Health: Our Performance

We continue to embed the principles and values of sustainability into group and local level health programmes.

During 2009/10 a sustainable health leading metrics scorecard was developed to drive further improvement in the performance of preventive health initiatives and an evaluation trial is underway at all facilities. Each facility management team has been asked to self rate performance to determine the degree to which 14 key preventive elements of Johnson Matthey’s sustainable health programmes have been implemented. These 14 elements include health planning, health programme auditing, chemical exposure management and wellness support programmes and ratings are made on a four point A, B, C, D scale: ‘Developing’, ‘Controlling’, ‘Best Practice’ or ‘Advanced’.

Scores for each category are recorded on a one page scorecard to provide a visual analysis of strengths and development needs of facility health programmes. The scorecard is now being used to help guide prioritisation of sustainable health improvement planning for 2010/11 and beyond. The outcome of the evaluation trial will be presented in next year’s Sustainability Report.

All facilities are required to conduct an annual sustainable health review and improvement planning process and in 2009/10, the proportion of facilities that reported compliance with the requirement rose to 84%, the highest level achieved since this corporate requirement was introduced in 2006.

Occupational illness incidence continues to be the most important metric of sustainable health performance in Johnson Matthey and a corporate reporting system is used to report and investigate occupational illness cases arising as a result of exposure to workplace health hazards. In 2009/10 the incidence of occupational illness reported was 5.2 employee cases per 1,000 employees (0.26 employee cases per 100,000 work hours) compared to 5.5 cases per 1,000 employees in 2008/09.

The group has introduced a target to reduce the annual incidence of occupational illness cases by at least 30% by 2013/14 from a baseline incidence of 5.3 cases per 1,000 employees in calendar year 2008 (to 3.7 cases or less per 1,000 employees by 2013/14). To help achieve this target, a new corporate chemical exposure management programme has been developed during 2009/10 which is now being implemented globally at all facilities. This aims to reduce the risk of chemical exposure related health effects to as low a level as is reasonably achievable.

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