ENOC commemorates World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ENOC Group commemorated World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024 by honouring 55 winners at the Group’s annual HSE Excellence Awards ceremony held at Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights, earlier this May.

Aligning with its goal of raising awareness on how to make the workplace safe and healthy, ENOC recognised the distinguished contributions of the winners across 15 awards categories. At the event, the Group also unveiled its 2023 HSE Performance, reaffirming the Group’s commitment towards excellence in occupational health and safety and promoting a sustainable and responsible working environment.

The HSE Excellence Awards were given across different categories including Best Performing Segment, Best Performing Business Unit, Best Performing Corporate Department, Partner Recognition, Best HSE Innovation/ Project, Best Education programme, Best Process Safety Initiative, Best Near Miss Reporting, Best OH /Wellness ProgramME, Best Environment Project, Best Risk Management Coordinator, Best Business Continuity Management Champion, HSE Champion and HSE Heroes.

ENOC Group’s HSE Performance data for 2023 revealed a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) of 0.088, which is 49% lower than the target of 0.18 set for the year.

Encouraging HSE best practice

Throughout the year, the Group launched several occupational health and wellbeing campaigns. These included the Safety Day campaign, organised in partnership with the Joint Committee for Security and Safety, to raise awareness about safety and security at service stations, particularly while refuelling vehicles, to ensure the safety of customers and service providers. Another initiative, the Incident Reporting campaign under the ‘ENOC Cares’ initiative, aimed to foster a transparent work culture by empowering employees to report incidents in the workplace.

In 2023, the Group received several prestigious certifications and accolades. ENOC was awarded the GC Mark Blue certification for excellence in energy efficiency and the IWA 42:2022 for its commitment to the ‘net zero’ target. Additionally, ENOC was honoured with the Impact Seal – Platinum Tier award by Majra, the UAE’s National CSR Fund, for its leading sustainable impact practices aligned with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and national priorities.

Furthermore, the ENOC Group Emergency Response Centre (EERC) achieved certification in ISO standards 9001, 14001, and 45001 during 2023. In a notable achievement, the ENOC Fire Training Center obtained a license from Dubai Civil Defense to conduct fire-fighting training for all Dubai entities and received authorisation from Dubai Corporation Ambulance Services to provide in-house first aid training.

His Excellency Saif Humaid Al Falasi, group CEO at ENOC, said, “Providing a safe and healthy work environment for our employees, customers and partners has fostered a thriving work environment at ENOC. HSE is a key pillar of our organisational culture, and we believe that practising safe and healthy behaviours will contribute to enhanced productivity and boost employee wellbeing. With climate change beginning to impact occupational safety and health, we remain committed to accelerating global climate action and improving energy efficiencies to promote best practices in HSE, which is also aligned with the long-term vision of Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050.”

“On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we are proud to recognise the efforts of our employees in creating a safe working environment and contributing to a strong energy infrastructure for the nation.” Al Falasi added.