Health & Safety

The Board of Directors of Acal Plc accepts its responsibility to ensure that the operations and business activities of all companies that come under the control of Acal Plc are conducted in such a way that the health & safety of employees, and those who may be affected by such activities, will not be put at risk in so far as is reasonably practicable.

As a responsible employer, in relation to Acal Plc’s head office and the UK-based Group companies, the Board is committed to meeting the legal requirements of the UK’s Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated regulations, so far as is reasonably practicable, and will:-

• Appoint the Group Company Secretary to act as the champion for health & safety.
• Ensure health and safety is a standing item at all Board meetings.
• Assist with both financial and physical resources as the Board deems appropriate to help Group companies implement their policies.
• Ensure appropriate technical advice is provided to Acal Plc (and, where appropriate, communicated to Group companies) to establish occupational safety, health and welfare as an essential element of the Group’s business activities.
• Manage the employees within Acal Plc’s head office in line with the same advice and guidance it issues to Managing Directors of Group companies.
• Encourage all Managing Directors of UK based and non-UK-based Group companies to achieve continuous improvement in the management of work related health and safety while complying fully with their legal duties and responsibilities.
• Require the Boards of all Group companies, both UK-based and non-UK-based, (i) to provide an annual health & safety report for the Acal Plc Board (to include accident data, risk management and policy development, any enforcement action, management of contractors and companies under their control, etc.) and (ii) to report to the Acal Plc Board promptly (via the Group Company Secretary) any health and safety related issues that arise of a serious nature.