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Brambles
2006 Annual Report
Location:
Cambodia
Foundation for Developing
Cambodian Orphans (FDCO)
The FDCO runs an orphanage in
Prey Veng, Cambodia that provides
holistic care for up to 50 orphaned
and at-risk girls between four and
14 years. Through the Community
Reach programme, Brambles
provided funding for the purchase of
a four-wheel drive vehicle to provide
safe, reliable transport and access
to medical services for the children.
(feature photograph, page 31)
Location:
United States of America
Reducing waste
At CHEP’s Southaven facility in
Mississippi, employees have been
able to reduce the amount of waste
produced on-site. By recycling wood
(into new products, chipping, mulch
or fuel), metal (compacting metal
bands and nails for steelmaking) and
plastic (bailing polyethylene stretch
wrap for composite decking), daily
waste pick-ups have been decreased
considerably to just twice a month.
Location:
Australia
Maintaining National Parks
A Recall employee, who
also performs voluntary
environmental work, obtained
a A$5,000 grant through
Brambles’ Community Reach
programme to assist bush
regeneration works in the Lane
Cove National Park in Sydney.
employee publications, face-to-face communication
sessions with business unit leaders and other senior
managers, or through intranet and email. This
business-specific communication is supported on a
Brambles-wide basis by news bulletins on group issues,
as needed, and a regular “From the CEO” newsletter.
We consult directly with our people and use focus
groups as a key method of facilitating the flow of ideas
and information.
Brambles respects the individual’s right to freedom of
association and relates to its people through both collective
and individual agreements, according to local law, custom
and practice.
Health and Safety
Brambles is committed to working safely and applying
industry best practice to the health, safety and well-being
of employees, contractors, suppliers, customers and the
communities in which it operates.
Brambles is committed to achieving Zero Harm, meaning
no injuries and no environmental damage.
Brambles’ Zero Harm Charter, which sets out the vision,
values and behaviours and commitment required to work
safely and ensure environmental compliance, is provided
to all employees and is available on the Brambles website.
Brambles believes everyone has the right to be safe at
work and to return home to their family and friends as
healthy as when they started the day. The community
also has the right to expect that every Brambles employee
will care for the environment as well as public health
and safety.
The Board is responsible for setting health and safety
policies. The Presidents of each of Brambles’ operating
businesses are responsible for policy implementation and
safety performance, within the monitoring and reporting
framework governed by the Group Risk Committee.
Each business has its own safety management systems,
including business-specific policies, procedures, risk
assessment, monitoring and compliance mechanisms.
These systems include hazard management, incidents,
near misses and system failure reporting, recording and
corrective action procedures.
The safety management systems are designed to ensure
that each employee receives the appropriate safety
training. Safety is the responsibility of each individual
employee, while accountability for safety is clearly
integrated into manager and supervisor job descriptions.
Health and safety performance indicators measure
compliance with corporate objectives and milestones,
allow assessment of progress and comparison with
industry benchmarks and provide incentive
for improvement.
The principal safety performance measures are Lost
Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) and Lost Time Injury
Severity Rate (LTISR). LTIFR measures the number of
injuries that result in an employee being absent from work
for one or more whole shifts per million exposure hours.
LTISR measures the number of injury days lost per million
exposure hours.
Brambles’ continuing businesses achieved an LTIFR of 3.1
for 2006, reflecting a 49% improvement from last year’s
rate of 6.2. Although this improvement is encouraging,
the goal remains zero injuries.
LTIs per million work hours
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
20
15
10
5
0
Group* CHEP Recall
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
* Group refers to CHEP, Recall and Corporate
Brambles’ LTISR performance also reflected the ongoing
improvements in safety systems, work methods and Zero
Harm culture. This year’s LTISR was 55.2, demonstrating
significant progress from 97.4 last year.