Health and Safety

Why it’s important

Unsafe and unhealthy practices can lead to illness, injury, environmental harm, or loss of life. A proactive health and safety culture ensures the protection of people, property, the community, and the environment. Every individual contributes to creating a safe and supportive workplace.

Musts

• What must I do?

  • Work and behave in a safe and health-conscious manner, following all laws, regulations, policy, standards, procedures, instructions, and training relevant to my role.
  • Never carry weapons on site.
  • Perform work only when I am trained, competent, medically fit, sufficiently rested, functionally capable, and alert enough to do so.
  • Know what to do in an emergency at my location, during visits to other sites, or when travelling.
  • Report all actual or near miss incidents, unsafe conditions, injuries, illness, or unhealthy conditions to local Unilever management, without delay. Never assume someone else will.
  • Support team leaders to ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors understand and follow health and safety procedures, and instructions.
  • Never breach the Life Critical Standards.
  • Never work under the influence of any substance that may negatively impact the health and safety of myself or others.
  • Never carry on with any work that becomes unsafe or unhealthy.
  • Speak Up if I have concerns about my ability to meet these minimum requirements or if the environment is unsafe or unhealthy.
• As a team leader, what do I need to do?

  • Establish and maintain a suitable health and safety management system for my site and team, including the appointment of committees, managers, competent experts, and a system for gathering concerns and input from employees, contractors, and visitors.
  • Identify and manage health and safety hazards and risks related to all team and site operations, activities, emergencies, and services.
  • Review compliance regularly with local health and safety legislation, as well as relevant Unilever standards.
  • Set site and role-specific improvement objectives and monitor performance, including an annual review of the management systems’ effectiveness and adequacy.
  • Report mandatory Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through Unilever’s health and safety reporting system.
  • Investigate and report all incidents, accidents, and near-misses in line with reporting requirements, including follow-up and the communication of lessons learned.
  • Maintain, communicate, and test both site and role emergency plans.
  • Ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors receive applicable emergency notifications, procedures and role-specific health and safety information, and training in the local language.
  • Never discourage an individual from reporting a risk, concern, or incident, or ask them to start or continue work in an unsafe or unhealthy environment.