We expected our people to be identified as one of the programmes through our materiality assessment, reflecting the importance of our people in making Waste Management a sustainable company into the future.
Ko tā mātau i tūmanako ka tautuhia ko ā mātau tāngata tētahi o ngā kaupapa i roto i tā mātau aromatawai ukauka, e whakaata ana i te hiranga o ā mātau tāngata kia puta ai a Waste Management hei kamupene toitū ā tōna wā.
Goal 1: Reduce Significant Injury & Fatality Incidents
Key Actions
- Conduct bowtie risk assessments to identify the causes, preventative safety controls, reactive safely measures and consequence for each of our 13 critical safety risks.
- Educate all managers and supervisors in each bowtie and management of identified critical risks.
Quarter 3 Update
- Bow tie risk assessments are complete for all critical risks.
- Bowtie and process safety training complete for all landfill and energy park staff.
Goal 2: Increase Diversity & Cultural Literacy
Key Actions
- Develop programmes to increase cultural literacy and diversity across our teams.
- Measure the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion programmes through capturing accurate data from new and existing team members.
Quarter 3 Update
- Policies, guidelines and diversity committee protocols confirmed and communication to the wider business scheduled in Quarter 4.
- Ethnicity data now included in all new employee paperwork as a voluntary option to be recorded for reporting purposes. A survey to all team members to request company wide ethnicity data scheduled in Quarter 4.
