If you want to develop a 'people-first culture' in your company, you should personalise health and safety, said Craig Cotton, former country manager of Independent Liquor and chief executive of the Better Drinks Company, in the latest FGC Leaders Series video.
“I used health and safety as a bit of a catalyst to really step-change people’s thinking on the importance of putting people first,” he said, adding that the FMCG industry should be doing a lot more to tackle this issue.
“There’s lots happening, but it’s not happening collectively as other industries do. [...] It does have to come from the top. It has to be led by the CEO or at MD level, but it’s about how do we start to really collaborate and work closely with other FMCG companies to learn and share.”
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