Health, Safety, Environment & Quality

We take ac­tion for our HSEQ

Set­ting the highest stand­ards. Then ex­ceed­ing them.

HSEQ is­n’t just a pri­or­ity for us and for our cli­ents, it’s a pre­requis­ite. Se­cur­ing health, safety, the en­vir­on­ment and qual­ity is simply es­sen­tial and something that we must prac­tice every day. Both now and in the fu­ture.

HSEQ is every­one’s re­spons­ib­il­ity, and we work tire­lessly with our HSEQ ex­cel­lence net­work and col­leagues around the world to con­tinu­ously im­prove our local and global pro­grammes. This in­volves con­stantly search­ing for ways to min­im­ise risks and op­tim­ise pro­cesses to bring about con­tinu­ous im­prove­ments pro­act­ively – for the be­ne­fit of every­one we work with, for our en­vir­on­ment and for the qual­ity of all our pro­jects.

From em­ploy­ees on site and in the of­fices to the mem­bers of the ex­ec­ut­ive board – health, safety, the en­vir­on­ment and qual­ity are al­ways at the top of our minds.

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Michael Sturm

Corporate Health, Safety,
Environment & Quality

Evolving HSEQ at KAEFER

KAEFER es­tab­lished its Cor­por­ate HSEQ de­part­ment in 2011 and set up a global ex­pert group: our HSEQ ex­cel­lence net­work. Soon there­after, the first world­wide Health & Safety cam­paign was launched, fol­lowed by our Qual­ity PACT.

Vari­ous fur­ther cam­paigns and pro­grammes were im­ple­men­ted throughout the com­pany, such as the KAEFER HSE in­cid­ent man­age­ment app, which was launched in 2015. In 2016, we star­ted with KAEFER safety cul­ture train­ing around the world and in­cluded men­tal health man­age­ment into our ap­proach in 2018.

Today, more than ever, it is es­sen­tial to con­stantly take ac­tion to im­prove our health, safety, en­vir­on­ment and qual­ity. This means that every­one in our com­pany plays a part in mak­ing HSEQ an at­ti­tude and something we can pas­sion­ately get be­hind – from the top down and the bot­tom up. Our ap­proach and the ac­com­pa­ny­ing ini­ti­at­ives and pro­grammes have a sus­tain­able im­pact, which is also re­flec­ted in a con­tinu­ously im­prov­ing safety re­cord.

Development of LTIF and TRCF at KAEFER since 2011

HSEQ Cul­ture at KAEFER

Over the last dec­ade, we have evolved sub­stan­tially at KAEFER. Pro­mot­ing an in­clus­ive safety cul­ture at all our loc­a­tions around the world has con­trib­uted greatly to our vis­ion of achiev­ing zero work-re­lated in­jur­ies. Fur­ther­more, safety cul­ture pro­grammes have been suc­cess­ively de­veloped and rolled out throughout the com­pany by train-the-trainer pro­grammes. Our team lead­ers are provided with the ne­ces­sary tools to get the right mes­sage across and en­gage their teams. Con­stantly re­view­ing how we are do­ing and learn­ing from our ini­ti­at­ives and cam­paigns has led to a no­tice­able cul­tural change – from rais­ing aware­ness and en­gage­ment to the act­ive par­ti­cip­a­tion of all em­ploy­ees.

Vari­ous fur­ther cam­paigns and pro­grammes were im­ple­men­ted throughout the com­pany, such as the KAEFER HSE in­cid­ent man­age­ment app, which was launched in 2015. In 2016, we star­ted with KAEFER safety cul­ture train­ing around the world and in­cluded men­tal health man­age­ment into our ap­proach in 2018.

Today, more than ever, it is es­sen­tial to con­stantly take ac­tion to im­prove our health, safety, en­vir­on­ment and qual­ity. This means that every­one in our com­pany plays a part in mak­ing HSEQ an at­ti­tude and something we can pas­sion­ately get be­hind – from the top down and the bot­tom up. Our ap­proach and the ac­com­pa­ny­ing ini­ti­at­ives and pro­grammes have a sus­tain­able im­pact, which is also re­flec­ted in a con­tinu­ously im­prov­ing safety re­cord.

Development cultural maturity
Development cultural maturity

In 2022, we re­fined our ap­proach fur­ther and ex­ten­ded our HSEQ cul­tural pro­grammes. This in­cludes HSEQ prin­ciples as well for our line man­age­ment and their teams. The new ap­proach also meas­ures our cul­tural ma­tur­ity and re­in­forces the idea of shar­ing best prac­tice within the group. This en­sures that val­ues are pro­moted and the right at­ti­tude is fostered, mak­ing HSEQ a core part of our DNA.

HSEQ Poster for Line Management and the KAEFER Team
HSEQ Poster for Line Management and the KAEFER Team

HSEQ Ex­cel­lence Net­work

We have a strong in­ter­na­tional HSEQ Ex­cel­lence Net­work that forms the back­bone of our ap­proach to be­come a learn­ing or­gan­isa­tion – based on best prac­tice es­tab­lished in the HSEQ work­ing streams. This is act­ively sup­por­ted by Cor­por­ate HSEQ and in­volves the fa­cil­it­a­tion of ini­ti­at­ives, net­work­ing with­ing the group and gain­ing new know­ledge and in­sight to en­sure that we con­tinu­ously im­prove all areas of HSEQ.

Our local ex­perts identify and share best prac­tice and are em­powered to fur­ther de­velop HSEQ in their own busi­ness units based on the unique chal­lenges, en­vir­on­ment and pri­or­it­ies in­her­ent in every mar­ket. This al­lows our HSEQ Ex­cel­lence Net­work to con­tinu­ously set and main­tain the highest stand­ards.

HSEQ Excellence Network
HSEQ Excellence Network

Stand­ards & Cer­ti­fic­ates

In ad­di­tion to com­pli­ance with legal re­quire­ments, we have stead­ily in­creased the num­ber of ex­tern­ally cer­ti­fied com­pany units (DIN EN ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001) to en­sure sys­tem­atic, in­teg­rated HSEQ man­age­ment.

KAEFER is cer­ti­fied by global and re­gional HSEQ man­age­ment sys­tem stand­ards. These are ac­know­ledged and ac­cred­ited by im­port­ant in­ter­na­tional cer­ti­fy­ing bod­ies such as DNV, TUV Nord CERT or Lloyd´s Re­gister, to name just a few.

KAEFER and its in­teg­rated sub­si­di­ar­ies also have cer­ti­fic­ates in the fields of weld­ing, fire pro­tec­tion and nuc­lear in­su­la­tion tech­no­logy, amongst oth­ers.

Certificate         Details                                                              Validity             
ISO 9001 Quality management system 31/05/2026
ISO 45001 Health and safety management system 31/05/2026
SCC Safety Certificate Contractors 31/05/2026
ISO 14001 Environmental management system 31/05/2026

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