British Safety Council held its annual Gala Dinner on 19 June at Church House Conference Centre in London to celebrate the winners of its International Safety Awards (ISAs) 2026. This is the 68th year the awards have taken place and the 66th year of a gala dinner.
This year was the first time that British Safety Council had combined the gala dinner with a daytime conference, themed “Designing Safer Workplaces”, which explored practical and strategic approaches to improving health, safety, and wellbeing performance.
The prestigious evening event, sponsored by HSI Donesafe, was hosted by BBC presenter Mike Bushell, and included speeches by British Safety Council CEO, Mike Robinson, its chairman Peter McGettrick, and Andy Shenstone, Chief Executive of NEBOSH.
851 organisations won an International Safety Award. They span numerous sectors with significant representation from the construction, manufacturing, oil, gas, mining, power and utility sectors. Winners were drawn from 51 countries worldwide. 234 organisations were awarded a Distinction, 428 organisations were awarded a Merit and 189 organisations achieved a Pass.
Only the best of the best wins an overall category award, and a full list of the winners is below.
Speaking at the event, Chief Executive of British Safety Council, Mike Robinson said:
“I want to offer my wholehearted congratulations to every organisation being recognised this evening. You deserve to be here, and we are proud to celebrate you.
“I also want to take a moment to acknowledge the people who make these awards possible, the health and safety professionals, the leaders, the practitioners, the teams, who do this work, day in and day out; often without the recognition that they deserve.
“The nature of our profession is such that success is often invisible. When safety systems work, nothing happens. When cultures are healthy, incidents do not occur. When leadership is strong, risks are identified and addressed before they become tragedies.
“That invisibility is, in one sense, the highest form of achievement. But it can also mean that the people responsible for it go unrecognised, their contribution unacknowledged by those around them.
“But our International Safety Awards have always striven to reward the unseen, to celebrate the invisible, and to shine a light on success; because success in safety is measured in lives unchanged by tragedy. That is worth celebrating, even when no one sees it.”
In his address, Chairman of British Safety Council, Peter McGettrick said:
“I spend a lot of my time talking about safety, but every now and then something brings you right back to the reality of it.
“Because the truth is this. We still can’t guarantee that every worker will go home safely tonight. Tomorrow, around 7,900 families will lose someone to a work-related incident.
That’s one every 11 seconds.
“Which means that in the short time I’ve been speaking, a couple of people somewhere in the world won’t make it home. But what I see in this room — and what I see across our profession — is a group of people who simply won’t accept that.
“I see it in the work we do every day. In the people we train, the organisations we support, and the conversations we have that shift how safety is thought about — not as a constraint, but as something fundamental to how good businesses operate.
“Last year alone, over 13,000 people in more than 100 countries came through our training programmes. But for me, it’s not really about the numbers.
“It’s about the fact that every one of those people leaves better equipped to look after the person working next to them. And that’s how change really happens. One decision, one action, one workplace at a time.”
The evening also saw Veolia receive the award in a new free-to-enter category, The Innovation in Health Award, in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Prevention Programme.
Speaking on their behalf, Mike Calcutt, Deputy Director of Engagement and Policy, HSE, said:
“The quality of the submissions received for the Innovation in Health Award has been truly impressive, and I offer my huge congratulations to this year’s winner, Veolia. Their work is a powerful example of the impact that innovative approaches can have in preventing work-related ill health.
“Established by British Safety Council in partnership with HSE's Prevention Programme, this award recognises what becomes possible when leaders and industries come together to tackle health risks at source. From waste and recycling to utilities and manufacturing, Prevention is supporting alliances that are identifying effective, evidence-based interventions to reducing work-related ill health.
“To everyone shortlisted, and above all to Veolia – very well done.”
Full list of ISAs winners
Country Winners:
Asia (other): China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. Philippine Branch - Champion Palace Project
Europe: GAe Engineering Srl - Sermig - Basilica di Superga
Kuwait: Kuwait National Petroleum Company - Projects Directorate
Middle East (other): China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd (EGYPT) & China State Construction Overseas Development CO., LTD - The Cairo New Administrative Central Business District Project (Package 8 & 11)
Pakistan: Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited - Sadiqabad
Qatar: Qatar Free Zone Authority
Saudi Arabia: ENGIE (Fadhili Operations & Maintenance Company)
Singapore: China Communications Construction Company Limited (Singapore Branch) - Obayashi Singapore Private Limited Joint Venture - T5 Substructure Project
Turkey: SunExpress Airlines
United Arab Emirates: Roads and Transport Authority - Dubai
United Kingdom: Platinum Facilities
Sector Winners:
Consultancy and advisory: Ramboll Singapore
Defence: BAE Systems Naval Ships, Clyde
Financial: Hassad Food Company
Health and social care: Sodexo Health and Care - Manchester Oxford Road Campus
Hospitality and catering: Ecolog International FZE - BECL Site (ROO HQ)
Leisure and sports clubs: The Football Association - St. George's Park
Local government: Roads and Transport Authority - Dubai
Not for profit: GAe Engineering Srl - Sermig - Basilica di Superga
Other Property Activities - Real Estate - Property/Facility Management (other than Construction/Development): Platinum Facilities
Power & Utilities: ENGIE (Fadhili Operations & Maintenance Company)
Public services: MetroLink
Retail: Dubai Duty Free
Storage / Warehousing: HEPSIBURADA: E-Commercial & Logistic Services
Transportation / Logistics: Unipart
Free to enter awards winners:
Environmental: Eti Soda
Health Safety and Wellbeing Ambassador of the Year Award: Mayasa, Dubai Municipality - Health & Safety Department
Innovation in Health Award in collaboration with Prevention Program: Veolia
Lifetime Achievement Award: Professor Eur Ing David Cooper MBE, LECS UK
Rising Female Star Award in collaboration with SOWSHE-A: Dr. Hessa Al Jawi, Dubai Municipality - Health & Safety Department
Seize the Opportunity Award: Ramboll
Team of the Year Award: Ramboll APAC Care Ambassadors Team, Ramboll
The CEO Award: Bashar Al Malik, Saudi Arabia Railways
The James Tye Award: Enerjisa Uretim
Wellbeing Initiative Award: WSP Middle East