Annual Report 2010 - Enel.com

direct involvement of employees in proposing ideas to improve
safety in the workplace.
Many initiatives focused on safety resources in an effort
to create “professional safety family”, which included the
definition of specific training and development programs:
assessment of safety personnel and development of the
Safety Academy; revision of the professional safety system;
and projects for safety managers (Visione Unica della Safety
and the Learning Tour). Finally, the Safety per Neoassunti
training program for the various areas of operations
was launched. This program seeks to increase knowledge
and skills concerning workplace safety issues, with the insertion
of the operational Divisions’ graduate new hires in
safety units for a number of months so as to make safety a
prominent feature of their careers.
Throughout all of the Group’s Divisions and companies,
work continued on implementation of the process of
monitoring and managing near misses and other leading
key performance indicators (KPIs). Within the scope of
the Global Reporting project, which is aimed at creating
a centralized, automated safety reporting system, efforts
focused on implementing a system based on the SAP platform
that interfaces with the company’s existing information
systems.
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With regard to improvements to the RFP process, work
continued on implementation of the new company-qualification
process, which adds specific, more stringent safety
requirements. For the selection of suppliers, guidelines
have been implemented that call for the use of qualified
units where possible and the definition of rotation criteria
based on safety indicators. Specific safety clauses have
also been added to contracts. These clauses establish penalties
in the event of serious repeated violations, as also
backed by applicable health and safety regulations, and
even contract termination in the most serious cases. Work
has also been done to enhance controls of businesses and
work supervision by defining specific Division and company
improvement plans. In addition, specific safety training
programs have been organized for personnel who manage
contracts and are responsible for monitoring businesses.
There were a great many campaigns and other
initiatives organized during the year to increase contractor
awareness of issues regarding safety in the workplace.
On November 19 in particular, the first Contractors Safety
Day was organized throughout the Group, an event which
included many local initiatives led by the Group’s various
Divisions and companies.