2023 has been a significant year for the Safety Charter, with the celebration of our ten-year anniversary, held in conjunction with our first ever one-day conference. This was a great opportunity to re-connect and celebrate the people involved with the origins of the Safety Charter and learn about the latest in mentally safe work practices. The […]
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Charter Update
November 2023 In this issue: Charter Update November 2023 View in browser November ’23 Newsletter “Better Work is Safer Work” Having a Strategic Plan is business as usual for most organisation’s. A lot of them are developed and written during a workshop session, sometimes with an external facilitator, a white board, sticky notes, and a […]
Networking Event Review
Critical risk – with Cantbury West Coast air resucre 11 October 2023 A Charter networking event was held on Wednesday 11th October, at the Bealey Hotel. The evening featured a presentation from Dan McPherson and Scott Mears, a pilot and paramedic from Canterbury/West Coast Air Rescue. The presentation featured many real-life examples of rescues they […]
Safety Charter fostering change in SME’s
I’m thrilled to be a part of the Canterbury Safety Charter team, where I have taken on a pivotal role in a transformative project where we are actively engaging with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across New Zealand. I am Tammy Alexander, a health and safety enthusiast with over 25 years of experience. My passion […]
State of a Thriving Nation
Paul Duggan, Safety Charter General Manager, recently attended an event where Economist Shamubeel Eaqub presented the “State of a Thriving Nation Report” he authored for the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum. The main summary is that workplace harm costs the New Zealand economy $4.4 Billion annually, and that New Zealand’s health and safety record […]
Charter Commitment #9
impairment Safety Charter commitment 9 is all about ensuring that safety is not compromised by anyone under the influence of drugs, alcohol, fatigue, or psycho-social stresses that can reduce one’s ability to work safely. Impairment can be a difficult thing to observe or to measure. An employee suffering from a physical injury, like a broken […]
Thriving People and Workplaces
what is a thriving workplace, and what makes it so? In my mind the best analogy is a botanical one. Think of what a thriving plant might look like, as opposed to one which is not thriving. The differences are easy to imagine, and the physical signs are obvious to any observer. We all know […]
Charter Commitment #8
TRAINING This commitment is for all stakeholders, from directors down to the person on a shovel, receiving appropriate health and safety training. This should start prior to work commencing and continue as their individual roles and health and safety practices evolve. The overriding principle is that everyone is responsible for health and safety, and all […]
Overcoming Critical Risk
charter networking event Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue The Charter is pleased to host a presentation by the Canterbury/West Coast Air Rescue team. Learn how these professionals manage and mitigate a variety of risks in their everyday job. The team face many unknowns as they are called to an incident, and there are always numerous […]
Charter Update
September 2023 In this Issue. Charter Update September 2023 View in browser September ’23 Newsletter What the Heck is HECA? A different way of thinking……. Most organisation’s that I know of spend a lot of time examining measures of health and safety performance. The most common can be the recordable injury rate, or loss time […]
Charter Commitment #7
site induction Site induction is one of the places where the health and safety rubber meets the road. Every site is different, and each has its unique set of challenges. All those who enter a site (workers, subcontractors, consultants, visitors etc) must all be made aware of the risks on site and communicate to others […]
Health & Safety Profile
tc chadinha Group Manager People & Safety – Scope Group Ltd TC Chadinha has had an interesting and varied career before landing as the Group manager for People and Safety at Scope Industries. He immigrated to New Zealand from South Africa in 2017, after a career as a covert operative and Senior Detective in the […]
Health & Safety Profile
wendy mclean, h&s advisor Meet Health and Safety Advisor Wendy McLean, from Health and Safety at Work NZ. Caring by nature and after career changing workplace injury and shift to Christchurch Wendy found the job that made her want to get out of bed in the morning. Starting 10-years ago as a volunteer Health and […]
Charter Commitment #6
Site safety Commitment six is about managing risk on the ground. This is the point the rubber meets the road, and all the plans, policies and procedures are put to the test. It is one thing to have the paperwork all compliant, but another to know and understand how risks are actually identified, managed, and […]
Mental Health Journey
joseph shares his journey in 3 short videos Joseph Zermatten a member of the Safety Charter Health and Safety leaders’ group shares his personal story in a video series produced by the Safety Charter and WorkSafe NZ. Joseph’s story is a three-part series which shows how both Joseph and CS Roofing responded to a mental health challenge […]
Celebrating our 10-year members
During the Anniversary Dinner, the Safety Charter acknowledged and recognised the stalwart organisations who had been members for the full ten years. Accepting their award and certificate from Charter Patron, Graham Darlow and Chairman, Ian Campbell are Ara, AWF, Contract Construction, Enterprise Recruitment, MBIE and Ministry of Justice. Those unable to attend the evening included […]