A safe and healthy workplace

Initiatives to preventing incidents

Constructing 250 meter high wind turbines, installing solar panels across vast areas, and maintaining immense hydropower structures in remote areas, are complex projects. There are risks involved with much of our work. Typical risks arise from our construction projects, operations and maintenance work, as well as from our presence in specific geographical locations, travel and other business activities. Sadly, we have registered both fatalities and serious injuries the last years. Our improvement programme, Powered by Care, program was launched in 2015 and it is continuously developed and improved to strengthen our HSSE culture and results.

Health and safety key figures for 2021 for Statkraft's employees and contractors

As the world transitions to renewable energy systems and our projects increase in size and number, we want to lead the industry with exemplary health and safety standards. A safe and healthy workplace is not only vital for those who work for and with us; we also recognise that health and safety guarantee our ability to create economic value through high levels of employee engagement, well-being and productivity.

To promote health and safety we focus on establishing a company culture based on care, transparency, clear requirements and continuous improvement. This requires commitment and strong engagement from managers as well as employees.

Expectations and norms regarding health and safety can vary across countries, so we rely on our company culture to align and protect our people and stakeholders. Where business practices are not meeting our standards and goals, we encourage employees to flag areas for improvement and take correctional actions through inclusive problem-solving. In Albania, we rolled out a tailored “safety bootcamp” in cooperation with local managers to equip employees with the knowledge and awareness necessary for enhancing their health and safety on the ground.

Our Powered by Care program is a continuous effort to monitor performance, learn about current challenges and improvement opportunities, and implement preventative measures to avoid injuries and any other types of harm. An internal e-learning platform and award scheme encourages activities that improve health and safety across the organisation, and this also promotes knowledge sharing within and between different teams.

Community health and safety

We have a responsibility to protect local communities living in the vicinities of our energy infrastructure. As our hydropower operations often come into close proximity with communities and can pose risks to their well-being, dam safety measures are an essential part of our work. These measures are based on legal and regulatory requirements, but we are also cooperating closely with communities to ensure that they are aware of any safety risks posed by our operations, allowing them to take the necessary preventative measures in their daily lives. In Turkey, we collaborated with local schools to teach children about the local reservoir and the associated risks.