Importance of HSE Management System in any Organization

HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) is a set of processes and procedures finding potential hazards to a certain environment, developing best practices to reduce or remove those risks, and then training employees for accident anticipation, accident response, etc. within the organizations.

The main intent of having a Health, safety and environment Management System dates back in time to the faulty working practices of workers in an earlier era, especially in the manufacturing industry. Employees were just protected from the accidents caused by the machines and equipment employees worked with. Eventually, the workers started to demand better safety and forced the government to take action. The governments responded by introducing legislation requiring employers to assure workplace health and safety, pay for medical insurance and other compensation for injuries, death and any disease resulting from work activities.

What is Health and Safety in the workplace?

Workplace health and safety is all about wisely managing risks to protect workers and business. Good health and safety based on HSE management system (integrated ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018) is considered by strong leadership involving managers, workers, suppliers, contractors and customers. In a global context, health and safety is also an essential part of the movement towards supportable development.

Why is HSE System Implementation is Important?

• It is morally right to ensure workers return home safe and healthy at the end of every working day.
• By protecting workers, reduce absences, ensuring that your workplace is more efficient and productive.
• Research shows that workers are more productive in workplaces that are committed to health and safety.
• Reducing down-time caused by disease and accidents means less disruption – and saves organization business money.
• In some countries, health and safety legislation is criminal law and here organizations are legally obliged to comply with it. Legal breaches can result in prosecution, fines and even imprisonment of senior executives.
• To attract investors and partnerships organization may need to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility, which will include how organization protect their workers.
• Increasingly, customers want to buy products and services that are produced ethically – so also need to think about the work practices throughout supply chain and deal only with ethical suppliers that protect their workforce.
• More and more, job hunters – particularly Millennials and Generation Z – seek roles with employers who share their values, so without strong corporate responsibility and sustainability practices may struggle to attract or retain the best employees.
• A good health and safety record is a source of competitive advantage: it builds trust in organization reputation and brand, while poor health and safety performance will directly affect profitability and can result in loss of trade or even closure of the business.
• Good health and safety at work secures long-term benefits for business and the wider community.

These days many recognized training providers worldwide are offering online HSE auditor training – a certified courses that guide delegates with the details knowledge and understanding about implementing ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 based Health, Safety and Environmental Management system. Such training by experts helps auditor and organization to get risk free system for the workers within the organization. A trained certified HSE Auditor can also help in auditing the implemented system and achieving the goals of the organization as far as the health, safety and environmental management issues concerned.

Ian Colin has published many articles regarding ISO Certification. Ian has rich experience as a online publisher and prepared various Certification documents as per ISO guideline since large amount of years in his professional career.