Safety management: saving money as well as lives
Boardroom engagement and morale-boosting workforce empowerment is crucial to a safer working environment – and good for the bottom line thanks to reductions in injuries, damage, time loss incidents and staff turnover. This keynote message will be delivered by John Wright, managing director of safety consultancy and training specialist WrightWay, whose clients include ferry, cruise, container and bulk shipping companies.
His case studies will feature a major ferry operator currently saving two million dollars a year on hull & machinery insurance after its premiums were halved over eight years – a 3:1 return on investment. “I’ve been told that developing a safety culture is like walking up a down escalator,” he notes. “The moment you stop walking, you find yourself at the bottom again. Continuous effort and leadership training is required to make it to the top and stay there.”
