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EDITOR'S NOTE
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There is no doubt, change is not just coming
but happening in the food and beverage sector.
The response we have had to our inaugural
CreateClean section – focused on carbon free
food processing and manufacturing – says it all.
But who is wagging who? Is the tail wagging
the dog or has the dog got control? Things
have gone beyond mainstream media… social
media has taken over saving of this planet.
With it though, plenty of misconceptions and
an absolute lack of knowledge for a large
proportion – opinions have been formed
without all the facts… another I have little doubt
about.
Is getting that new Tesla better for the
environment than converting a current petrol
car to electric? Is insular the key… has
globalisation meant that too much comes too
far and therefore some of the smallest things
exhibit great carbon footprints?
Questions galore… but in this issue, on food
and beverage, the industry speaks.
– Greg Robertson
publisher
CHIT CHAT
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.
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.”
The food and grocery sub-sector
is a springboard for positive
change across the entire retail
and supply chain industry. Over
time, ShopCare plans to scale
initiatives and apply these to
other retail segments including
hardware retail and general
merchandise retail.
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR…
SHOPCARE
BRINGS SAFETY
LEADERSHIP TO
THE RETAIL AND
SUPPLY CHAIN
INDUSTRY
ShopCare is one of five initiatives to
receive funding in the first round of
ACC’s Workplace Injury Prevention
Grant scheme.
UNIFY HEALTH
AND SAFETY
STANDARDS
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