Safety & Health Policy Statement

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in recognizing its corporate responsibility commits to take all reasonably practicable means to provide a safe and healthy environment to all faculty, staff, partners, students, collaborators and visitors. NTU is committed to:

• Comply with applicable safety, health & environment legislations in Singapore;
  
  
• Adopt the internationally recognized S&H management framework (ISO 45001) and proactively manage the risks to prevent incident;
  
  
• Inculcate the sense of shared stewardship for S&H matters among faculty, staff and students through consultation and participation to prevent injury, ill-health and care for the well-being for the community;
  
  
• Set S&H objectives and monitor relevant safety, occupational health or well-being performances periodically for improvements;
  
  
• Provide appropriate S&H training, information and supervision for faculty, staff and students to work safely in eliminating or reducing risks at source, protect the well¬being of persons and be prepared for emergency situations;
  
  
• Report and investigate promptly all incidents to determine the root cause(s) and take appropriate actions to prevent recurrence;
  
  
• Review the infrastructural facilities, academic and research projects to address S&H risks as well as the prevention to environmental pollution;
  
  
• Provide appropriate resources to achieve the intent of this policy; and
  
  
• Strive for continual improvements to NTU S&H management system (SHMS).