course, work-life
balance and awareness of OSH legal compliance
• Safety Month which also incorporated sustainability initiatives such
as tree planting and a recycling campaign
• Site visits to identified work sites and plants/factories that included
various employees from other subsidiaries to enhance understanding
and instill a sense of belonging among employees
• Reshuffling of Safety employees within the Group to strengthen the
implementation of Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) measures
• HSE and Security Audit for the whole Group carried out by Group
Internal Audit plus meeting with all safety personnel within the
Group to standardise policies and compliance
Group Safety Taskforce
We formed a Group Safety Taskforce (Taskforce) and introduced the
Group Safety & Health Policy in 2009 to underline our commitment
to personal safety. ‘Safe & Healthy Workplace’ also became a part of
our Group’s Mission statement. The Taskforce is headed by our Group
Managing Director, Dato’ Richard Curtis.
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Structure and
Roles & Responsibilities
The management team of OSH in the Group is driven by 35 OSH
personnel that comprise of General Manager – Operations, Group
Human Resources, Assistant Manager, 13 Executives and 20
Non-Executives. These personnel are deployed in every Division
and subsidiary reporting functionally to the respective CEOs and
administratively to the Head Office (General Manager and Assistant
Manager of Group Human Resources).
An OSH Committee is established in every Division and subsidiary
to enforce OSH Implementation and compliance to related statutory
requirements. The percentage of the workforce represented by
these committees is roughly 95%. The remaining 5% represent the
subsidiaries of trading, investments and development office.
Social: Labour Practices and Decent Work