Lex Russell, Managing Director of UK Materials, is the new Chair of the UK Health and Safety Committee.

This committee meets monthly and involves the employee reps on a quarterly basis. It is made up of the senior leadership team plus employee representatives from across the business.

The purpose of the committee is to:

• Provide effective corporate governance, monitoring health and safety performance and compliance with the UK Health & Safety Policy.
• Review any incidents, ensuring thorough investigation and sharing of learning points.
• Study forward-looking key performance indicators and good practices to help develop the UK Health & Safety strategy.
• Monitor progress against the Annual Health & Safety Improvement Plan and evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing initiatives.
• Ensure effective consultation regarding new initiatives.
• Develop implementation plans for the EMEA common Health & Safety initiatives.
• Promote general health and wellbeing, including supporting the work of the new Wellbeing Strategy Group.
• Consider how we continue to develop our Health & Safety culture, ensuring we look after ourselves and each other, in our pursuit of Zero4Life injury free performance.

Lex commented: “It is a real privilege to chair this committee which works hard to ensure safety remains our number one priority and we continue to keep ourselves and those we work alongside safe. I am particularly keen to see how we can improve on our achievements from this year into 2023 and develop our Health & Safety strategy so it remains industry-leading.”