We are committed to the health, safety and well-being of our employees, customers and partners in all our operations. This is demonstrated through our continuous efforts aiming for zero harm.
We target uncompromised safety
We have a comprehensive safety agenda, and we take continuous actions to improve the safety of all our employees, partners, customers, contractors and other stakeholders.
In 2023 we continued the work on the fatality prevention program that was launched in 2022. The purpose of the program is to prevent fatalities and severe injuries through a standardized approach to control the highest safety risks. As a result of the program, in 2022 we produced ten safety directives that set out detailed health and safety requirements for our businesses. These directives are the basis of our ten Life-Saving Rules.
These Life-Saving Rules are non-negotiable and aim to empower all our employees to make the right decision when facing risks or seeing someone in danger or performing an unsafe task. This approach also supports workers to speak up if they observe safety issues, as one of the most effective ways to ensure safety is by putting a stop to unsafe work. Metso’s Life-Saving Rules were developed internally by teams consisting of technical experts and safety professionals, with input from operational employees and contractors, and reinforced with senior management support.
We launched the rules with a training program at the end of 2022, and during 2023 they were rolled out across the organization. The program is based on a train-the-trainer approach where safety professionals train the managers and supervisors who then deliver face-to-face training to their front-line operational employees.
Metso’s Life- Saving Rules
Social responsibility and employees: Key performance indicators
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QEHS policies and sustainability governance
Quality and EHS policies demonstrate our commitment to work based on legal requirements. This includes the sustainable use of natural resources as well as the health and safety of our employees and our contractors working on our premises or under our direct supervision.
Health and safety are critical to our success. Our QEHS policy states our intent to create a safe and healthy workplace for everyone, and we all have a part to play in ensuring we achieve this. Understanding the policy and how it is applied in the business will ensure that we keep our workplace safe and healthy every day. With our QEHS policy, we have a great opportunity to reinforce our environmental commitments aiming to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources, protection of the environment, compliance with legal requirements and minimization of our environmental footprint in our value chain. In that way, all employees have a very important role to ensure the effective communication and implementation of our QEHS policies.
Our integrated management system follows best international practices and ISO standards, ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environmental) & ISO 45001 (H&S). It integrates all of our systems and processes into one complete framework, enabling us to work as a single unit with unified objectives. We are annually certified by an external body to ensure that our work meets all legal, directive and ISO standard requirements.
Safe customer operations
Safety is the license to operate in the industries that we serve. Metso's products are designed to meet all the relevant standards, norms and directives in the respective delivery countries. Our products are delivered with the appropriate information and instructions to ensure safe operation, services and maintenance. In addition, we offer a wide range of life cycle services to ensure that all our products in use will continue to meet existing and future requirements throughout their life cycle. Safety of our products is one of the key drivers in our research and development work.