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A safe workplace for everyone
Sustainability
Employee safety always comes first at Siegwerk
As an operator of chemical plants, we are committed to do everything we can to avoid operating problems and potential accidents. With our slogan “Safety First - It starts with me” we have made occupational health and safety to one of our top priorities – in addition to product safety and environmental protection. This includes ensuring a healthy and safe work environment, but also raising awareness of safety standards to minimize risks and prevent unnecessary injuries.
That’s why we are actively promoting a safety culture at our workplaces. With our “Safety First - It starts with me” initiative, we have introduced Siegwerk-related safety principles to establish a culture in which everyone is encouraged to always pay attention to safety for themselves and others when dealing with business challenges and risks. As part of our safety culture program we will conduct a survey to better understand current needs and determine concrete goals to further improve our progress.
How we guarantee safe workplaces for employees
We have developed safety guidelines for every workplace around the world. These guidelines are mostly based on the directives applicable within the European Union, such as the Framework Directive of Safety and Health at Work. To make sure our different locations comply with the strict criteria set in our guidelines, the local organizations perform their own safety inspections. Apart from that, our HSE specialists also conduct regular “global HSE audits“ in our larger production facilities.
In 2025, we launched a web‑based HSE application as part of our digitalization strategy to enhance business excellence and strengthen our health, safety, and environmental performance. This platform enables us to leverage data and technology to better protect employees, safeguard assets, and reduce environmental impacts. It is accessible to all employees from any Siegwerk device with an internet connection. Our initial digital HSE tools include incident reporting & investigation, hazard identification, risk assessment & risk control (HIRARC), and HSE audits & inspections. By digitalizing these processes, we enhance transparency, governance, efficiency, risk management, and overall safety culture.
Our “Safety First-It starts with me” initiative focuses on:
How we evaluate the risks at the different workplaces
Because every workplace is exposed to different risks, we have established clear and rigorous standards. Risks are regularly assessed across all facilities and reviewed whenever changes occur at a workplace, always taking existing control measures into account. This process includes routine inspections of production facilities using Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), a well-established method in the chemical industry for the systematic and comprehensive analysis of plants.
In 2025, Siegwerk achieved a total incident rate of below 1.
How we train our employees worldwide
We strive to provide our employees with relevant safety trainings so that they always feel safe in their own workplace. Internal events for World Safety Day at global and regional level also help to ensure that all participants have the same understanding of safety at work. We also have developed standard training content to educate employees on specific topics such as fire safety, proper use of tools, handling of chemical substances and using the right Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In addition, we publish safety alerts to share lessons learned and further sharpen the safety awareness throughout the organization.