Environmental Declaration 2011 - Sappi

Health management
Proper treatment, care and support of
the employees and promotion of occupational
safety and health protection at
the workplace are important business
policy components of Sappi Stockstadt
GmbH. Health management is fully
integrated into the management systems
of Sappi Stockstadt and closely meshed
with the occupational safety targets.
For Sappi Stockstadt GmbH health management
means purposefully designing all
operating processes with the aim of preserving
and promoting the health and wellbeing
of all employees. Health is not only highly
valued in itself, but is also a very significant
factor for a “healthy enterprise”.
In 2011, for instance, the “Global Safety
Awareness Day” was held throughout the
entire Sappi Group and which also included
a vaccination campaign and health check.
Other key measures last year were subsi­
Occupational safety
and health
• Hazard analyses
• Workplace analysis
with involvement of the
company doctor
• Training sessions, e.g.
for first­aid helpers and
company ambulance staff
dised memberships in the fitness studio and
an offer of physiotherapy and non­smoking
courses. The topics of relaxation and social
reintegration after long illness will be central
issues in 2012. These will include courses
offered for “progressive muscle relaxation
according to the Jacobson method” and
discussions with executives offered to
employees returning to employment after
illness.
The three pillars of our corporate health management
In practice, our corporate health management
is founded on three pillars – occupational
safety and health protection, prevention and
health protection, as well as regular medical
consulting for the employees. These topics
will be discussed in the workforce safety
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Prevention and health
promotion
• Medical checks
• Healthy nutrition in the
canteen
• Company sports
• Preventive emphasis
campaigns
committee meetings held at quarterly
intervals between management, safety
officers and employees, and then measures
will be defined and pursued to achieve the
set goals.
Consulting
• Addiction prevention,
addiction counselling
and help
• Social counselling
• Industrial medical
advice