People are the heart of our business and there is nothing more important than ensuring everyone gets to go home safely, every single day. We also care deeply about our impact on the environment and the legacy we leave for future generations.

Taking a unified approach to Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) across all our businesses helps us deliver our services both safely and sustainably. Our focus is on resilience, accountability, communication, risk management and engagement. 

Underpinning our approach is the belief that each of us shares in the responsibility for the safety of our people, our projects, the environment and the communities in which we work.  

Our leaders have an important role to play – continuously seeking ways to lead, demonstrate and communicate positive safety and health behaviours. They inspire and challenge their teams to continuously improve, every day and in everything we do.

At Ventia, we want our employees to be safe, healthy and to thrive. That’s why we foster a culture which puts safety first and supports both the mental and physical wellbeing of our people. 

Mental health is a substantial issue across society and within every workplace. In 2019 Ventia launched the Healthy Minds program to improve awareness of mental health and in turn help to reduce any associated stigma and support those with mental health conditions.

Ventia’s Healthy Bodies program is focused on the physical wellbeing of employees. The program comprises a range of health and wellbeing initiatives and provides early intervention injury management services to employees and contractors.

Learn more about our Healthy Minds program in our video below.

Ventia has in place a targeted and responsive SHEQ governance framework and management system. This includes a range of systems, policies, procedures, work processes and tools that empowers our people to manage risk, safeguard the safety of employees, the environment and the broader community. 

This also incorporates our Critical Risk Protocols (CRPs) - the guidelines for high-risk activities that set the standard required for our workplaces when planning, managing and performing these high-risk activities. 

Ventia’s SHEQ systems underpin our brand promise to put health and safety above all else. Our approach to SHEQ is recognised to be of the highest standard of quality and consistency and this inspires the confidence of our employees, our clients and all the stakeholders that we set out to protect and support.

Ventia has partnered with the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner (OFSC) on an industry campaign focused on increasing safety awareness when working on or around mobile plant.

The campaign page shares free resources including 360° Blindspot Awareness Safety Training modules, Toolbox talks, safety posters, social media tiles, and Teams backgrounds.

Read more and download free resources here

Ventia also partnered with the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner (OFSC) on a joint What’s Up? campaign to increase safety awareness with this range of training and resource materials.

All working from height incidents are preventable. Our What’s Up? campaign builds on Ventia’s existing working at height safety protocols to elevate and expand our ongoing commitment to keeping people safe.

Read more and download free resources here