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38 Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Annual Report 2005
We know we have a responsibility to promote
environmental awareness amongst our staff and
the wider community – not just by setting a good
example, but also through focused education
programmes. Green forums and workshops, and
activities such as green farming activities, tree
planting and visits to areas of environmental
interest have all helped to engender a deeper
appreciation of nature and a greater awareness of
their individual responsibility to the environment
amongst our corporate family. We believe that only
by raising awareness of the issues at stake can we
hope to ensure tomorrow’s world provides a clean
and healthy environment for our children to enjoy.
Our latest environmental report can be found at our
website: www.cathaypacific.com.
Health and safety
The safety and security of our passengers and staff
is our highest priority, and our mission is to make
Cathay Pacific Airways the safest airline in the
world. Every effort is made to ensure that we
operate in a manner that safeguards the health and
safety of all sectors of the community. Our
businesses comply with international regulatory
requirements or with our own higher standards
as applicable. As part of our good corporate
governance, we proactively identify and manage
potential threats and hazards, apply risk
management processes in our decision-making,
and appraise new systems and work practices for
their safety implications.
Our health and safety policies are kept constantly
under review, and continuous efforts are made to
achieve performance improvements. Staff are
provided with effective and appropriate education
and training, as well as timely feedback on
security, health and safety issues; we encourage
management to set the very highest standards by
personal example. Every employee is responsible
for ensuring that, in all aspects of their daily work,
safety comes first. We encourage our business
partners, contractors and suppliers to share
our vision.
We implement programmes to safeguard the health
of customers and staff. We continually monitor air
quality in our aircraft to ensure a safe, healthy and
comfortable environment for passengers and crew.
We undertake similar monitoring in our Hong Kong
headquarters, Cathay Pacific City, and in our training
facilities and airport lounges, and have been
certified by the Hong Kong Government for indoor
air quality. We monitor the exposure of aircrew to
cosmic radiation and ensure annual dosages are
below international guideline limits. Cabin crew can
call a 24-hour aero-medical advisory service should
a passenger fall ill during a flight. We adhere
closely to advisories issued by the World Health
Organisation (“WHO”), International Air Transport
Association (“IATA”), The Centre for Disease Control
and Hong Kong Department of Health. We provide a
variety of services for special needs customers, as
well as advice to passengers on maintaining good
health inflight.
Commitment to staff
We aim to provide our staff with a safe, healthy,
comfortable workplace that is free from
discrimination on grounds of race, sex, colour,
religion or disability. We are committed to providing
fair employment conditions, good promotional
prospects, a balance between work and life, and we
aim to be recognised as an employer of choice.
Corporate Responsibility