UPM Tilhill has scooped a prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Award for the fourth year running. The 'highly commended' in the Forestry Industry Sector Award demonstrates that BALI members UPM Tilhill, the UK’s largest timber harvesting and environmental works company, has met RoSPA's key performance requirements, attaining high levels of health and safety management.

 

Steve Lavery, Managing Director, UPM Tilhill, said: "We are absolutely delighted to win this RoSPA Forestry Sector Award. Health and safety is the cornerstone of everything we do and this award recognises the very high standards UPM Tilhill achieves in implementing effective and practical measures to ensure the health and safety of our employees, contractors, the general public and the environment."

 

The RoSPA Awards are not just about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill health at work; they are also about ensuring that organisations have good health and safety management systems in place. They help to reinforce the message that good health and safety is good business and clearly demonstrate an organisation’s commitment to the achievement of high levels of performance in this crucial area.

 

RoSPA Individual Sector Award winners have shown a robust and high quality safety management system together with a minimum of four years' consistently excellent or continuously improving health and safety performance. The Forestry Sector Award will be presented to George McRobbie, Health & Safety Director, UPM Tilhill, at a special ceremony in Glasgow in September. www.upm-kymmene.com