Greenergy Plymouth wins gold again!

Greenergy’s Plymouth fuel terminal has won a second consecutive Gold RoSPA award for its on-going commitment to safety improvement. The terminal has been part of the awards scheme for the past six years, having been previously awarded four Silver awarded awards.

Greenergy has owned the Plymouth terminal – made up of the Cattedown and Mayflower fuel terminals – since 2008 having recently completed an extensive five year regeneration programme. The site is one of several in the city covered by Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regulations, requiring the highest safety standards to protect neighbouring people and the environment.

Greenergy’s Immingham biodiesel manufacturing facility has also been awarded Gold for the fourth consecutive year, while its Teesside biodiesel manufacturing facility (acquired in January 2015 from Harvest Biofuels Ltd) has been awarded Silver accreditation for its first year’s involvement in the scheme, marking the start of their journey to Gold accreditation.

The RoSPA Awards scheme is the largest and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. The awards recognise commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention at work across all businesses and industries. Judges consider entrants’ overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

Andrew Owens, Greenergy Chief Executive said: “Safety is always our top priority. We work continuously to make our activities even safer, by reviewing and improving our processes and procedures and making them central to everything we do.”

“In line with our expanding operations we have dedicated extra resource to ensure that we consistently achieve the highest level of health and safety across all of our sites.”

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager said: “The RoSPA Awards encourage improvement in occupational health and safety management. Organisations that gain recognition for their health and safety management systems, such as Greenergy, contribute to raising standards overall and we congratulate them.”

Greenergy’s approach to safety is based on detailed and open reporting and structured follow-up. Every individual working in the business is encouraged to report near misses and hazards, however small, so they can be followed up and more serious incidents prevented. Every incident is logged, investigated, tracked and resolved through a central management system. This information is analysed and shared throughout the company to ensure that lessons are learnt across all parts of the business.