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Zero Harm

We believe in zero harm to people, the environment, cargo, and property.

At BW, we apply our competence and experience in commercial management and operations to bring energy safely to the world markets. We aim to provide the best value services in our industry through outstanding operating efficiency – always keeping safety at the top of our agenda.

Safety and strong ethics are at the top of our agenda. BW commits to taking personal responsibility for safety, communicating safety concerns, actively sharing best practices and learning from near-miss incidents.

Safety is at the top of our agenda

BW is committed to a safe working environment. We do this through a culture of constant communication, active sharing of best practices, learning from near-miss incidents and numerous other safety tools and processes.

BW has a holistic approach to Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality (HSSEQ) across our operations. We aim to ensure that every employee, both onshore and at sea, can work in the safest work environment possible. An example is our Health, Safety and Environment Policy, a directive that embodies our work activities. Tools like this create BW’s Zero Harm safety culture. We recognise that Zero Harm is a journey and put new initiatives in place every year.

Safer Together Campaign

Since 2023, our Safety Together campaign has set the course for how we work towards our safety vision of Zero Harm. Safer Together highlights a different topic every quarter, leveraging well-known safety activities for reflective learning and deeper engagement. In 2025, the programme was centred on the Safer Together theme, with four core topics delivered quarterly: Learn, Creating Trust, Doing It Right, and Failing Safely.

To track our progress, we employ SafeMind, a Safety and Organisational Maturity survey. This tool has documented significant improvements in our safety culture, with a score of 85% in 2024, compared to 73% in 2019 – well above the shipping industry average of 50%. The survey will next be conducted in 2026 to support ongoing evaluation and continuous improvement.

Since our Zero Harm programme was introduced in 2013, our overall safety statistics indicate these efforts have been effective and impactful. On the privately held side of the Group, BW LNG’s Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) was 0.14 (2024: 0.27), with one Lost Time Injury. Although our incident statistics show a positive downward trend in many group companies, there is always work to be done.

Emergency preparedness

Even as we focus on prevention, we remain committed to emergency response preparedness. In collaboration with external stakeholders such as our Qualified Individuals (QI), P&I Clubs and a crisis communications agency, we conduct regular drills to stress-test our processes, train crew and colleagues, and refine our response as a team. In 2025, we conducted several drills with scenarios of explosion / fire, serious personal injury, loss of propulsion / steering, collision, grounding, cargo leak / cargo pipe rupture, pollution, search & rescue, heavy media attention, security / piracy, refugee and business continuity.

Safety culture

BW Offshore’s safety culture is founded on the principle that safety is at the core of everything the company does. Through the company’s Safety First Policy, shared commitments define how safety is embedded into daily operations across the organisation, with safety treated as the highest priority.

All employees and contractors have the authority and responsibility to stop work if they believe an activity is unsafe or if they are uncertain about how it can be carried out safely. Anyone who stops work is expected to raise their concern and initiate a process to clarify and address the issue, without fear of repercussions or negative consequences. The Stop Work policy is endorsed by the CEO and reinforces the expectation that safety takes precedence over all other considerations.

All health, safety, security, and environmental incidents and near misses are recorded, classified, and analysed to identify corrective actions and drive continuous improvement. Safety observations are reported on safety observation cards, which allow submission of safetycritical actions and positive recommendations. In addition, a Speak Up channel is available for all BW Offshore’s internal and external stakeholders to raise concerns confidentially and, if desired, anonymously.

To further embed the company’s safety culture, safety leadership visits connect senior leaders with employees across different levels of the organisation. These interactions foster open dialogue on safety culture, overall well-being, and broader cultural topics. At the operational level, all operating offshore assets have a safety committee which meets monthly to bring together worker representatives and management to discuss occupational health and safety topics.