HSE Culture

Establishing and improving HSE culture

A sound HSE culture, that encompasses all levels of business and personnel
activities shall be encouraged through continuous efforts to reduce risk and
improve health, safety and the environment.
THE CHALLENGE
Organisations and their management are
required to work continuously to improve their
HSE performance. The intention is to secure
risk reduction and further improvements of
health, safety and environment through the
fostering of a sound HSE culture. However, the
regulations do not dene what constitutes an
HSE culture.
As every organisation is different, HSE
policies need to be custom tailored to t their
specic needs. It is up to management to
dene the goals that will be used to measure
HSE performance; therefore understanding
that all issues relating to HSE and HSE culture
fomenting, both short-term and long-term,
need to be addressed at a management level.
This entails continuously working to create an
organisational culture that is geared towards
risk reduction and HSE improvements; culture
that would become part of their daily routines
and not just part of a last minute effort.
HSE culture requires a holistic approach, and
should involve the entire organisation. The
requirements in the framework regulations
are merely functional; thus it is imperative

to assess how management works with

addressing competing interests and goals
within the organisation at all levels.
Furthermore, great care should be given to
discover how employee participation may be
cultivated and engaged. As the organisations
HSE culture involves all company activities, it
is crucial to understand the dynamics of shared
responsibility at every level, and how shared
responsibilities may contribute to developing a
healthy and proactive HSE culture.
THE SOLUTION
In order to identify how the organisations HSE
culture functions, AGR has developed a tool for
measuring its level.
The survey consists of 80 statements from
four categories describing what we understand
as contributors to a companys HSE culture.
The survey based on PSAs own publication
on HSE culture paints a picture of the current
status and provides the basis for initiating and
discussing improvements and the potential to
further develop the HSE culture.

AGR
selectagr@agr.com
Tel: +47 24 06 10 00
www.agr.com

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The results of the survey will be presented

in illustrative diagrams supplemented by
interpretations to help indicate its meaning.

AGR

For more information, please contact:

selectagr@agr.com
Tel: +47 24 06 10 00

Hkon Aasen Bjerkeli

hakon.bjerkeli@agr.com Tel: +47 412 00 007

www.agr.com

Any general trends can be supplemented by

recommendations and or suggestions for
improvement with the opportunity to go into a
more detailed study of the survey results.