Travis Perkins plc

To encourage and assist the Group’s Executive Management, in its drive towards achieving and maintaining industry-leading performance in health and safety. This is crucial, to ensure, through management, that the company’s employees, its customers, suppliers and its contractors enjoy a safe and healthy workplace.

The role of the Committee is to :

Review with the Executives of the business the company’s policies, procedures and working practices regarding health and safety practices, ensuring that they meet or exceed any legal obligations, but also become and remain truly industry-leading.
Support the Executive in reviewing and monitoring company performance on, and compliance with, health and safety objectives, policies and plans, so as to ensure management identify and implement appropriate corrective action to achieve compliance and raise performance where required.

To execute its role the Committee will ensure that:

Routine health and safety reports and audits used by management and this committee are appropriately interpreted;
All company directors are kept informed of their health and safety responsibilities and duties as necessary.
This Committee and the Board are kept abreast of regulatory changes and its impact using the resources of the Group Head of Health & Safety.
Any extraordinary health and safety issue or incident is investigated and the findings reported to this committee
Where it considers action or improvement is needed, this is reported to the Board, making recommendations as to the steps to be taken.

2. Authority and Accountability

The Committee is authorised by the Board to investigate, using the resources of the Group Head of Health & Safety, any activity relating to its purpose and role. It is accountable to the Board, for encouraging, supporting and guiding the Executives, to ensure company health and safety performance becomes and remains, industry leading.

3. Membership and Appointment

The Committee shall consist of not less than three Directors, one or more of which shall be an independent non-executive Director, and one shall be the Chief Operating Officer. Regular attendees, by invitation, will be the Group Head of Health & Safety and the Group HR Director. The Board should satisfy itself that at least one member of the Committee has recent and relevant health and safety knowledge and experience. The chairman of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board. The Company Secretary shall be secretary to the committee, and shall circulate minutes of meetings of the committee to all Board members.

4. Meetings of the Committee

There shall be no fewer than three meetings during the year. A quorum shall be two members, and the Committee may be convened from time to time at the request of any member of the Committee or the Board.

Periodic visits to branch locations, individually or as a Committee will be made to maintain familiarity with the nature of the business and to observe health and safety standards in practice.

5. Resources

The Committee shall be provided with sufficient resources to undertake its duties.

6. Skills, Experience and Training

At least one Committee member should have a professional health and safety qualification recognised by IOSH. The company shall provide an induction programme for new committee members.