Neste rewards several contractors with safety award

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With its Contractor Safety Award, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer Neste Corp. recognized certain contractors for their commitment to safety and performance, and to motivate them to continuously improve safety in collaboration with Neste.

This year, the Contractor Safety Award was granted to several contractors that were selected by Neste’s local organizations globally.

“Safety is at the core of everything we do at Neste,” the company stated. “We all—including our employees and our contractors—have a right to return home safe each and every day.”

Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson, Neste’s executive vice president of human resources and health, safety, security, environmental and quality policy, said, “Contractors are an integral part of the Neste safe value chain. The professionalism and quality of work of contractors is often a key factor directly affecting not only personal safety but also process safety, safety in the logistics operations and thereby business performance. Therefore, we are actively working together with our contractors towards ‘No Harm. Together.’ We also want to award the best performances and show that Neste cares about our contractors’ wellbeing, engagement and motivation.”

One of the awardees is Marius Grockis, who is acting as the head of quality in Baltic Ground Services in Lithuania.

He sees safety as a continuous improvement and has come up with major development ideas.

Grockis was awarded for his latest idea to minimize fire hazard in the metal filling boxes at the Neste station network in Finland and the Baltics.

“I am very pleased to receive the Contractor Safety Award of Neste as it embodies my special attention to service quality, details and extra steps taken,” Grockis said. “Moreover, knowing that my idea will be implemented throughout the whole station network makes me even more happy and proves that my favorite statement, ‘safety first,’ is not just empty words. This surprise gives me extra motivation to keep going. I’m glad to have the opportunity to collaborate with such a safety-oriented company.”

Another awardee comes from Neste’s refinery in Singapore, where maintenance contractor Rotary Engineering was awarded for having reached a safety record from 2020 to 2022.

Michael Ahti, the maintenance manager, said, “Rotary has been very active in participating in the monthly safety discussions, safety walkabouts as well as having regular sessions on lessons learned and sharing good safety practices. Rotary has strictly followed the maintenance and operations processes of Neste, putting emphasis on forward planning and minimizing ad hoc tasks, which usually are the main reasons for safety incidents due to the lack of preparation.”

Other companies and teams that won Neste’s Contractor Safety Award include DHL Supply Chain, Speweld and Lassila & Tikanoja in Finland, and several individuals working for Neste’s contractors at its Rotterdam refinery in the Netherlands.

“Our warm congratulations and sincere thanks to all Contractor Safety Award winners,” Jakosuo-Jansson said. “By working closely together and with good and continuous collaboration between Neste and our contractors, we can achieve our safety target of ‘No harm. Together.’”