Established over 65 years ago, the RoSPA Awards proudly continue to recognise, honour, and celebrate the people, organisations, and projects that help shape the future of health and safety excellence. With nearly 2000 entries, 45 categories, Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners and one overall Sir George Earle Trophy champion, it is one of the most prestigious schemes in the world.

Sarens in the UK won the gold award at the RoSPA Health and Safety Award 2021 held in the online awards ceremony recently. 

According to Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, “RoSPA is very proud of the achievements of its entrants, and with this award we recognise the organisations that have gone the extra mile raising the bar for the delivery of safety in the workplace.”

For Sarens, safety is paramount. We aim to provide a safe and healthy working environment for our employees, contractors, and visitors. Our SHEQ policy aims to ensure alignment to the Sarens mission and values, where ‘Dedication to Safety’ means ensuring that harm is not inflicted upon its employees, contractors, service providers, or the environment, Sarens assets, as well as members of the public affected by its operations, infrastructure and all operational activities within the scope of heavy lifting, special transport, assembly, disassembly and maintenance in industry, and infrastructure. 

Sarens operates in the UK under the Sarens certified SHEQ Management system, which is in compliance with ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, and SCC*P 2017/6.0. This comprehensive quality system ensures that we can deliver all project deliverables with a high level of efficiency and quality and in line with all applicable legislative requirements.

Sarens SHEQ Manager, UK, David Berry congratulates all the team members of the UK division and says, “RoSPA Gold Awards allows us a platform to demonstrate our total commitment to health and safety. It gives us a clear indication of our safety focus and sets the benchmark for moving forward and actively demonstrates not only to ourselves but also our clients that we strive for world-class standards and to be market leaders.”