Kingspan has a strong reputation for health and safety in the workplace and takes seriously its responsibility for staff welfare. In the UK, reviews carried out as part of the Investor in People framework have noted the Group’s approach to occupational health and well being as a particular strength, and investments continue to be made to ensure these high standards are maintained. Provision of a high quality working environment is viewed as fundamental to maintaining healthy and motivated staff, and to retaining staff for the long-term. OHSAS 18001, in conjunction with increased resources applied to the management of health and safety, has helped to deliver significant improvement in performance.
Kingspan Insulated Panels had already achieved OHSAS 18001 at all of its UK and Ireland sites while the manufacturing facility in Leuze, Belgium was awarded the accolade in 2012. There are currently plans in place to achieve accreditation for manufacturing sites in Australia, Dubai, France and Belgium in 2013/2014. Also the UK site in Holywell, North Wales was awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Gold (RoSPA) Award for the fifth consecutive year in 2012.
The Environmental Division achieved OHSAS 18001 at its solar manufacturing site in Portadown in 2012, thereby completing the accreditation process for all sites in Ireland.
Kingspan Insulation have undertaken an employee occupational satisfaction survey in the two largest sites in the UK and as a result have initiated employee forums to create more involvement in operational matters. To date Kingspan Insulation has achieved OHSAS 18001 on seven manufacturing sites with plans in place to achieve accreditation in three further sites in 2013.