Promoting a safe workplace

WSP’s Health and Safety program builds on our commitment to reducing risk and dedication to our guiding vision. We value our people by embedding safety every time, with everyone, in everything we do.

By adding Environment and Quality to our Health and Safety program, we are ensuring consistency across the globe by establishing minimum requirements and guidelines, and working towards global ISO certifications.

We continuously evaluate opportunities to further our impact, progress towards goals, and drive continuous improvement.

Global safety goals

Significant incidents, and 10% reduction in high-potential incidents

Annual reduction in Total Recordable incident rate (TRIR)

- 10%

Annual increase in positive observations in our ISMS

+ 10%

Our approach

As set out in our Global Sustainability Report, we strive to minimize risks and ensure that our Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) system supports a positive culture focused on protecting our people.

Each one of our professionals is required to promote a safe workplace, not only for ourselves, but also for anyone potentially affected by our activities, in addition to proactively identifying and managing risk and stopping work if any safety concerns should arise.

Our HSEQ approach is based on our Significant Risks Framework, underpinned by three pillars: Leadership, Behaviour and Risk Management.

Leadership

Setting expectations and shaping behaviours to create and sustain a culture of safety.

Behaviour

Fostering a culture that embeds safety within the hearts and minds of everyone.

Risk Management

Implementing robust processes and tools to conduct high-quality risk assessments.

Our Significant Risks Framework is also centered on nine lifesaving actions to help concentrate our efforts in areas of high risks, such as working at heights and working around mobile plant.

The Global Safety Goals featured on this page are forward-looking statements under Canadian securities laws, they are not statements of fact and are based on several assumptions, including our continued effective management of health and safety and the absence of any significant shift in our health and safety profile. They are also subject to certain risks and uncertainties including the difficulty in accurately measuring, evaluating and disclosing our health and safety performance, acquisitions of companies with higher health and safety risk exposure compared to WSP as well as other risks detailed from time to time in reports filed with securities regulators or other documents that WSP makes public, which may cause events or results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement.