60+ companies put forward joint submission to Minister
Joint submission to government: Sixty-one New Zealand companies are calling for radical improvements to how the Government supports businesses to manage the risks of harm from work, in a joint submission to a major health and safety review. Driven by a shared motivation to see an uplift in New Zealand’s workplace health and safety performance; Vector, Z Energy, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Downer, Auckland Airport, Air New Zealand, Fonterra and 54 other companies spanning multiple industries have developed the submission with the support of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum.
Forum submission to Ministerial H&S review
Submission to government - October 2024: The Forum has called for seven changes to significantly improve H&S performance in NZ as part of its submission to the Ministerial review into workplace health and safety.
2024 State of a Thriving Nation
2024 annual report: This 2024 report puts the total toll of workplace health and safety in New Zealand at $4.9b in 2023, and shows that nearly 50% of New Zealanders are affected by a health and safety incident. It also delves into the differences in regulatory practice between New Zealand and Australia and the UK, both countries who perform much better at health and safety than New Zealand.
A report into New Zealand's repeated health and safety failings
Independent Taskforce report: Following the 2023 Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum's inaugural State of a Thriving Nation report, which highlighted New Zealand’s slow, costly and poor safety progress, the Forum set up an independent Taskforce. It brought together a panel of seven experienced leaders, CEOs and directors, to explore where we are going wrong, and to map out a path to improving this country’s health and safety performance. This report makes uncomfortable reading.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Performance Dashboard
Annual Forum member survey: Our March 2024 CEO survey shows how Forum members are performing in health, safety and wellbeing.
State of a Thriving Nation
An annual report: First published in August 2023, looks at Aotearoa New Zealand's health and safety performance across government, business and industry to establish trends and understand where we need to improve.
Member Benchmarking Health and Safety performance
Benchmarking reports: While the Forum has paused its Benchmarking Project, we will be reporting on qualitative data from our annual CEO survey. You can find Benchmarking reports from 2017-2022 on this page.
