RBG Kew is celebrating winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2010. The Silver Award was presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the National Exhibition Centre on Thursday May 13th.
Sypol assist Kew in ensuring excellent occupational health and safety for staff as well as for visitors to all of their sites. Pat Hatton is a consultant for our Safety Team, and is on the far left of the picture.
The RoSPA Award scheme is not only about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work; it also encourages organisations to develop robust Health and Safety Management systems.
David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said “The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has shown a commitment to protect the health and well-being of its employees and others. Organisations which do this deserve to have such dedication recognised and that’s where the RoSPA Awards come in”.
“As well as there being clear ethical reasons and legal requirements for good health and safety management, there is also a strong business case. RoSPA is delighted to publicly honour organisations which have demonstrated their work to improve performance in this sphere.”
Tracey Lea, Kew’s Health and Safety and Sustainability Manager, said “This Award is the culmination of three years hard work, both at Kew and at Wakehurst Place, by a lot of people from across the business and we should all feel rightly proud of the achievement. This award represents a solid foundation from which we can build and the challenge now is to not only maintain current standards but to continuously improve.”
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