Transforming the culture of workplace health and safety

The British Safety Council is proud to publish this report by Howard Fidderman on our behalf in which the innovative and successful approaches to health and safety engagement adopted and practised by five of our leading members are featured. We thank all five organisations: adidas, Dawn Group, Diageo Runcorn Packaging, Linklaters and Wylfa Power Station (Magnex North), all of whom are Sword of Honour winners, for their participation and their willingness to share publicly their respective approaches to leadership, workforce involvement and culture more broadly - the ' why ', ' how ' and 'to what effect'.

This will be the first in a regular series of reports in which the British Safety Council will share with its members and wider stakeholder community the evidence on how best to meet the major health and safety challenges that we face.

The British Safety Council's charitable mission is to support a healthier, safer and more sustainable society. One of our strengths is our knowledge and expertise concerning the management of workplace health and safety risks built up over the 50 years we have been in existence. Another strength is our membership - more than 8,000 small, medium and large organisations operating in all sectors across the globe. It is from our membership that we draw much of the knowledge and expertise that shapes and influences our advisory, audit and training services.

The British Safety Council has a proven track record of working with our member organisations and other stakeholders to promote director leadership, encourage workforce involvement and help develop the competence necessary to ensure the risk of injury or ill health in the workplace is effectively mitigated.

Leadership, worker involvement and competence are three of the essential components of the Health and Safety Executive's strategy, The health and safety of Great Britain. We have, consistently, played our part in shaping and delivering the knowledge and competence necessary to build a culture in workplaces where leadership, workforce involvement and competence live and breathe.

We hope you find this report informative, helpful and a source of inspiration. Above all we are keen to work with you to identify and publicise your exemplary practices. So do share your knowledge and experience with us so that we can share it more widely with our member organisations and others who are key to achieving good health and safety in the UK and across the globe.

Julie Nerney

Chief Executive, British Safety Council

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