P U B L I S H E R ’ S D E S K
THE AIR DOWN HERE IS…
ABOUT TO CHANGE
There are some exciting
and challenging things in
front of many industries
with the call to do things
‘greener’ stronger than
ever before.
NZ Engineering News’ sister
publication, NZ Food Technology, this
month features an extensive feature
called ‘CreateClean’ – that outlines what
food producers and manufacturers face
as we strive for 'Zero Carbon' manufacturing.
We’ve included some snippets in
this issue of NZEN, too.
Engineering is not feeling the heat as
other sectors are, yet, but don’t you
worry it is coming.
Speaking of heat, the road to EMEX
2020 is underway and a couple of
weeks ago the announcement that our
own ‘Rocketman’ Peter Beck will be
presenting at EMEX is a massive coup
and an absolute do not miss moment.
Another announcement though,
grabbed even more attention for me
after a flurry of recent media articles
where companies have been fined
following workers getting injured on the
job.
‘ShopCare’ is one of five initiatives to
receive funding in the first round of
ACC’s Workplace Injury Prevention
Grant scheme.
Led by ceo and former gm logistics
for Countdown NZ Liz May, ShopCare
meets a critical need for dedicated
health and safety leadership in New
Zealand - to drive long term positive
change.
Focusing initially on the food and
grocery sub-sector, ShopCare will
partner with major retailers, manufacturers,
transporters and suppliers
to improve the safety, health, and
wellbeing of all employees involved in
the creation, supply, delivery, and sale
of the numerous items that grace our
supermarket, dairy, and retail shelves.
It’s a superb initiative, with other
industries no doubt able to piggy back
upon success, while avoid failures
through this initiative’s findings.
ShopCare brings together senior
leaders from a diverse group of
businesses to share knowledge and
problem solve. This approach fosters
enhanced ownership and responsibility
for organisational health and
safety amongst business leaders,
and models leadership behaviours to
influence cultural change and save
lives.
Ms May says ShopCare will drive
industry collaboration and knowledge
sharing, and enable a coordinated
approach to simplify and align
safety processes and systems, and
the reporting of workplace injuries,
near-misses and hazards.
“One of the most significant challenges
currently facing the retail and supply
chain industry is the lack of consistency
in health and safety systems.
“Organisations have their own way
of doing things and as a result when
we have employees and suppliers
moving between companies there is
not a uniform set of health and safety
standards. We aim to address the
challenges of overlapping responsibilities
between companies and agree a
common language and standards which
can be applied across the industry.
“We aim to lead the adoption of
initiatives that identify and address
critical industry risks, creating an
industry aligned charter of change to
effect a different outcome for the food
and grocery retail and supply chain
sector.”
Greg Robertson
Publisher
Cast components • Forged components • Fabricated components • Machined
components • Hydraulic Cylinders • Sub-assemblies • Hard Chrome Bar components
a dmi n @ma l a b o u . c om + 6 4 ( 0 ) 9 2 71 0 0 3 8 w w w .ma l a b o u . c om
REN391
OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP LOCAL
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURES
GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE.
We help you maintain your competitive edge by reducing your total build cost.
Our comprehensive Metallurgical Expertise and Extensive Manufacturing
Networks deliver Globally competitive metal parts, metal components
and subassemblies to OEM’s & Industrial clients
www.engineeringnews.co.nz 3
/www.engineeringnews.co.nz