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ESG REPORT 2024
regularly to re昀氀ect changes in legislation, standards, and best
practices. The training is also evaluated for its e昀昀ectiveness
and impact on workers’ knowledge, skills, and behaviour.
Worker participation, consultation and communication
on occupational health and safety
Gearbulk is committed to ensuring the health and safety of
its workers and stakeholders through e昀昀ective participation,
consultation and communication processes. The company
has established a health and safety management system that
involves workers at all levels in the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, procedures and practices.
Workers are consulted through regular meetings, surveys,
feedback mechanisms and training sessions. They are also encouraged to report any hazards, incidents or concerns to their
supervisors or health and safety representatives. The company provides access to and communicates relevant information
on occupational health and safety to workers through various
channels, such as newsletters, posters, intranet, notice
boards and toolbox talks. Gearbulk has also formed joint
management-worker health and safety committees at each
Worker training on occupational health and safety
of its operational sites. These committees are responsible
Gearbulk is committed to providing a safe and healthy work
for reviewing health and safety performance, identifying and
environment for all its workers, and to prevent occupational
addressing risks, monitoring compliance and recommending
injuries and illnesses. To achieve this, Gearbulk o昀昀ers
improvements. The committees meet at least quarterly and
various types of occupational health and safety training to
have the authority to make decisions on health and safety
its workers, covering both generic and speci昀椀c topics. The
matters. All workers are represented by these committees,
training includes:
either directly or through their elected representatives.
• Basic health and safety awareness and procedures, such
Promotion of worker health
as emergency response, 昀椀re safety, 昀椀rst aid, and personal
We value the health and well-being of our workforce, and we
protective equipment.
support them by providing access to medical and healthcare
• Identi昀椀cation and assessment of work-related hazards, such
services that are not related to their work. We also o昀昀er volun-
as ergonomic, chemical, physical, biological, and psychoso-
tary services and programs that promote health and address
cial hazards.
the major health risks that our workers may face outside of
• Prevention and control of work-related hazards, such as
work. We think that by investing in the health and wellness
hazard elimination, substitution, engineering controls,
of our workers, we can create a safer, more productive, and
administrative controls, and safe work practices.
more sustainable work environment. Workers and employees
• Speci昀椀c training on hazardous activities or situations, such
follow relevant reporting lines to gain access to these services
as working at heights, con昀椀ned spaces, electrical safety,
when required. For seafarers, access is facilitated via manning
manual handling, and driving.
agents and through websites.
• The safety intervention authority applies to all permanent
employees, including seafaring workers, giving any indi-
Gearbulk provides its workforce with comprehensive insur-
vidual the authority and duty to immediately stop any activity
ance coverage. Moreover, the company has a high focus on
or operation which may place life, environment, vessel or
mental health and has launched regular campaigns to raise
cargo in danger. Any employee following this duty to stop
awareness among workers about the importance of taking
hazardous activity shall not be blamed later if decision to
care of their health, both physical and mental, and seeking
stop was shown to be unnecessary.
medical help when necessary. These sessions include information about the insurance resources available, preventive
The training is delivered through various methods, such as
measures and wellness initiatives. We also encourage physical
online courses, classroom sessions, re昀氀ective learning sessions,
activity and a healthy lifestyle among workers by o昀昀ering exer-
on-the-job coaching, and toolbox talks. The training is tailored
cise classes, recreational activities, incentives and rewards for
to the needs and roles of di昀昀erent workers, and is updated
participating in 昀椀tness challenges and wellness initiatives.
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