British Sugar: leadership refined

摘要

THE CORPORATE manslaughter legislation and recent HSE guidance on directors' duties has focused the minds of many executive boards on the needs to have at least a basic grasp of their businesses' safety policies and performance. The supplier of half the UK's sugar (see box) has developed a model of director responsibility that goes way beyond any guidance, where board members are each responsible for discrete areas of safety such as fire or contractor management. The model has helped the firm cut accidents by 60 percent in five years.