Boskalis Sustainability Report 2020

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

AMBITION No Injuries, No Accidents, based on a strong safety culture as our core value

SCOPE Boskalis employees and subcontractors

TARGET No Injuries, No Accidents, represented by Lost Time Injuries Frequency (LTIF) = 0.0 Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) = 0.0

2020 PERFORMANCE ‚ New safety leadership training ‚ NINA e-learning ‚ 10-year NINA anniversary

‚ LTIF 0.05 ‚ TRIR 0.32

A NINA workshop session on one of our vessels

care for our people SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020 – BOSKALIS NO INJURIES, NO ACCIDENTS Safety remains a top priority in everything we do. We want our people and the people we work with to return home safely every day. To help us achieve this goal we developed our No Injuries, No Accidents (NINA) safety program 10 years ago. One decade on, our Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) has dropped to 0.32 and our Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) to 0.05, thanks to the sustained commitment of our employees. In 2020 we saw a slight increase in the LTIF, however, we see the overall amount of recordable incidents (TRIR) continue to decline. Since 2010, more than 17,000 people have undertaken a NINA training. BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY PROGRAM NINA makes people more aware of their own responsibility towards safety and stimulates a working environment in which safety, responsibilities and potentially hazardous situations are openly discussed and reported. We help keep safety top of mind through regular staff engagement activities and training at all levels. This year, we talked to some 600 employees about their needs and concerns around safety and this dialog showed us again that safety is first and foremost about behavior. As a result, we implemented tools that, for example, help employees to communicate effectively with stakeholders, and our trainings and workshops include behavioral aspects. This emphasis on behavior helps implementation to be long-lasting and not just rule-driven. Our operations are where the NINA program is most evident. At the start of a project, employees, subcontractors and client

representatives receive an interactive NINA induction session, a rule-based safety training and a NINA start-up, challenging everyone to think about the health and safety risks associated with that project. On longer projects there are refresher and reflection sessions, NINA Workboxes on different topics that are introduced where there is a need – on Lifting & Hoisting for example, or on Mooring. We also hold evaluation sessions, or ‘NINA moments’. Our NINA trainers regularly travel to projects all over the world to ensure the NINA program is embedded throughout our operations and our NINA tools are available in 20 languages. In 2020 we added two new elements to our NINA program: E-LEARNING A NINA e-learning was introduced at the beginning of the year to create general safety awareness and introduce participants to the safety culture of Boskalis; it explains what is expected as safe behavior and invites everyone to contribute and to take responsibility for their own safety. This new online tool is particularly valuable to our flexible workforces, subcontractors and third parties. The e-learning, which is now compulsory for third parties, will fill in any gaps if trainers are unable to reach a location; it proved particularly useful during the pandemic.

NEW SAFETY LEADERSHIP TRAINING NINA maintains an ongoing focus on safety leadership. In 2019 the focus was on senior management and this effort will continue