We have introduced new production processes which are intended to meet or exceed all applicable health and safety standards in Ukraine, as well as aiming to be more efficient than previously. In 2021, our operations were re-certified as complying with international standards of occupational safety and health management systems, in particular, the State Standard of Ukraine ISO 9001:2015, State Standard of Ukraine OHSAS 18001:2010, and ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
We operate a Near Miss reporting system, designed to increase occupational health and safety by detecting and eliminating dangerous incidents, situations, and practices (“Near Misses”). We centrally record all Near Misses in our workplaces and seek to establish ways to reduce or eliminate the chances of dangerous incidents occurring in the future. We undertake practical training sessions and generated a register of reported Near Misses, ranked by risk level (identification, recognition and mitigation as a key to safe working). We have developed our Near Miss reporting system to be a fully electronic process, carrying out Near Miss training for internal auditors and coaches, rolling out engaging new ways to detect and eliminate Near Misses, and introducing Near Miss KPIs for our team.
We also operate a system of TOP 10 safety standards for high risk operations, with leadership and training programmes for each of these standards.
The preservation of human life and health is our highest value, and we will continue to work hard to further raise occupational health and safety standards.