DISCLOSURE 103-1: EXPLANATION OF THE MATERIAL TOPIC AND ITS BOUNDARY
The 24,848 Sika employees and the leased labour worldwide are the crucial element in Sika’s success. Providing a healthy and safe work environment is a key commitment of Sika.

DISCLOSURE 103-2: THE MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND ITS COMPONENTS
Sika’s management approach for occupational health and safety sets out to avoid negative impacts through the following processes:

COMMITMENT
Sika strives to provide employees with the protection necessary to ensure that they leave the workplace in the same state of health as when they arrived.

GOALS AND TARGETS
Sika Employees leave the workplace healthy. The target 2023 is to reduce the rate of lost time accidents by at least 50% (baseline 2019) and to have no fatalities.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Labour practices and safe working conditions for Sika’s operations are the responsibility of regional management, which reports to the CEO. At local level, the general manager, the operations manager, and the line organisation are responsible for helping Sika’s occupational health and safety targets to be met, and for setting and achieving local targets accordingly.

POLICIES
-    Safety and Sustainability Manual
-    Supplier Code of Conduct.

In 2020, Sika has further strengthened the global, regional and area EHS structure by taking an integrated approach to Quality and EHS, the supporting management systems, and through building a stronger network of global, regional and local EHS professionals.

Sika will continue to develop and improve its occupational health and safety programmes with further attention given to safe conduct, employee participation in safety programmes, and a focus on prevention.

SPECIFIC ACTIONS

  • OHSAS Certification: Sika sites encompass 114 certificates according to ISO 45001:2018.
  • Sika has established the Sika Vision Zero Programme with an initial focus on leadership commitment and employee participation. One of the first measures of this programme has been the definition and implementation of Minimum Requirements for each Sika company in relation to workplace safety. In addition, Sika Life Saving Rules have been defined to raise awareness of key risks and to help keep all Sika employees safe.

DISCLOSURE 103-3: EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Sika evaluates its management approach through:

  • Monitoring: Sika monitors its occupational health and safety performance on a regular basis. Internal reports are sent quarterly to the Sustainability and Operations Technology team, where results are followed up and management approaches adapted accordingly.

Furthermore, Sika monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of its management approach according to target achievement.