Canada’s Safest Employers Awards 2023

Best Environment Management Program

This award recognizes excellence in environmental protection in concordance with health and safety management. Nominees can be from any industry and must demonstrate a clear commitment to corporate social responsibility, sustainability and proven environmental initiatives while maintaining strong health and safety management.

Technical Guidelines

The information you include in this form will be the only documentation provided to the judging panel for winner selection. All finalist submissions will remain confidential and are protected by the Non-Disclosure Agreement signed by all judges, and will only be shared with the judging panel except where stated otherwise. You can save your submission as a draft and return to it multiple times, however, we recommend that you save your work externally and upload your entire submission once complete, to avoid any loss of data that can be caused by possible technical/server/connectivity issues. Please adhere to the due date of Friday, April 21st, 2023 11:59 pm ET. By submitting this form and the information within it, you confirm you have the right to do so on behalf of the finalist individual or organization and you verify that all information within it is true, complete and accurate.nn

Organization *

Industry *

Number of Full Time Employees In Canada *

Contact person *

Job title *

Contact email *

Contact phone *

Kindly upload a Company Logo (if finalist is a company) or Formal Headshot (if finalist is an individual)- Upload Limit: 5MB; 5000 pixels by 5000 pixels; PNG, JPEG or PDF formats only *

1. Eligibility:

a. Have you been an employer in Canada for the last ten years or more?: *

Yes

b. Do you have more than 20 employees?: *

Yes

c. Are you willing to administer an employee perception survey provided by the Canada’s Safest Employers organizing committee to your workforce should you be shortlisted? (See FAQ section for details.): *

Yes

Note: If you answered No to any of the questions above, you are not eligible to participate in the selection process for Canada’s Safest Employers Awards

d. In the last five years, has your company been charged under occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and/or the Criminal Code legislation? *

Yes

(If yes, please explain and include a reference to the Environmental Protection Act (either national, provincial or jurisdictional). If no, write N/A) *

e. In the last five years, have you incurred any workplace fatalities? *

Yes

(If yes, please explain. If no, write N/A) *

f. In the last five years, has your company been convicted under the occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and/or the Criminal Code legislation? *

Yes

(If yes, please explain. If no, write N/A) *

2. In fewer than 500 words please describe why environmental protection is important to your organization? *

3. In fewer than 500 words please describe your company's Environmental Management Plan and its audit process. *

4. In fewer than 500 words please list and briefly describe any corporate social responsibility initiatives in place in your organization that protect the environment. *

5. In fewer than 500 words please describe how your environmental initiatives are linked with your overall health and safety management strategy. *

6. In fewer than 500 words please describe what plans/procedures your company has in place to appropriately respond to an adverse environmental event at the organization (For example, a gas release or chemical spill). *

7. In fewer than 500 words please describe how your organization ensures compliance with environmental programs. List any compliance/registration with a certified Environmental Management System. *

Injury Statistics in the last three years
Lost-time injury (LTI rate)

2020 *

2021 *

2022 *

If you wish, you may upload any supplementary materials to support your answers. - Upload Limit: 5GB in total; PNG, JPEG, PDF, DOC formats only

Nominator Name: *

Nominator Job Title: *

Nominator Organization: *

Nominator Email: *

Nominator Telephone: *

Best Environment Management Program

Technical Guidelines

1. Eligibility:

Injury Statistics in the last three yearsLost-time injury (LTI rate)

Injury Statistics in the last three years
Lost-time injury (LTI rate)