19 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2022 PILLAR 1: HUMAN CENTRIC People are Our Greatest Asset People are our greatest asset, as we are not able to achieve our success without their unwavering support. We continue to expand our efforts to prioritise employee well-being and development and enhance collaboration across the enlarged Group. To promote a safe environment for our employees, we ensure full compliance with the relevant employment and occupational health and safety laws and regulations in all jurisdictions where we operate in. SAFETY, HEALTH & WELL-BEING We are committed to providing a safe workplace and promoting a holistic well-being for our staff through a healthy work-life balance. We also actively engage our employees across multiple levels to reinforce that health and safety are a shared responsibility. Policies are in place at the Group level on our Intranet such as the “Employee Health and Safety”, the “No Violence Workplace” sections under the Group HR Policy and the Discrimination and Harassment sections from our Code of Conduct and Business Ethics to clearly outline appropriate behaviour at the workplace. We have included local company policies and operating practices addressing health, safety and well-being to cater to local contexts. All employees must follow company policies and guidelines from the Group Human Resource and Compliance Departments. If an employee identifies a potential hazard, they are required to raise the issue to their manager or HR without delay. We recognise that mental health and well-being are core enablers of organisational performance. To promote these across the Group, we organised various online and interactive health and well-being initiatives such as Workplace Well-being Talks on Managing Personal Resilience and sports tournaments across our regions (i.e. soccer competition in Australia and pedal workout in Singapore). Employee benefits were also enhanced including parental leave in Australia and improving employee health plans in India. At our premises, we strive to incorporate recreational facilities, break-out areas, pantries stocked with healthy foods and improved access to nature via green trails. Our commitment to health and safety is evident through the creation of the new ESR Group Health and Safety role, which was announced at the end of this reporting year. This provides the opportunity to scale-up from our existing and well-developed expertise and integrate the management of health and safety risks consistently across our Group, while complying with all health and safety regulations and training requirements. Our Data Centre team commenced the development of the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Management Framework during the reporting period. This framework seeks to align with the ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 international standards on occupational health and safety and environmental management system. The EHS Management Framework will support the active engagement of our people and partners to better understand EHS hazards and the means by which we mitigate EHS risk. Ongoing EHS practices are in place and will be integrated into the EHS Management Framework. This includes regular EHS inspections, considerations to EHS impacts on our projects and the sharing of best practices and lessons learnt across the Group to minimise potential incidents. At the business unit level, our property and project managers are required to attend occupational first aid, CPR, AED and the Company Emergency Response Team (CERT) training courses to equip themselves with the skills to be in-house first responders. Specifically for our property development teams, there are established worksite safety programmes such as fire drills to enhance emergency preparedness. There are measures in place on the oversight of the general contractor and related service providers, so that full responsibility is taken for the entire site and they are in compliance with local building and safety regulations. This includes monitoring the number and status of contractors at all sites, conducting periodic meetings to discuss related risks and ensuring that emergency training is conducted. We also work closely with our supply chain to ensure that employees of our contractors are provided with acceptable standards of safety and health protection as specified in our Supplier Code of Conduct.
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