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[Risk] Impact of a major health and safety failure affects our reputation and results in harm to our employees, penalties or prosecution [Action] With over 80,000 employees and six million customers visiting our stores each week, robust health and safety systems are a priority. While regulatory requirements vary from country to country, each operating company is required to designate a director with specific responsibility for health and safety. This person is then responsible for ensuring that a written health and safety policy is communicated to all staff, that appropriate health and safety arrangements are in place to protect our employees and that we comply with local regulatory requirements. The ultimate responsibility within each operating company remains with the local Managing Director. Kingfisher’s Corporate Centre is responsible for facilitating the sharing of best practice and the development of minimum Group standards, which in some cases will be stricter than local regulatory requirements. Progress this year has been validated by an independent third party. [Description] 
There is a risk that repeated health and safety failures could result in a major incident or fatality that is directly attributable to either a systematic or institutionalised failure in our health and safety management systems. This would result in damage to our reputation through adverse publicity, prosecution and censure.
Kingfisher Annual Report 2008/09 - Report - Business review - Risks
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