Sarlux at the “Behaviour-Based Safety” Seminar
Sarlux spoke at the seminar “Behaviour-Based Safety (B-BS): behaviour-based workplace safety. Methodologies for the prevention of workplace risk-accidents”, held recently in Cagliari at the headquarters of Confindustria’s Southern Sardinia branch.
The initiative, which was well attended by businesses from the Cagliari hinterland, is part of a larger Territorial Plan proposed by Confindustria to institutions, entities, associations and businesses, which envisages a series of joint actions for territorial development.
The President of Confindustria’s Southern Sardinia branch, Antonello Argiolas, opened the seminar by emphasising that “Safety in the workplace is fundamental for the well-being of people and for the competitiveness of businesses; we are all aware that safety is based on safe behaviours and actions”.
For the Saras Group, Sarlux Head of Industrial Operations Walter Cocco briefed those present on the Group’s experience regarding safety and the application of the B-BS Protocol, an important theme of the Sustainable Energy for Inclusive Transition plan (ESTI). “The ESTI Plan, launched about a year and a half ago, is in the process of developing several projects with a view to increasing sustainability, continuous efficiency gains and synergy with the territory from an Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) perspective. The goal is to actively participate in the development of a sustainable, innovative and inclusive industrial model together with other players in the region”. (learn more)
Deputy Director of INAIL Sardinia, Gianfranco Spanu, outlined the Institute’s main actions to improve safety: funding for enterprises, research, partnership projects, stressing that “safe enterprises perform better”.
Lastly, Professor Fabio Tosolin, an expert in the analysis and development of safe behaviours in industrial processes and a professor at the Milan Polytechnic University, demonstrated to the many business representatives in attendance the B-BS methodology, which aims to reduce workplace accidents, and highlighted the improvements achieved by a large number of enterprises across a range of industrial processes.
B-BS, Behaviour-Based Safety, is at present a very effective system for reducing accidents at work by tackling unsafe behaviours.
There is evidence that well over 80% of accidents occur due to incorrect actions and not due to lack of equipment or to inadequate conditions: thus, a methodology designed to achieve the consistent execution of safe behaviours has enormous potential.
Sarlux promotes safe behaviours
Under the company’s continuous improvement policy, the Sarlux refinery has continued its actions to spread the culture of safety and consolidated the BBS (Behaviour-Based Safety) protocol for all operational structures within the Sarroch site (learn more). The aim is to establish a single management tool to promote safe behaviours and consolidate the goal of “zero incident events”.
The upcoming activities of the Territorial Plan proposed by Confindustria’s Southern Sardinia branch include a series of seminars and workshops organised with institutions, entities, trade associations and production plants in the territory on the themes of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and cybersecurity and in the areas of education, training and research.
You can find out more about the Saras Group’s best practices on safety and sustainability issues at the following pages of the website:
https://www.sarlux.saras.it/en/the-bbs-protocol/
https://www.sarlux.saras.it/en/hse-system/
https://www.sarlux.saras.it/en/sustainable-development/
The Saras Group, founded by Angelo Moratti in 1962, is one of Europe’s leading players in the energy and oil refining industry. Through its parent company Saras SpA and subsidiaries Saras Trading SA, based in Geneva, and Saras Energia SAU, based in Madrid, the Group sells and distributes oil products in the domestic and international markets. The Group is also active in the electricity generation sector through its subsidiaries Sarlux Srl (IGCC plant) and Sardeolica Srl (wind farm). The Group also supplies industrial engineering and research services to the oil, energy and environmental sectors through its subsidiary Sartec Srl. The Saras Group has about 1,572 employees and revenues of about EUR 8.6 billion as at 31 December 2021.