PEOPLE

A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT

We provide a safe work environment for our people and actively promote awareness on workplace occupational health. In Singapore, we have a Health, Safety and Environment policy statement that supports the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act in Singapore. The WSH Act is a framework that promotes strong safety culture in the workplace.G4-15

In July 2014, we held a week-long WSH exhibition at our office premises during our CSR month to remind our staff the importance of WSH and that it is every individual’s responsibility to look after their own safety. We also increased the number of automated external defibrillator (AED) at our office premises. We trained our pool of health managers on the use of such a device in an emergency as well as the correct method of putting on N95 masks in the event of a haze situation.

At Optus, we continue to evolve our WHS Management System, in line with new Australian legislations, and provide induction and training for all our people and contractors. We launched a major Contractor Management System which enables online incident reporting by our contractors. Since its launch in December 2014, we have captured about 600 small incidents across the business. While this is higher than the number previously reported, we are now better informed and can better prevent and manage further issues. This initiative has also helped improve our relationships with our contractors.