HEALTH AND SAFETY

Global Health and Safety
Our Vision and Policy

Our global strategy aims to ensure that our employees work safely every day, everywhere — whether at the workplace, at home, or on the road. This strategy seeks not only to reduce risks but also to build trust and reputation by fostering a sustainable health and safety culture.

Our global health and safety strategy aims to ensure that our employees work safely every day, everywhere — whether at the workplace, at home, or on the road.

Our Global Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy clearly defines the responsibilities, core behaviors, and standards expected from both our leaders and employees. This policy forms the foundation of our long-term strategy and enables us to create a safer, more aware, and stronger work environment.

Our Goal

Through strong and visible leadership, active employee engagement, and effective risk management, we strive to continuously enhance Diageo's health and safety culture. Guided by the principle "Safer Together", we are committed to ensuring that everyone works safely and healthily, every day and everywhere.

Focus Areas of Our Strategy

Supply Chain Safety

We aim to build a world-class health and safety culture across our supply chain and embed this approach into all our ways of working. This scope includes our supply and technical centers, commercial and visitor centers, field contractors, as well as office-based and remote-working employees.

Process Safety

By strengthening our process safety culture and work practices, we aim to eliminate the risks of major incidents. Our Global Process Safety Policy defines the key responsibilities and requirements in this area.

Prevention of Serious and Fatal Risks

Through our updated prevention program and Life-Saving Rules, we aim to reduce the risks of serious and fatal incidents.

Zero Harm at Work

We remain committed to reducing all health and safety incidents — including slips, trips, falls, and manual handling accidents — to zero.

Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing

One of the key pillars of our health and safety strategy is capacity building and knowledge sharing across the business. Through our global learning platform, My Learning Hub, employees can easily access the most relevant health and safety information or seek guidance from our Global Health and Safety team.

Work Environments and Safety

At the Workplace

We provide the necessary training and competencies for employees to carry out their responsibilities safely, while actively creating a secure working environment.

At Home

We ensure that our remote-working teams clearly understand all potential risks and hazards related to their tasks and equipment, and take appropriate preventive measures.

On the Road

We support our employees in understanding and adopting the essential behaviors required for safe driving, every day and everywhere.

Holistic Wellbeing

When our employees come to work we like to welcome the 'whole person', which means supporting both their physical and their emotional wellbeing. How we do this varies according to local needs and how our employees access their healthcare, but there is one constant theme: ensuring that our employees understand the importance of responsible drinking.