Kaat van der Haar: 'The SCL has captured my heart'
The roll-out of the Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) is at an important stage. With the 2.0 version recently launched, Kaat van der Haar is taking over as programme manager from Jeannette Hofman-Zütter. Hectic times, but with the experienced Van der Haar at the helm, SCL is in good hands. Kaat van der Haar [...]
NEN starts project for small businesses on Safety Culture Ladder
The SCL is applicable for large and small companies in all sectors. We have been hearing for some time that small companies sometimes struggle with the standard. Some companies feel that the effort required (time and money) is disproportionate to the size of their organisation. Or it is not proportionate to the turnover [...]
First SCL 2.0 certificate awarded to Vrieshold Werkendam B.V.
On 24 January, NCI Certification awarded the first SCL certificate version 2.0 to Vrieshold Werkendam B.V. This is a remarkable achievement, given that the Safety Culture Ladder 2.0 (SCL 2.0) did not come into force until 1 January 2024. The Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) is an assessment method that focuses on measuring and promoting [...]
Study on impact SCL: Rising leadership awareness and more appropriate approach
A higher commitment to safety from the leadership and a more appropriate set of measures. These are the main conclusions from a study by NEN's Committee of Experts on the impact of the Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) on organisations. The study was conducted by a collaboration of TU Delft and TenneT TSO. [...]
Safety Culture Ladder further defined and easier to apply
The new version of the Safety Culture Ladder (SCL), released on 1 September, has been improved in several respects. The tool, which aims to promote safety culture within companies, better describes in the new version what the different steps entail. It also focuses more on the result rather than how that result should be [...]
Safety concerns us all
Lieke van Hoven - Safety Behaviour Specialist at Heijmans Safety belongs to all of us. But how do you make sure we are all on the same page? At Heijmans, the focus is on two aspects: on the one hand, we focus on knowledge and risk recognition, and on the other hand, we pay a lot of attention to attitude and [...]
You can’t just change culture over a Friday afternoon drink
Conducting audits for the Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) is quite different from carrying out other audits. Better soft skills are required than when auditing system standards. ‘Engaging with people, that’s what it’s all about. Engaging with people allows auditors to find out much more and get a good impression of an organization,’ says auditor Hans Aarns.