FORGING AHEAD - Tradewinds Plantation Berhad
FORGING AHEAD - Tradewinds Plantation Berhad
FORGING AHEAD - Tradewinds Plantation Berhad
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<br />
SAfETY, HEALTH,<br />
ENvIRONmENT AND QuALITY<br />
Our objective is not only to comply with<br />
the statutory requirements but to<br />
inculcate a culture within the Group<br />
whereby OSH becomes ingrained as a<br />
way of life in the work-place. The seeds<br />
for a nascent OSH culture have already<br />
been sown, but they need to be<br />
continually nurtured before coming to<br />
full bloom. This calls for the full<br />
commitment of staff across all levels,<br />
with the top management leading by<br />
example.<br />
Osh performance. As borne out by the<br />
numbers, financial year 2010 was a<br />
commendable year on the OSH front.<br />
The OSH Compliance Project was<br />
launched in July 2009 to gauge the<br />
level of OSH compliance among<br />
operating units. From a level of 57.85%<br />
achieved during the first audit conducted<br />
in October 2009, the level of<br />
compliance rose to 90.90% at the end<br />
of December 2010. It is expected that<br />
all the selected operating units will be<br />
fully compliant by early 2011.<br />
The Group continued to register a yearon-year<br />
improvement in its safety record<br />
measured in terms of the number of<br />
accident cases, number of work days<br />
lost, cases for every 1,000 workers and<br />
fatal cases reported. The number of<br />
accident cases in 2010 has fallen to<br />
31, compared to 39 reported in 2009.<br />
More importantly, we have reduced the<br />
number of fatalities to zero, from 2<br />
reported in the previous year.<br />
TRADEWINDS PLANTATION BERHAD<br />
Annual Report 2010<br />
programmes and Activities. Safety<br />
audits were conducted throughout the<br />
year by TPB’s Safety and Health Officer<br />
a s w e l l a s t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f<br />
Occupational Safety and Health<br />
(“DOSH”). No major issues were<br />
reported by the DOSH audits, whose<br />
findings also indicate that all the<br />
operating units had met the minimum<br />
OSH requirements stipulated under the<br />
OSH Compliance Project.<br />
Other programmes rolled out during the<br />
year included a Health and Safety<br />
Campaign in the Northern Peninsular<br />
Region. The campaign was held on 23<br />
March and invited guests included<br />
representatives from the relevant<br />
government departments. Among the<br />
activities were a safety talk by the<br />
Director of DOSH, Kelantan; a blood<br />
donation drive; health and dental checkups<br />
and demonstrations on fire-fighting<br />
and how to administer cardiopulmonary<br />
resuscitation.<br />
going for ward. While our OSH<br />
performance in 2010 has been<br />
generally satisfactory, we cannot afford<br />
to rest on our laurels, not when the<br />
stakes are so high. The Group will<br />
continue to pursue a zero tolerance<br />
stance as far as safety is concerned.<br />
Phase 2 of the OSH Compliance Project<br />
will be launched in 2011, with an<br />
emphasis on health, welfare and<br />
environmental matters.<br />
The Group will continue to invest in<br />
OSH not only because it makes good<br />
business sense, but by doing so, we are<br />
protecting the well-being of our greatest<br />
asset – our human capital.<br />
THE QUEST FOR QUALITY<br />
Quality is one of the key ingredients to<br />
the Group’s success and will continue to<br />
play a pivotal role as we strive to bring<br />
the Group to even greater heights.<br />
Spear-headed by the Total Quality<br />
Environmental Management Strategic<br />
Business Unit (“TQEM-SBU”), our quest<br />
for quality excellence is never-ending.<br />
Each year we set new targets and strive<br />
for continual improvements in all aspects<br />
of our operations, laying the foundations<br />
for a quality mind-set and culture among<br />
our people.<br />
Quality Audits. To reinforce the quality<br />
culture, TQEM-SBU began implementing<br />
quality audits during the year under<br />
review. These audits have a two-fold<br />
objective; the first is to facilitate an<br />
independent inspection on harvesting<br />
activities and milling operations to<br />
determine if they meet quality standards.<br />
The other objective is to ensure<br />
adherence to the Basic Policy Guidelines<br />
by the respective operating units<br />
(“OPUs”). Performance that fails to meet<br />
quality requirements can be identified<br />
and recommendations can be relayed<br />
to the OPUs concerned so that remedial<br />
action can be taken. During the year,<br />
TQEM-SBU focused its attention on the<br />
Kuching and Mukah districts, conducting<br />
audits in eight OPUs.