FORGING AHEAD - Tradewinds Plantation Berhad

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SAfETY, HEALTH,
ENvIRONmENT AND QuALITY
Our objective is not only to comply with
the statutory requirements but to
inculcate a culture within the Group
whereby OSH becomes ingrained as a
way of life in the work-place. The seeds
for a nascent OSH culture have already
been sown, but they need to be
continually nurtured before coming to
full bloom. This calls for the full
commitment of staff across all levels,
with the top management leading by
example.
Osh performance. As borne out by the
numbers, financial year 2010 was a
commendable year on the OSH front.
The OSH Compliance Project was
launched in July 2009 to gauge the
level of OSH compliance among
operating units. From a level of 57.85%
achieved during the first audit conducted
in October 2009, the level of
compliance rose to 90.90% at the end
of December 2010. It is expected that
all the selected operating units will be
fully compliant by early 2011.
The Group continued to register a yearon-year
improvement in its safety record
measured in terms of the number of
accident cases, number of work days
lost, cases for every 1,000 workers and
fatal cases reported. The number of
accident cases in 2010 has fallen to
31, compared to 39 reported in 2009.
More importantly, we have reduced the
number of fatalities to zero, from 2
reported in the previous year.
TRADEWINDS PLANTATION BERHAD
Annual Report 2010
programmes and Activities. Safety
audits were conducted throughout the
year by TPB’s Safety and Health Officer
a s w e l l a s t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f
Occupational Safety and Health
(“DOSH”). No major issues were
reported by the DOSH audits, whose
findings also indicate that all the
operating units had met the minimum
OSH requirements stipulated under the
OSH Compliance Project.
Other programmes rolled out during the
year included a Health and Safety
Campaign in the Northern Peninsular
Region. The campaign was held on 23
March and invited guests included
representatives from the relevant
government departments. Among the
activities were a safety talk by the
Director of DOSH, Kelantan; a blood
donation drive; health and dental checkups
and demonstrations on fire-fighting
and how to administer cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
going for ward. While our OSH
performance in 2010 has been
generally satisfactory, we cannot afford
to rest on our laurels, not when the
stakes are so high. The Group will
continue to pursue a zero tolerance
stance as far as safety is concerned.
Phase 2 of the OSH Compliance Project
will be launched in 2011, with an
emphasis on health, welfare and
environmental matters.
The Group will continue to invest in
OSH not only because it makes good
business sense, but by doing so, we are
protecting the well-being of our greatest
asset – our human capital.
THE QUEST FOR QUALITY
Quality is one of the key ingredients to
the Group’s success and will continue to
play a pivotal role as we strive to bring
the Group to even greater heights.
Spear-headed by the Total Quality
Environmental Management Strategic
Business Unit (“TQEM-SBU”), our quest
for quality excellence is never-ending.
Each year we set new targets and strive
for continual improvements in all aspects
of our operations, laying the foundations
for a quality mind-set and culture among
our people.
Quality Audits. To reinforce the quality
culture, TQEM-SBU began implementing
quality audits during the year under
review. These audits have a two-fold
objective; the first is to facilitate an
independent inspection on harvesting
activities and milling operations to
determine if they meet quality standards.
The other objective is to ensure
adherence to the Basic Policy Guidelines
by the respective operating units
(“OPUs”). Performance that fails to meet
quality requirements can be identified
and recommendations can be relayed
to the OPUs concerned so that remedial
action can be taken. During the year,
TQEM-SBU focused its attention on the
Kuching and Mukah districts, conducting
audits in eight OPUs.