Our Start Smart campaign has been launched to drive business improvement across our health, safety, and environmental and quality management performance. In accordance with our campaign, we will increase our health and safety performance performance, raise the level of occupational health and behavioural safety practices, reduce our impact on the environment while improving the overall level of quality management right across our business.
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Read below for further information on how we intend to improve our performances on our health, safety, environmental and quality management:
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Health
The Health and consideration of our workforce is of critical importance to our business which is why it remains high on our corporate agenda. We believe that the mental, physical and emotional health of our workforce is a major contributor to the success of the organisation. It is crucial in enhancing organisational performance and better service delivery.
Start Smart Health ensures we are committed not only to improving performance in health and wellbeing but we are also committed to health promotion by encouraging the adoption of healthier lifestyles for our staff and stakeholders. Start Smart Health sets out a roadmap which commits to ongoing health and wellbeing management with an engagement and communication agenda to move the focus to proactive health and wellbeing management. It includes initiatives to support health in the supply chain and promotes the employee’s role in personal health and wellbeing and which in turn ensures that employees believe the Heron Bros workplace and the industry in general is a place where they can thrive.
Safety
Safety is a fundamental right of every person who works for, or interacts with Heron Bros. Our Start Smart Safety programme ensures safety remains an inherent part of our mind-set, it maintains focus and promotes operational discipline in performing every task the right way every time.
Start Smart Safety is geared to help us identify and mitigate our risks by enhancing our equipment, technology and competency at all levels. A key function of Start Smart Safety is to enable our workforce to believe that all accidents are preventable; zero incidents are achievable and it focuses the employee on the part they play in this goal.
Environment
Start Smart Environment ensures we continue to operate in an environmentally conscientious and socially responsible manner; we are always focused on sustaining balance for the people and communities in which we work. Start Smart Environment focuses all our partners on our policy and management system to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. It shows our commitment to continuous environmental improvements where possible, prevention of pollution, reduction of environmental risks and effective internal and external communication on environmental matters through public reporting of our performance and data.
Start Smart Environment enables our commitment to be communicated to every employee and subcontractor so that they too are aware of the need to work to Heron Bros standards. The expectation is that all partners and members of our supply chain will adhere to our policies and meet our commitments.
Carbon Reduction Plan 2022
Heron Bros Carbon Reduction Plan 2022Quality
Start Smart Quality facilitates our aim for the highest possible standards of quality and efficiency to ensure we continue to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. We have recently taken steps to enhance data collection and sharing through the implementation of a bespoke company-wide online quality control and defect management system called Build Smart. Through Build Smart we monitor, measure and report on all SHEQ data in real time, enabling us to identify trends which we the use to drive business improvement.
Start Smart Quality is designed to make us even more proactive about the steps we are taking to ensure the quality and effectiveness of our entire operation. Start Smart Quality will drive continual improvement ensuring we deliver our projects with zero defects.