Health, safety and wellbeing
Our leaders set the tone for safe working environments and they actively promote good health and wellbeing across our global sites. We continually monitor our safety performance, talk about it, recognise good practice and ask everyone to take responsibility for improving safety.
Striving for zero lost-time injuries
Across our production sites we actively share insights and lessons learnt to help identify risks early and strengthen safety practices, creating safer workplaces and striving towards zero lost time injuries.
Our approach to safety goes beyond preventing accidents and injuries – we also focus on what we can do to enrich the lives of our employees. Our businesses are committed to supporting people's physical and emotional health and wellbeing.
A safety-first culture
Behavioural safety is fundamental to good safety management. We equip our employees with the knowledge and resources to make informed, rational decisions that help improve the safety of their work environments.
As well as providing safety risk matrices and checklists to help employees determine how best to progress in different situations, our businesses use a range of measures to promote safety excellence including online training, safety videos and ongoing robust communications.
A collaborative and continuous approach
A culture of continuous improvement is critical to our safety performance. As a devolved yet connected collection of businesses, our community of health and safety leaders share information and experiences so that everyone across ABF Ingredients benefits from enhanced safety practices.
The safety performance of our businesses is regularly monitored throughout the year and this information is shared across ABF Ingredients from leadership to the factory floor.
Special Ingredients Awards
Our annual ABF Ingredients Special Ingredients Awards are an opportunity to recognise individuals or teams that have led the way in promoting workplace safety or positive environmental impact.
Nominations always highlight the exemplary work across all our sites and we commend those who go above and beyond to promote innovative solutions and foster a culture of safety, wellbeing and responsibility.
The Safety Essentials
Our Safety Essentials toolkit identifies the core safety considerations in our working environments. Each business uses this framework to brief employees and contractors. It’s a system that quickly addresses potential hazards and behaviours of concern, so we can take action to mitigate them.
Wellness and wellbeing
Our businesses deliver a range of programmes to improve our employees' mental and physical health. While the approach may vary, the theme of these programmes aims to increase awareness of positive and healthy behaviours.