EDC 2014 SR (UPDATED)

EDC 2014 Performance Report
used in times of emergencies and
disasters. Similarly, select members
of our stakeholder communities are
trained to become members of the
barangay emergency response teams
(BERT) or first responders in times
of natural calamities or community
disasters. BERT has been an ongoing
initiative for several years now and
serves to strengthen the in-house
emergency and rescue capability of
EDC.
We also commemorated the World
Day for Safety and Health at Work in
support of the International Labor
Organization directive to promote the
prevention of occupational accidents
and diseases globally. Last year’s
theme was “Safety and Health in the
Use of Chemicals at Work” and our
Health and Safety Center of Excellence
took it as an opportunity to launch the
Corporate Health and Safety Policy and
the Health and Safety Management
System. There were also lectures on
chemical safety as well as health and
safety-related competitions in the
strategic business units (SBUs) and the
Head Office. Each SBU was also free to
design and implement activities based
on their unique operating needs and
the respective health and safety issues.
Given our growth plans, we strive
to take our safety programs up a
notch by creating a generative safety
culture, where safety and health are
built into the way each and every
employee works and thinks, and there
is increasing trust and accountability
in everyone. Throughout the year,
HESG-COE issues health and safety
advisories, conducts information
campaigns, and visits all sites to
assess the health and safety culture,
including emergency preparedness
and response, command systems,
communications, procedures, and
knowledge and skills to enable all sites
to carry out their tasks and contribute
to EDC’s expansion in the safest
manner possible.
All contractor workers are required to attend and pass the Safety Passport Training before being
allowed to work in EDC’s operating sites.
The 2014 occupational health program
• Health risk assessment
• Fitness for duty
• Medical surveillance
• Medical emergency response
• Business travel health
• Food safety
• Health and wellness
• Office ergonomics
• Standardization of clinic operations and health services, including annual health
evaluations
• HIV–AIDS–STI and infectious diseases program, including Ebola virus disease and
MERS–CoV
• Health performance reporting
• Health aspects of substance abuse management program
• Managing stress in the workplace
Information campaigns
• Ebola virus disease
• Health advice for after the typhoon/calamity
• MERS–CoV
• Dengue and other current health issues
• Healthy lifestyle
This page contains the following GRI indicator(s):
G4-LA6, G4-LA8.
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