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Occupational Health and Safety Commitment
"Employees are SITC's greatest wealth" is the company's core value. The company always gives top priority to protecting the life, health and safety of its employees, which is an important foundation for our successful operations. We are committed to protecting the safety and well-being of our workers throughout our operations. SITC International has established strict occupational health and safety management system (OHS) policies and KPI targets.
The company regards "employee health and safety within the value chain" as an important sustainable development issue, takes net-zero safety accidents in the value chain as the most important goal, and has set goals and key performance indicators related to safety and quality. and action plan. In this regard, the company has formulated the "5 Zeros" goal of net zero safety and health incidents:
Achieve zero incidence of serious accidents at sea, marine pollution accidents caused by oil and gas leaks, serious cargo accidents, fatal accidents related to industrial accidents, and employee overwork accidents.
In order to achieve this goal, we objectively evaluate safety quality through the Safety Performance Index (SPI) and pursue the world's highest level of safety and quality. Most of this indicator is based on the owned and leased ships operated by the Group. The health and safety indicators also include our of all hired and outsourced employees. At the same time, safety culture is cultivated, employees' safety awareness is improved through regular training, and accidents and occupational accidents on board are eliminated. And it has formulated comprehensive and rigorous "Occupational Health and Safety Operation Control Procedures" and other related documents.
We are committed to achieving the highest level of safety and quality within the company's value chain. We are committed to helping upstream suppliers and downstream partners improve their safety levels while achieving net zero internal safety incidents, and require our suppliers to also comply with our safety standards. Net zero accident targets and health and safety policies.
The base year for the above-mentioned net-zero accident target is 2020, and the target year is 2030. In addition to the net zero goal, we have also set a quantified goal for the number of lost working hours due to work-related injuries. We strive to control the number of lost working hours below 500 hours, which is a decrease of approximately 27.5% compared to 2020. This goal will be maintained until Year 2030.
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Goals | |
Number of deaths in the line of duty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of people injured on the job | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Hours lost | 688 | 1136 | 1804 | 896 | 500 |
Employee Health and Safety Policy and Commitment
SITC International reflects the organization's long-term direction in health and safety through a company-wide OHS policy and commitment, which stipulates the company's approach to health and safety and clearly stipulates the company's expectations for employees and other stakeholders. The commitments contained in the policy will then be reflected in the processes established by the company to ensure a sound, credible and reliable OHS management system is in place. The Occupational Health and Safety Commitment is therefore a valuable and necessary step in developing further measures.
1. The company has implemented an occupational health and safety management system and complies with the ISO 45001 standard and other applicable national or international OHS standards and regulations, voluntary schemes and OHS collective agreements. During maritime transportation, special attention is paid to compliance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Regulations on ship occupational health and safety and the requirements of SOLAS Convention, STCW Convention and MLC2006. The company is committed to respecting human rights and abiding by the OCED "Code for Multinational Enterprises", the "Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct" and the United Nations' "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights". The company is committed to introducing occupational health and safety standards into contract requirements across the company, applicable to employees under the company's overall operations, as well as contractors and individuals under the company's supervision (hereinafter collectively referred to as workers).
2. The company has developed a systematic occupational health and safety risk assessment process, continuously completed the work-related hazard identification and risk assessment process, and applied risk control systems to minimize these hazards. Ensure that workers can freely evacuate potentially hazardous working environments and report risk issues. The company is committed to protecting workers from retaliation, reducing working environment risks, and performing equipment maintenance and updates to prevent and mitigate risks of negative direct health and safety impacts during operations.
3. The company provides occupational health services to workers to ensure that workers' health conditions are protected in specific working environments and to protect their health, privacy and security and promote workers' access to other non-occupational health care services. The company is committed to providing workers with adequate occupational health and safety training to raise awareness and reduce operational health and safety incidents from work-related hazards. We also institutionalize procedures for investigating work-related injuries, ill-health, illness and accidents to ensure workers are fully compensated for work-related injuries and to reduce the likelihood of future occurrences.
4. In the process of developing, implementing and evaluating the occupational health and safety management system, the company extensively consults workers' opinions and incorporates them into the system. The company is committed to continuous and regular assess internal occupational health and safety performance. While implementing the OHS management system, it tries to discover existing problems in the system and improve them, and adopts best practices and new technologies to improve OHS performance. And develop priorities and action plans, combined with quantified targets for improving occupational health and safety performance indicators, to address these risks and integrate actions to prepare for and respond to emergencies. And regularly assess progress in reducing/preventing health problems/target risks.
5. The company's senior management recognizes the implementation strategy of the occupational health and safety policy and clarifies the responsibilities and obligations of the company's management and employees in occupational health and safety. The top decision-maker is the executive management team. Our company's safety policy is more than just a document, it is considered an integral part of our organizational culture, values and performance standards. We adhere to the principles of "zero accidents" and "zero injuries" to ensure that every worker can be safe return home and commit to being responsible for the communities and environment involved in maritime transport, and protecting the well-being of workers and communities through occupational health and safety management.
6. The company is not only committed to ensuring the occupational health and safety of workers within the company, but also extends this commitment to the level of suppliers and partners. The company requires suppliers and partners to comply with relevant occupational health and safety regulations and standards, and during cooperation with the company, implement occupational health and safety management measures that meet the company's requirements. The company will evaluate the occupational health and safety management of suppliers and partners, and cooperate with them to provide the training they need and work together to improve occupational health and safety performance. At the same time, the company encourages suppliers and partners to develop and implement their own occupational health and safety management systems to ensure occupational health and safety in the global supply chain. Through these measures, SITC International has expanded its occupational health and safety commitment to the entire supply chain, ensuring that both company and partner workers can work in a safe and healthy environment.
Through the above series of actions, SITC International ensures the establishment of a sound, credible and reliable OHS management system to protect the occupational health and safety of workers.