For the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, AGL launches its “Zero Accident Plan”. The leading multimodal logistics operator in Africa, unveils its ambition to gradually eliminate all accidents related to its activities worldwide.
As part of its CSR strategy, AGL reaffirms its commitment to the health and safety of its employees and promotes a culture of prevention and management of HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) risks.
An ambitious initiative to strengthen its HSE commitment
This plan, designed and implemented by AGL’s teams, is based on the best practices of the sector to guarantee a safe and healthy work environment. It is built on 5 fundamental pillars: the exemplary nature of managers through their commitment, the respect of 14 non-negotiable rules created by the company and adapted to its context, the knowledge of the dangers specific to each work environment, the identification of all malfunctions in the field, and the sharing of good practices during inspections.
The implementation of this plan includes several modalities, through a precise program whose execution is already in progress. This program includes risk assessment to maintain safe and healthy working conditions, provision of protective devices and equipment and supervision of their use, training, and instruction to enable all employees to perform their activities safely and effectively, consultation and participation of personnel, monitoring of all equipment under the responsibility of AGL or one of its entities, and reporting of safety-related malfunctions to ensure their treatment.
As a specialist in integrated logistics services (port, rail, maritime and logistics), AGL is aware of the risks inherent to its industry. Therefore, the company is committed to a QHSE management system on 100% of its sites, the majority of which are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certified. The company applies constant vigilance in the improvement and local execution of its procedures and organizes numerous training sessions for the sharing and application of risk prevention measures. As of February 2023, the company has completed more than 95,000 hours of training (first aid, PPE, firefighting, safety driving, risk management, HSE awareness sessions, etc.) across its 49 sites in Africa, Haiti and Timor.
Thanks to all these actions, AGL intends to optimize its processes to guarantee a “safety” culture within the company, with the aim of achieving a Zero Accident activity.
A worldwide awareness day
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, AGL joins the international movement initiated by the ILO to promote good health and safety practices. In all the territories where it operates, AGL and its teams organize a series of events to raise awareness among employees, partners, stakeholders and communities about occupational hazards and the preventive measures to be put in place.
Sessions on the prevention of certain diseases, control and vaccination, road safety awareness, as well as emergency drills in case of fire or serious accident, are organized in all the other countries where AGL is present and in particular in Gambia, Kenya, Benin and Cameroon.
About AGL (Africa Global Logistics)
Africa Global Logistics (AGL) is the trusted logistics operator in Africa, providing integrated logistics, port, maritime, and rail solutions.
With more than 23,000 employees across 50 countries, AGL builds on decades of expertise to deliver tailor-made and innovative services to its African and international clients. AGL’s ambition is to contribute sustainably to Africa’s transformation. The company also operates in Haiti, Timor-Leste, and Indonesia.