33 DSV Sustainability Report 2023 Our social responsibility Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) (per million working hours) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2019 2020 2021 2022 Lost workdays due to lost time injury (per million working hours) 100 80 60 40 20 0 2019 2020 2021 2022 Sickness absence (days per FTE) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2023 Performance in 2023 Our health and safety indicators remained relatively stable throughout 2023 compared to 2022. We attribute this to the ongoing focus on our health and safety strategy, the steady increase in number of locations being added to our ISO 45001 multisite certification as well as the many hours of training conducted across the organisation in 2023. Our 2023 performance is in line with our targets except for one fatality we regretfully experienced. We run a number of different safety-at-work initiatives to ensure that our locations follow the global requirements. In 2023, our priority has been to train new safety professionals to ensure they are familiar with their roles and responsibilities. During 2023, more than 120,000 hours of health and safety training were completed. To ensure we uphold processes, we continuously monitor the implemen- tation of the policy. We completed 277 internal health and safety audits in 2023. Meanwhile, Bureau Veritas Certification conducted 87 audits across 46 countries covering 86 locations to ensure we remain compliant with the ISO 45001 standard as part of our multisite certification. In total, 33% of our locations are ISO 45001 certified, compared to 31% in 2022. We expect this number to increase to 37% in 2024. We use internal data and data from these audits to analyse and identify trends and areas of improvement within our health and safety practices. We also share safety alerts globally to reduce recurrent high-risk scenarios and ensure transparent reporting. Lost workdays Our lost workdays due to lost time injuries (measured per million working hours) were 50.7 this year, a slight decrease compared to 52.0 in 2022. We attribute this decrease to the same effect as for LTIFR. This year’s results are still well below our 2023 target of 90.0. For 2024, we have also increased our expectations for this indicator and reduced the target to 70.0. Sickness absence The sickness absence rate has fluctuated slightly over the last five years, gradually decreasing to 6.1 in 2023, compared to 6.5 in 2022. Fatality in 2023 We regretfully report that one colleague employed at our Bahrain subsidi- ary was fatally injured in a road accident in December 2023. The accident did not result in other fatalities, although one other person was injured. We are carrying out investigations to understand the causes of the accident and to evaluate measures to ensure workplace safety measures for our employees. Zero fatalities continue to be our target for 2024. Safe transport and storage of dangerous goods If not handled correctly, dangerous goods can lead to a number of health and safety risks. We work diligently to ensure that we remain compliant with all statutory regulations and industry standards for handling and transporting hazardous materials and dangerous goods. Lost time injury This year, we saw a slight increase in lost time injury frequency rates (LTIFR), measured per million working hours. In 2023, the LTIFR was 3.3, compared to the 2022 LTIFR at 2.8. We believe that our increased focus on training and the upgraded skills of our health and safety profession- als has led to increased focus on reported data, which we ascribe as the main reason for this year’s direction in LTIFR. However, this is still below our 2023 lost time injury target of 4.5. For 2024, we have increased our ambitions and set a target of 3.5. In 2023, we launched an updated global Dangerous Goods Awareness training course for all relevant employees with the aim of providing the necessary skills and knowledge to properly manage the storage and ship- ment of dangerous goods. Close to 22,000 colleagues were trained. Con- tinued training and implementation of best practices will remain a focus area in 2024, with the inclusion of the safe handling and transport of bat- teries, which are becoming increasingly common within our supply chains.
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