At Sydvaranger, we are committed to ensuring a work environment free from serious accidents. We aim to build a workplace culture where safety and collaboration are central, and where health and personal development are key priorities.
Sydvaranger aims to create a safe and healthy working environment for everyone who works on our site, visits our operations or with whom we do business. We believe that safety is an attitude and a mindset and that each job, each action and each task we carry out can be conducted with safety as the first consideration. This attitude and behaviour toward a strong health and safety culture is captured by our “Motivation”, a core value of this Company, which underscores the way we work and conduct our business. We will strive to achieve “best practice” in all matters relating to health and safety.
Our team recognises that success and sustainability are outcomes which are inherently linked to our people, our values and our behaviour both internally and externally. We embrace a view that the strength of our team is enhanced with diversity and solidified through both inclusion and equality. We are committed to creating a workplace which is built upon a foundation of diversity and equality in all forms, and where unfair discrimination is absent from our activities and conduct.
The responsibilities for health and safety are shared throughout the organisation. Our management provide leadership and a good example in the use of safety systems and procedures which promote a positive safety attitude. At the same time, every individual has a personal responsibility for his or her health and safety as well as a duty of care toward his or her work colleagues.
We acknowledge and respect that all employees and visitors of Sydvaranger have a right to be unharmed. Our continuous efforts and endeavours, our motivation, are to ensure this goal is achieved on a daily basis.
Here are some of our objectives to create a workplace where our employees and partners can thrive and grow:
- Create a safe and healthy workplace free from serious accidents through systematic occupational health and safety work, training, and by fostering a culture where safety always comes first
- Be a reliable and responsible employer, with operations built on collaboration between the company, employees, trade unions, and authorities
- Strive to attract, recruit and retain talent by offering a workplace with opportunities for professional development, where learning is encouraged.
- Work to build a gender-equal, inclusive, and open organization, where diversity is seen as a strength.
- Ensuring appropriate mechanisms and routines exist for reporting, reviewing and addressing matters of discrimination.
- Continuous consulting and cooperation with unions, interested groups and persons to develop our commitment toward equality and diversity.
Our other focus areas within sustainability:
Sustainability Governance
Sydvarangers sustainability governance is under development and will be an integrated part of our project.
Environment & Climate
Sustainability is achieved by promoting internal and external environmental awareness, and by implementing rigorous measurement programs and controls over our industrial activities.
Community
Our company is an important part of the local community. Many who grew up in the area have family members who have worked at the mine. We at Sydvaranger are committed to maintaining an open communication channel to the local community.