FAQs Health & safety
Questions and answers
Has your company published a Health & Safety Policy?
ABF's Health & Safety Policy is published on this web site and is part of the Corporate Citizenship section of the Annual Report.
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Does your company have a Health & Safety Management system?
We require all subsidiary companies to implement the requisite level of risk-management controls to ensure compliance with our Health & Safety Policy. This enables them to install the level of risk management system which best suits their business needs and local circumstances.
British Sugar was the first company in the world to have its occupational H&S management system externally certified by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance to OHSAS 18001. In total, 28 ABF sites are certified to nationally recognised health and safety management systems. A number of companies are currently working towards external certification to OHSAS 18001 or equivalent.
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Who is responsible for managing your health and safety programme:
a) at the board level?
b) at an operational level?
Des Pullen, our Group Human Resources Director has overall responsibility for ABF’s Safety & Environmental Policies and performance and reports to the CEO. He is supported directly by a Group Safety & Environment Manager, who also works with the Director of Legal Services on compliance issues.
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Does your company publish:
a) internal health and safety reports?
b) an external health and safety report?
ABF publishes both internal health and safety reports and an external report on the web site.
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