IOSH launches H&S innovation awards

Health & Safety update 22/09/2011

Awards celebrating innovative health and safety projects are being given by The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The two organisations have teamed up for the second year running to co-host the Innovation in Safety - Small Business Award. The award celebrates those whose projects have had a positive impact on health and safety in the workplace, lowering the number of accidents and saving money whilst doing so.

This year's contest is based on the IOSH 'Life Savings' campaign, which aims to urge the Government and all UK companies that good health and safety is vital for both employee well-being and business cost-saving.

Steve Granger, IOSH president, said, “At IOSH we celebrate innovative thinking that makes the working lives of people healthier, happier, and safer - this award is an ideal platform from which to reward the cream of the crop with industry-wide recognition."

“One of our big aims is to help bosses and policy-makers understand not just the moral, but the financial benefits of health and safety. And as the best inventions build cost efficiency into their very core, our winner will be playing a part in achieving wider recognition of the central role health and safety plays in our workplaces,” added Mr Granger.

The winner of this year's award will collect a £1,000 prize alongside a complimentary two-day pass to the IOSH 2012 conference and exhibition.

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