Health & Safety

The Social pillar of our sustainability strategy embodies our commitment to build a safe, diverse, equal and inclusive workforce focused on customer satisfaction and improving the communities we do business in. We aim to offer base salaries that are fair internally and competitive externally, our bonus and incentive schemes focus on achievement of collective targets and support our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence.

The people at Ardagh share a common Purpose – We make packaging for good. Our Purpose defines who we are as a company and forms the foundation of our business. Our Purpose enables us to deliver customer innovation, provides an inspirational environment for our people and drive our business through growth and development. The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our Core Values. We are committed to conducting our activities with the highest standards of integrity and business practice in dealing with all of our stakeholders. Our Code of Conduct is a guide for conducting our business in an honest and professional manner.

An anchor point of our social pillar is team safety, with the clear objective of each and every employee returning home safe to friends and family every day. Prevention of physical harm and support for mental health and wellbeing are a vital part of our organisational commitments and endorsed by a variety of workplace initiatives. Our approach to workplace health and safety is exemplified by our BSafe! 7 Programme (BSafe! 7), which is supported by our Environmental, Health and Safety team. BSafe! 7 incorporates training and communications, which covers safety topics including traffic safety, machine intervention and work permits. We continuously raise awareness of health and safety, the role of protective equipment and need for constant improvement in workplace and procedural safety. All our production facilities implement an accident/injury investigation system, including near-misses, which examine root causes and identifies potential short- and long-term corrective actions, and follow emergency action plans. We regularly review the effectiveness of BSafe! 7 with internal audits, and elements of our safety management, including policies, planning, implementation and operation, corrective action and timely safety reviews to ensure accountability and the ultimate safety of everyone at Ardagh.