Apr 1, 2016 · Getting safety governance frameworks working effectively, and understanding the safety governance maturity of your business, is incredibly important for health and safety professionals. Professional company director and international health and safety expert Dr Kirstin Ferguson explains why.

What is ‘Corporate Governance of Health and Safety’? The Corporate Governance of Health and Safety, (HS) can be described as that part of a company’s corporate governance process by which the board, (the controlling mind), seeks to secure adequate direction and oversight of HS.

The primary aim of the Safety Governance Assessment is to gain a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities in an urban area to develop and implement appropriate policies for improving urban safety and local governance.

Choosing an approach for corporate safety governance is a critical decision for the board and the executive leadership team. This paper explores how to meet these challenges and to get safety governance right.

Jan 7, 2016 · The concept of safety governance is about ensuring that the most senior leaders of an organization have the tools, knowledge and structures in place to maximize the safety performance of the organizations they lead, beyond mere …

Companies can take a strategic approach to managing health, safety and environmental risks, and implement an overarching safety culture as part of its corporate governance and ESG responsibilities – the aim is to create workplaces where employees stay safe, without a major disaster being the catalyst for change.

Dec 12, 2024 · Occupational safety and health governance deals with the health and safety aspect of governance, from high-level strategies and objectives to the systems and roles needed to enact them.

This white paper will explore what governance and in particular safety governance is and the value that it provides in an organization.

This guide reframes health and safety governance to reflect the latest thinking and research in health and safety. It helps officers better understand how to make sense of the complexities of work and work organisation to enable improved decision making at a governance level.

Oct 20, 2021 · A well-designed safety governance model that is integrated into roles and responsibilities throughout the organization will support an effective Safety Management System, regulatory compliance and a healthy safety culture.