News article
On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we mark a major step forward in strengthening our Health & Safety (H&S) culture. After only eight months of mandatory H&S training, we have reached 90% global training completion across the Group. This milestone reflects how safety is embedded more consistently into everyday operations. It also signals a shift in mindset, where safety is not only about compliance and responding to incidents but about prevention, follow-up, and improved H&S awareness.
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From the left: Frida Vede Hartman, ESG Project Manager and Anne Sveistrup Boysen, Director, Group Legal, Compliance and ESG
Need for H&S consistency across work environments
Operating across multiple locations and work environments has highlighted the need for a more consistent approach to H&S. The challenge has been twofold: defining clear expectations while ensuring that H&S is visible, understandable, and practical in day-to-day work. Beyond compliance, the ambition has been to integrate safety into the way people work, supporting both efficient operations and a healthy working environment.
A structured approach to awareness and engagement
So far, H&S efforts have focused on training, reporting, and communication:
- A mandatory H&S training program was introduced to establish a shared baseline of safety knowledge, ensuring a mutual understanding of H&S responsibilities.
- H&S reporting was introduced at Group level with more frequent reporting to improve visibility on incidents, near misses, and trends.
- Awareness materials, such as posters and communication materials, were distributed across locations to keep H&S top of mind, supporting a more open H&S culture.
Measuring impact
Within the first eight months of focused investment in the H&S training program, we have seen the first tangible results:
- Achieved 90% global completion of H&S training, strengthening a shared understanding of safety expectations and responsibilities.
- Established a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) baseline of 8.5 for 2025, equivalent to 8.5 recordable incidents per one million hours worked.
Sustaining momentum through continuous improvement
Looking ahead, we will remain focused on increasing training completion rates while continuing to develop reporting and follow-up processes. The TRIR safety performance metric is a strong tool to benchmark performance against industry standards and to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of our H&S training programs.
