The Benefits of Health and Safety Culture

Building a culture with health and safety at its centre is not just to ensure an organisation protects its employees. An organisation will see additional benefits such as those below.

Improvements

A positive health and safety culture will mean decision making processes around improvements will be made quicker and prioritised. This is because the importance of health and safety can be a core attitude of an organisation’s employees.

Reporting

Positive culture ensures everyone buys into the importance of health and safety. Meaning individuals will take personal accountability when identifying and reporting possible risks in the workplace. Risks can be identified immediately and resolved quickly.

Productivity

Identifying and resolving risks at work the moment they’re found will mean employees feel safe and are able to focus on their work. Consciously removing risks can result in improved productivity.

Worker Retention

A health and safety culture demonstrates to employees that an organisation prioritises it’s people above all. Creating a positive working environment can improve employee motivation and reduce turnover of staff.

Reputation

Culture isn’t something that is isolated inside an organisation. Organisations with a good culture will earn the respect of those outside of it and therefore build a positive reputation for themselves.

Competitive Edge

A good culture will attract the right people to an organisation and as consumers become more conscious of the social impacts’ organisations have on society; they will be attracted to the organisation which matches their values. If organisations can reflect the values of their employees and consumers, then they will begin to set themselves apart from their competitors.