Key focus – health, safety & environment

2009 MILESTONES Fatal accidents reduced to nine (2008: 16) but LTIFR increased marginally to 2,87 (2008:2,44) Ten months of the year fatality free Implemented group wide employee wellness program Only one significant environmental incident on Gautrain Project Carbon footprint established and reduction measures assessed

2010 FOCUS Reduce LTIFR by 33% to at least 2,0 Comprehensive health & safety audits Broad-based supervisory education Establish energy efficiency levels and set goals and target dates

Denis Beaudoin, corporate director, health & safety, Cementation Canada		Koos Oosthuizen, risk & HSE executive, Murray & Roberts Cementation		Dineo Koontse, health, safety & environment director, Murray & Roberts Botswana		Graeme Yates, health, safety & environment manager, Murray & Roberts Construction

We aspire for zero harm to the health and wellbeing of all our employees, our company, its shareholders, clients and business partners, the natural and built environment impacted by our operations and society at large.

Zero harm is an aspiration that drives our strategy for, and response to, the health, safety and environment (HSE) challenges faced by Murray & Roberts. Continuous motivation and education of our employees to take responsibility for themselves, their colleagues and the environment is a key driver of the Group and its management. Through this we strive to embed HSE values and a safety culture built on the principle of STOP.THINK.

The social, economic and health dynamics in our South African environment have a profound impact on our employees and are reflected in their safety performance.

This increases the need for strong leadership and focused management to maintain personal responsibility and effective communication across every level of the organisation. In the strength of our geographic and cultural diversity lies a greater demand for clear, consistent and timeous information on the importance and rationale for zero harm.

Murray & Roberts subscribes to the principle that the risks of climate change associated with increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere should be addressed through accelerated action, guided by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Group currently does not have a GHG emissions reduction plan in place, and is refining its internal systems to establish the correct baseline measurement. While assessing opportunities for reductions, some individual operating entities have mitigation initiatives in place.