ÇEİS Wins Occupational Health and Safety Special Award at "Ortak Yarınlar 2025" Competition

Çimento Endüstrisi İşverenleri Sendikası (ÇEİS), Turkey's prominent employer confederations, has been awarded the Occupational Health and Safety Special Award at the "Shared Futures 2025" Award Programme organized by the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK) for its "Occupational Health and Safety Culture Analysis in the Cement Sector" project.

ÇEİS, which has been conducting long-standing studies aimed at raising sector-wide standards in occupational health and safety, develops comprehensive projects ranging from training programmes and field analyses to professional competency activities and sectoral awareness initiatives.

OHS Culture Analysis Setting an Example for the Sector
The "Occupational Health and Safety Culture Analysis in the Cement Sector" project stands out with its comprehensive methodology that addresses employee behaviour, organizational safety perception, risk awareness, management approaches and communication processes from a multidimensional perspective. Field data obtained within the project scope reveals the sector's strengths and areas for improvement through a systematic approach.

Shared Futures Awards Promote Sustainability in Working Life
The Shared Futures programme organized by TİSK serves as an important platform that promotes sustainability in working life, safety culture, social impact and innovative practices. Projects are evaluated by a jury composed of independent experts using multidimensional criteria and are awarded following a transparent process supported by public voting.
The OHS Special Award is given to projects that place occupational health and safety at the centre of organizational culture and create measurable impact.

ÇEİS Board Chairman Nihat ÖZDEMİR: "OHS Holds an Indispensable Place in Our Working Culture"
ÇEİS Board Chairman Nihat ÖZDEMİR made the following statement following the award:

"Occupational health and safety holds an indispensable place in the cement sector's working culture. Strengthening safe production environments is critical both for our employees' welfare and for our sector's sustainability. The recognition of this project reflects the sector's joint effort in developing our safety culture. This success has provided us with strong motivation for the future of the work we are undertaking."

ÇEİS General Secretary Dr. H. Serdar ŞARDAN: "We Have Been Making Serious Investment and Commitment for Many Years"
ÇEİS General Secretary Dr. H. Serdar ŞARDAN emphasized the sector's commitment to safe working culture with these words:

"We have been demonstrating serious investment and commitment for many years to establish a safe working culture in the cement sector. Through our training infrastructure and field practices, we are pioneering the development of OHS culture in the sector. The meaningful reductions achieved in accident frequency and severity rates despite increased production capacity are tangible evidence of these efforts. The OHS Culture Analysis Project has also revealed improvement areas through a scientific approach. We will continue our work without interruption to take the sector towards a safer future."