Behind the scenes of the SCL audit
"I can chat all day, but you have to take your points" Sascha Muus (43) is lead auditor Safety Culture Ladder at EBN Certification.
Awareness of health and safety at work
The Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) is the tool to measure safety awareness in organisations. The higher your company ranks on the ladder, the better its safety awareness. Suitable for every type of organisation and size who take safety seriously. Safety must be reflected in culture, attitude and behaviour on a daily basis. SCL encourages companies and their suppliers to consciously work safely and healthily.
Per 1 June 2025 introduce renewed and accessible products that support organisations in improving their safety and health culture in an even more effective way. With this innovation, we make the Safety Culture Ladder more applicable to small organisations.
Whether you are an auditor playing a role in assessment, looking to assess your own organisation or an organisation wanting to understand what the Safety Culture Ladder is all about, there is always a suitable training course.
For auditors of small organisations
For organisations: introductory and in-depth training courses
"The SCL helps to start the conversation and ask yourself together, for example, why someone is not wearing that helmet at a certain time when it is the rule. That way you get much more awareness from your employee. Together, we take safety to the next level."
"Using the SCL increased and changed the energy on the subject of safety. Once it becomes clear that SCL is about behaviour and attitude rather than procedures, rules or documents, a completely different view of safety emerges. That was nice to see with us too."
“Really, the SCL was the missing link we needed to add to hard agreements and rules to influence people’s attitudes and behaviour and improve safety.”
If you would like to obtain an SCL certificate or statement for your organisation, make sure you work through every step of the step-by-step plan. It describes everything you need to do: step-by-step. Depending on the product you are interested in, the first step could be a self-assessment. If it is, we have a handy SAQ webtool that you can use for this purpose.
"I can chat all day, but you have to take your points" Sascha Muus (43) is lead auditor Safety Culture Ladder at EBN Certification.
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Imagine: as an organisation, you don't just want to comply with the rules, but create a culture where safety is taken for granted. A culture in which employees