WHS is the backbone of any business, in any industry, across any sector. It ensures employees, management and stakeholders are all able perform their roles effectively, secure in the knowledge that their workplace is safe.

 

Local businesswoman Sarah-Jane Dunford is on a mission to high-light and reward those local businesses and individuals who are true champions of safety.

 

Earlier this year the inaugural Hunter Safety Awards launched, with the major sponsor Blackwoods it has been designed to encourage local organisations to take stock of the innovative and groundbreaking approaches to WHS they have implemented, as well as their day-to-day and ongoing commitment to safety.

Sarah-Jane says that whilst the media often highlights when something goes wrong, it’s important to also look at when things go right.

 

“I have the opportunity to see how local organisations view WHS as essential to their business operations and the ways they work hard to not only implement the legislative requirements, but how they go that step further to develop a WHS culture,” Sarah-Jane said.