WSPS.CA | 2023 HEALTH & SAFETY LEADERSHIP SURVEY WHITE PAPER 5
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS BY YEAR
2022
2021 2020 2019
Leading
Health and safety is treated as a strategic priority. Information is reported publicly, and board
decisions take into account the impact on health and safety.
12% 17% 17% 12%
Proactive Active board discussion and support aimed at enhancing management of health and safety. 26% 29% 38% 28%
Managing Focused on management of day-to-day health and safety. 42% 34% 27% 33%
Reactive Focused on addressing health and safety issues as they arise. Focus remains on incident rates. 14% 16% 15% 22%
Start of Journey Starting to understand what health and safety involves; focused on incident management. 6% 4% 2% 4%
Totals may not equal 100 as figures are rounded off.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS WERE BROKEN INTO THE FOLLOWING FIVE CATEGORIES BASED
ON THE LEVEL OF MATURITY OF THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM
OVERVIEW OF PARTICIPANTS
