28 Inizio Sustainability Report 2023 Health and safety Employee health and Health and safety focus areas during 2023 included: safety is a top priority 1. Regulatory and 2. Operational excellence 3. Continuous improvement Initiatives during 2023 included: risk management The QHS standard, our associated Performance monitoring enables Our businesses identify, analyze, and policies, and business-level our businesses to assess health Developing We’re proud to foster a culture that •Employee wellness programs, control potential risks and hazards, documentation govern health and safety controls, which indicate •Roll out of our new QHS system values health and safety excellence, which enhance their health and document and maintain risk and safety, driving compliance management system effectiveness standard across Inizio businesses enabling open communication and and wellbeing. assessments, which include: and consistent performance. We and ensure our early awareness of consultation with employees and •Multi-occupancy office health reinforce this with mandatory health incidents and timely improvements. and safety agreement process our other key stakeholders. We A common standard 1. The physical workplace and and safety training on our learning drive health and safety through our Our commitment to our employees, environment (office, home, or management system, Vita, and Internal and external health and safety Appointing policies, standards, and processes, those who work with us, and everyone other remote work location). through local learning channels. audits provide valuable insight into our An Environment, Health, and Safety and we’re always looking to further affected by our operations is reflected 2. Work activities and modes, regulatory compliance levels and how (EHS) Director within Inizio Engage. improve our positive health and in our Health and Safety Policy, including lone work, driving, We carefully select our business well we meet our internal standards. safety culture. which in turn underpins our and/or traveling for work. partners, ensuring that they operate Creating management system. 3. General health and wellbeing. safely, reliably, and responsibly. We actively encourage employee A global EHS Center of Excellence Underpinning our health participation to identify areas for within Inizio Engage. and safety culture are: As outlined in the Quality section of We also require our businesses We also ensure adequate health improvement. Employee consultation this report, in 2023 we introduced an to adhere to and keep abreast and safety controls are in place channels exist, with health and safety Engaging integrated management system for of health and safety legislation during external events we run for representatives where appropriate. A new business unit travel risk •A leader and manager-enabled quality and health and safety (QHS) for each jurisdiction where our our clients and during our clinical “tone from the top”, which management partner and rolling applicable to all employees and employees work and to reassess services. Our clinical and event An annual health and safety out an application supporting lone emphasizes the importance of workers who are not employees but management teams report any management review process for health, safety, and wellbeing for all. regulatory requirements and risks working in the clinical environment. whose work is controlled by Inizio. associated with business changes, incidents and investigations the new Inizio organization will be •Risk assessments, which are the Inizio’s QHS Management System including systems, processes, take place to identify and established during 2024. Opportunities Training foundation for safe activities. Standard applies to all of our work or premises. eliminate causes. for improvement identified through Including health and safety • activities and ensures that we assess management review will be policies, QHS system standard •Health and safety training, our businesses against a common incorporated into business objectives. awareness building, and and procedures. standard. The frequency of reaudit performance monitoring across is determined by inherent health •Health & safety learning module the Inizio organization, in pursuit Following a double win last • Gold in the Leisure Safety Awards developed for launch early in 2024 and safety risk, but we aim to review year, our Inizio Engage XD of continuous improvement. all of our businesses at least every • Highly Commended in the across all Inizio businesses. business again picked up two Entertainment and Media •Health and safety champions, five years. honours at the UK Royal Society who come together from across Inizio Engage XD for the Prevention of Accidents Industry Sector Award the organization to share information Find out more in our safety wins in 2023 (RoSPA) Awards: and lessons learned. Quality section on page 38