Businesses are increasingly looking at a company’s occupational health
record when it comes to buying their goods and services, a report has said.
The study by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has said
legislation and enforcement – the traditional ways of improving OH – were
increasingly giving way to other methods of promoting health and safety as
working practices changed.
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Firms were putting greater emphasis on the health and safety capability of
their suppliers.
Many firms were using their OH reputation as a marketing tool, it added.
