Mitie has won a prestigious RoSPA Award for its commitment to health and safety excellence across the entire Mitie Group. Demonstrating its dedication to keeping colleagues safe at work, the award recognises Mitie’s organisation-wide Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) LiveSafe programme, which emphasises safety through training, workshops and a culture that prioritises safety. The program includes a set of rules and principles aimed at ensuring the safety of colleagues and those impacted by Mitie’s operations, and fosters a culture of open communication around safety. A further award was received at Group level, recognising Mitie’s commitment to fleet safety.
Whilst Mitie has been recognised by RoSPA several times in recent years, including winning awards across 18 categories last year, with Gold Awards for individual contracts and business units like Communities, Security and Waste and Environment, this is the first year it was entered at Group level. In 2023, Mitie was also the recipient of a President’s Award for its health and safety performance on the Cumbria Consortium contract at Sellafield nuclear site. The President’s Award is given to organisations who have achieved a Gold Award for 10 consecutive years.
Now in its 69th year, and with almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, covering more than seven million employees, the RoSPA Awards are the world’s largest health and safety awards programme, recognising both organisations and individuals who have set the highest standards in accident prevention.
Whether seeking non-competitive excellence recognition or entering for a competitive award across 20 industry sectors, each RoSPA Award entrant is assessed against rigorous criteria, making Mitie a world leader in shaping safer, healthier workplaces.
In order to share important learning and build on the strong health and safety foundations required to enter the RoSPA Awards, the award entry process can be used as reflective practice to contribute to continuing professional development (CPD).
Peter Dickinson, Chief Legal Officer, Mitie said:
“We are delighted to win a Gold award, reflecting how we have embedded the highest health and safety standards into the fabric of our organisation, knitting together the existing Gold standard across multiple parts of our diverse and growing business.
“As the UK’s largest facilities transformation company, with over 72,000 colleagues, we are committed to helping places and communities thrive. This is only possible when there is a strong foundation in health and safety which is instilled in every Mitie colleague from leadership to frontline including those based on busy sites or challenging environments. We are proud that the principles of our LiveSafe programme are followed each day and of the culture of accountability we have built.”
Julia Small, Growth Director, RoSPA, said:
“Mitie should be proud of the hard work and commitment to keeping people safe that has resulted in a RoSPA Award, which honours those organisations who have achieved the highest standards in health and safety in the workplace.
“RoSPA regards Mitie as a strong example of the importance of making accident prevention central to any successful organisation, not just for the benefit of employees, customers and clients, but also society as a whole.”
Dee Arp, NEBOSH Chief Quality Officer and the Head Judge of the RoSPA Awards, said:
“NEBOSH is delighted to be the headline sponsor of the RoSPA Awards. Recognising excellence in health and safety is essential to ensure we celebrate achievement, but it is also about reinforcing a culture of care, accountability and continuous improvement. These awards serve as a powerful reminder that employee safety and wellbeing transcends borders and looking after our people, so they can go home safe, healthy and happy every day, also drives sustainable success and resilience.”
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About Mitie: “Better Places; Thriving Communities”
Founded in 1987, Mitie employs 72,000 colleagues and is the leading technology-led Facilities Transformation company in the UK. We are a trusted partner to around 3,000 blue chip customers across the public and private sectors, working with them to transform their built estates, and the lived experience for their colleagues and customers, as well as providing data-driven insights to inform better decision-making.
In each of our core services of engineering (hard services) and security and hygiene (soft services) we hold market leadership positions. We also deliver projects capabilities in the areas of power and grid connections, building fit outs & modernisation, decarbonisation, fire & security, and telecoms infrastructure. Our sector expertise includes central government, critical national infrastructure, defence, financial services, healthcare & life sciences, local government & education, retail & logistics and transport & aviation.
We hold industry-leading ESG credentials, including a place on the CDP Climate change A List, and we have received multiple industry awards recently including B2B Marketing Team of the Year, Best Low Carbon Solution and Net Zero Carbon Strategy of the year. Targeting Net Zero by the end of 2025, our ambitious emissions reduction plans have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). We have been recognised as a UK Top Employer for the seventh consecutive year and Most Admired Company in the Support Services sector. Find out more at www.mitie.com.
About the RoSPA Awards
The esteemed RoSPA Awards program now celebrates its 69th year as the UK’s largest and most impactful health and safety programme. With almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, impacting over seven million employees, they offer a platform to spotlight an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in health and safety. Whether entrants seek non-competitive excellence recognition or vie for competitive awards across 20 industry sectors, the RoSPA Awards provide an unparalleled opportunity to stand among leaders shaping safer, healthier workplaces.
About the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
RoSPA is a leading voice in health and safety that campaigns to reduce avoidable accidents. Our vision is to create a life free from accidental injury, and with the support of our members, this is at the core of everything we do. We lobby Government on issues that matter, pioneer the world’s largest health and safety awards and provide a suite of RoSPA qualifications that help learners and employers keep their colleagues safe from accidents and ill-health.
For further information please contact Paul Clarke or Joe Tinkler in the RoSPA Press Office: pressoffice@rospa.com, 0121 248 2134