A key issue for the bouygues group
The Bouygues group aims for “zero accidents” in its risk-prone activities, striving to reduce the frequency of workplace accidents every year. Constant attention is focused on the physical and mental health of employees, particularly with regard to ergonomics, reducing arduous work, and preventing violence and harassment at work.
The Group’s Board of Directors and the Group Management Committee regularly examine health and safety developments. A Health and Safety Committee representing the six business segments meets two to three times a year to share best practices and move the Group forward as a whole.
Management is fully committed to Health & Safety. Targets for improvement in this area are used as criteria for determining the remuneration of senior executives and most of the Group’s employees. All of the Group’s subsidiaries aim to embed a culture of safety among all employees and subcontractors.
Safety, a collective and everyday commitment
Guarantee safety in the workplace
Its subsidiaries devote significant resources, including spending on R&D to improve safety for those working on-site, to prevent and reduce the number (and severity) of accidents in its most exposed construction operations.
Each subsidiary outlines the action to be taken to prevent workplace accidents and occupational illnesses, backed by the dissemination of rules and standards to each group of employees concerned during specific training sessions and routine work procedures. The subsidiaries also call upon a global network of qualified health & safety officers, harness health & safety management systems and organise events to raise awareness.
“Inclusive”, as the Bouygues group’s health and safety policy is called, includes initiatives to educate and train temporary workers and subcontractors.
Ensure health and well-being
The women and men who make up the Group have a right to a safe and positive working environment.
The subsidiaries implement measures to reduce stress and the risks posed by certain psycho-social factors (regarding workplace well-being, sleep, nutrition, on-line working, etc.). Particular concern is given to the importance of ergonomics in preventing musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in the construction and energies and services activities.
The Bouygues group also steadfastly campaigns against all forms of bullying and aggressive or sexist behaviour as shown by its support for the cross-company initiative #StOpE which aims to stamp out everyday sexism in the workplace.