{"id":10767,"date":"2014-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-annual-enterprise-safety-health-and-environment-she-report\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:16:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:16:29","slug":"aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-annual-enterprise-safety-health-and-environment-she-report","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-annual-enterprise-safety-health-and-environment-she-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AECOM announced today that it has published its annual enterprise safety, health and environment (SH&#038;E) report."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/deployedfiles\/Internet\/About\/Safety\/SafetyReport_2014.pdf\">A culture of caring<\/a>,\u201d the report illustrates how AECOM\u2019s deep-rooted safety culture sets the expectation that employees, contractors and business partners should take personal responsibility for keeping colleagues safe. &#160;The report features project examples and employee anecdotes focused on AECOM\u2019s safety culture \u2014 especially those related to the firm\u2019s successful \u201cSafety for Life\u201d program \u2014 as well as the company\u2019s SH&#38;E best practices, goals and performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith safety as an essential part of AECOM\u2019s DNA, we pride ourselves on the improvements we\u2019ve made across the organization in the past year to ensure our people remain safe \u2014 whether they\u2019re in the office, at a project site or at home,\u201d said Michael S. Burke, AECOM\u2019s chief executive officer. &#160;\u201cWe genuinely care about the well-being of our employees, clients and stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of AECOM\u2019s fiscal year 2014 (FY14) highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Receiving the Gold 2014 International Business Award in the Health, Safety &#38; Environment Program of the Year category for the Middle East and Africa. &#160;This award recognizes AECOM\u2019s successful accident and injury prevention policies, strong safety awareness programs, and strict adherence to environmental and occupational health and safety laws.<\/li>\n<li>AECOM\u2019s URS operation receiving two President\u2019s Awards at the 2013 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents\u2019 (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards program, which follow a 15-year legacy of RoSPA recognition.<\/li>\n<li>Achieving an experience modification rate (EMR) of .50 \u2014 the lowest in AECOM\u2019s history. &#160;The EMR, a common safety indicator, is based upon the frequency and severity of injuries related to the amount of payroll.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully rolling out the company\u2019s online incident reporting system, IndustrySafe, globally.<\/li>\n<li>Improving the company\u2019s lost-time injury rate, a measure of the relative severity of work-related injuries and illnesses, by 69 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Editor\u2019s Note: The aforementioned FY14 metrics do not include URS, which joined AECOM shortly after the start of fiscal year 2015.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report is intended to give a closer look into AECOM\u2019s culture of caring that helps to reinforce the importance of safety across the organization,\u201d said Andrew Peters, AECOM senior vice president and chief safety officer. &#160;\u201cI\u2019m proud of the safety advancements we\u2019ve made this year, and look forward to future growth in safety, now in partnership with our URS peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>About<\/b>&#160;<b>AECOM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With nearly 100,000 employees \u2014 including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals \u2014 serving clients in more than 150 countries around the world following the acquisition of URS,&#160;AECOM&#160;is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm.&#160; AECOM&#160;is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in <i>Engineering News-Record&#160;<\/i>magazine\u2019s annual industry rankings. &#160;The company is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high-rise buildings and government.&#160; AECOM&#160;provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world\u2019s built, natural and social environments. &#160;A&#160;<i>Fortune 500<\/i>&#160;company,&#160;AECOM&#160;companies, including&#160;URS Corporation&#160;and&#160;Hunt Construction Group, had revenue of approximately&#160;$19.5 billion&#160;during the 12 months ended&#160;Sept. 30, 2014. &#160;More information on&#160;AECOM&#160;and its services can be found at&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\">aecom.com\/taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NR 14-1202<\/p>\n<p>Source:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10767","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}