Welcome New Signatories!

  • Nova Scotia Power (NS Power)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

CEO Health and Safety Roundtable – First time for Employer and Union to Sign Safety Charter Together

Nova Scotia Power and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers signed the CEO Health and Leadership Safety Charter together on July 6th, 2010.

 

This is the first time that an employer and its union have signed the charter at the same time.

 

Experience the story through media links below:

'Proud Member' Logo

 
Download your Charter 'Proud Member' logo and show others your commitment to health and safety.

CEO Health and Safety Roundtable – Improving literacy can save lives in the workplace!

The Conference Board of Canada recently released a report, What You don’t Know Can Hurt You: Literacy’s Impact on Workplace Health and Safety.

The report, which is publicly available at www.e-library.ca, highlights 10 firms that have taken action to improve literacy skills in the interests of health and safety.

Beyond Benefits: Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness in Canadian Organizations

Workplace health and wellness initiatives provide value to organizations. This report examines workplace health and wellness programs and practices currently in place in Canadian organizatons.

Obtain a copy of the report.

Executive Briefing on The DNA of a Winning Culture

The DNA of a Winning Culture is an executive briefing on the outcomes from the 2009 Leadership Summit led by the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, on April 21, 2009 in Toronto, ON. 

Executive Briefings on Youth and Accountabilities in Health and Safety

Health and Safety and Our Youth and Meeting Accountabilities in Health and Safety are the briefings from the National Leaders Forum held February 4 and 5, 2009 in Calgary, AB.

Success Stories 

     
Read about Charter Members' successes or contact us to submit yours.

Be a Leader!

The CEO Health & Safety Roundtable, facilitated by The Conference Board of Canada, takes the CEO Health & Safety Charter to the next level and is designed for those CEOs who wish to further the initiative.

Learn more about investing in the Roundtable

Charter

Download a printable version (PDF) of the CEO Health & Safety Leadership Charter's seven principles.

 

CEO Health & Safety Leadership Charter

Welcome

Welcome to the CEO Health and Safety Leadership Charter

This initiative was launched in April 2005 by Duncan Hawthorne, President and CEO of Bruce Power Inc. to achieve a Canada-wide breakthrough in health and safety performance. Over 250 Chief Executive Officers in 8 provinces across the country have already joined the Charter and the interest in this initiative from a broad range of sectors continues to grow. Members of this rapidly growing coalition have committed to work together to improve health and safety performance through sharing, mentoring and coaching. The coalition is expanding to include large and small organizations from all regions and sectors across Canada.

This charter is intended to support the continuous improvement of healthy and safe workplaces. It is founded on the principle that the effective management of health, safety and wellness is essential to the operation of a successful business. Participation in this charter is a visible commitment from business leaders to actively participate within a learning community that provides and receives best practices for the enhancement of employee physical, social and mental well being. The benefits will be realized as this learning is integrated and applied into organizational business strategies, systems, and processes.

By signing the Charter, CEOs commit their support to the following:

  • To subscribe to the principle that nothing is more important than the health, safety and well-being of employees, contractors, visitors and the surrounding community;
  • To integrate health and safety into business strategies, processes and performance measures, and to recognize that good health and safety performance supports good business results;
  • To effectively manage health and safety risks by eliminating, minimizing or controlling hazards;
  • To strive for continuous health and safety improvement and to provide the leadership and internal capacity to make this happen;
  • To provide an environment that enables all employees to participate and work collaboratively in developing, promoting, and improving health and safety at work;
  • To extend health and safety efforts beyond the workplace, recognizing and supporting related initiatives within the community; and
  • To participate within a CEO health and safety leadership learning community, by providing and receiving information and best practices, with the goal of continuously improving health and safety strategies, programming and performance.

Click to download a printable version of the Charter. 

To find out more details, or to become a Charter Signatory contact us.

Upcoming Events At A Glance

 

Regional Leaders Forum on Health & Safety
May 6, 2010
Halifax, NS

The Conference Board of Canada is pleased to invite you to join other CEOs and senior leaders from across Nova Scotia for a complimentary executive session on Thursday, May 6, 2010 for the CEO Health & Safety Leadership Charter. Further details will be posted in the coming weeks.

Event details