Frequently asked questions

• Demonstrate your commitment to excellent health, safety and wellbeing management 

• Gain expert external feedback on your services from an independent adjudication panel 

• Promote your achievement with press coverage and winner's logo 

• Raise the profile of the health, safety and wellbeing function within your organisation. 

General eligibility terms  

Applications are by site or business unit. To be eligible a relevant member of senior management at that site must confirm that since 1 January 2024 the site or business unit has NOT: 

• Suffered any work-related fatalities   

• Been subject to any prohibition notices   

• Been the subject of any convictions in relation to health and safety   

• Had any ongoing criminal investigations or prosecutions pending in relation to this site/business unit.   

In addition, an extra two key criteria will be used to determine whether an organisation is eligible to apply for the International Safety Awards 2025 scheme.   

1. Whether there are relevant UK trade sanctions in place for a country. Furthermore, even if sanctions don’t strictly apply to our activities, if the sanctions have been imposed due to human rights / humanitarian law related issues we will deem them to apply.  
2. Whether we can carry out due diligence checks effectively. This is influenced by:  

• Whether there is moderate to good, accurate and open reporting of accidents/incidents from the country’s relevant authorities across all industries (especially high-risk industries such as construction/mining etc). Countries not providing data to the ILO are by default considered not eligible to apply for the Awards scheme.  

• Whether the country’s press is sufficiently free, combined with whether individuals or groups can express their views free from government interference.   

Based on the above criteria, organisation sites from the following countries are not eligible to apply for the International Safety Awards 2025:  

Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Central African Republic, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe.  

Please note that due diligence monitoring will take place and a false declaration will lead to disqualification.  

Free to enter awards  

By applying for a free to enter award, you are agreeing that should you be successful and win an award, that you will allow us to use your organisation and logo as a case study in British Safety Council promotional activity. You also agree that you will work with us in the production of a video or other digital media to promote your achievement and the awards more generally.  

You can fill in the form via the website International Safety Awards | British Safety Council (britsafe.in) and a member of our team will reach out with the application information.  

The application form can be submitted via our Learning Zone portal. You will receive detail on how to access the application via an email after purchasing the application.   

Please note: ensure to add the correct Company name and Site unit that you would like on the certificate, as amendments will not be accepted once the application has been submitted.  

Each application addresses the management of health, safety and wellbeing at a single site or business unit. Applicants wishing to enter several sites or business units must complete a separate application for each one. 

• All applications are submitted via our online system (applicants may wish to draft their responses offline before copying and pasting into their online submission) 

• All applications must be submitted in English 

• All application questions must be answered 

• The response to each question must not exceed 600 words 

• All questions are designed to be answered in plain text only (submissions must not incorporate images, tables, graphs or similar). 

A detailed marking scheme and guidance notes are available which clearly indicate what is required to score high marks. You are strongly advised to familiarise yourself with these documents before starting your application.  

There are various support options available, and you are highly encouraged to take advantage of them even if you have applied for the awards before.  

•  Webinars – we have 2 separate webinar options for applicants to join, which will be run by the Chief Adjudicator and the Independent adjudicator on the 29 October 2024 and the 14 January 2025  

• Watch our video on how to enrol – on the Learning Zone tutorial. Click here  

• Read the 2024 Chief Adjudicator’s reports – available on our website. Click here 

The deadline for applications to be submitted is 23:59 GMT on Monday 03 February 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.  

Fees for individual sites are below.  

Early bird pricing:

₹ 43,000+ GST for members 

₹ 58,000+ GST for non-members

Standard pricing:

₹ 48,500+ GST for members 

₹ 65,000+ GST for non-members 

If your site/business unit is a member of the British Safety Council, please ensure that the named point of contact for your membership purchases the International Safety Award application to ensure you receive your member discount.  

You can fill in the form via the website International Safety Awards | British Safety Council (britsafe.in)  and a member of our team will reach out with the application information, and we will send you an invoice.   

Note: The application fee cannot be refunded once you have purchased your application form, even if you choose not to submit.  

These documents will be available online at  International Safety Awards | British Safety Council (britsafe.in) from Friday 27 September 2024. 

Your application(s) will be marked by one of the independent adjudicators appointed and trained by British Safety Council.  

The independent adjudicators are senior health, safety and wellbeing professionals in their respective organisations and senior examiners for the British Safety Council awarding organisation.  

In order to prevent any possible conflict of interest, the adjudicators do not have sight of any audit reports or previous award applications or scores.  

The onus is on applicants to convince the adjudicator that their particular site/business unit deserves an International Safety Award based on its commitment to health, safety and wellbeing management during 2024.  

A rigorous standardisation process ensures that each adjudicator applies the marking scheme in a consistent manner so that all applications are marked to the same standard.  

The adjudicator will apply the marking scheme and award a score out of 55.  

Grades will be awarded as follows: 

50+ – Distinction 

40-49 – Merit 

30-39 – Pass  

Any application scoring 28-29, i.e. a borderline fail, will be remarked by the Chief Adjudicator to check the accuracy of the marking. Similar borderline reviews will be conducted at the Merit and Distinction grade boundaries. The Chief Adjudicator’s decision is final.  

Accreditation Marks  

Applicants can also gain a maximum additional five marks by uploading evidence of the following accreditations:  

1 Mark: 3 Star outcome from British Safety Council Five-Star Audit (within the ISA 2025 eligibility period)  

2 Marks: ISO 45001 Certification (current) or 4 Star outcome from British Safety Council Five-Star Audit (within the ISA 2025 eligibility period)  

3 Marks: 5 Star outcome from British Safety Council Five-Star Audit (within the ISA 2025 eligibility period) 

Results will be emailed to applicants on Friday 14 March 2025 and a list of successful applicants will be published on the British Safety Council website on Tuesday 18 March 2025. Results will not be issued by telephone. Please ensure the email submitted on the application is correct as this is the email we will submit results too.  

Due to the large number of applications we are not able to provide individual feedback. However, the Chief Adjudicator’s report will be available on our website detailing the strengths and weaknesses of this year’s applications.  

British Safety Council endorses the right of site/business units to enquire about their result. Procedures are in place to ensure that result enquiries are dealt with thoroughly and fairly. A result enquiry can result in a grade being confirmed, raised or lowered. Where a grade is changed, the new grade will replace the original grade, whether it is higher or lower. The following services will be available:  

Remark and feedback £243 +VAT   

Value Added Tax (VAT) at the standard rate of 20% is not applicable for overseas applications.  

The deadline to apply for the remark and feedback is the Monday 24 March 2025.  

All winners will receive their results email on Friday 14 March 2025. This email will also contain links to the following: 

• Winners’ logo - winning sites/business units may use the International Safety Awards logo on their websites, letterheads and other items 

• Press release template for winners to communicate their award to the media and stakeholders. 

The name on the certificate can be amended, only after paying a fee of £50. Please note that British Safety Council would reserve the right to not amend the name if the new name submitted differs substantially from the original name on the application. It is the duty of the applicant when filling the application to make sure that the Company name and Site name are correctly written. 

The deadline to request the name amendment is Monday 31 March 2025. 

These awards recognise overall ‘best in class’ submissions to the International Safety Awards by: 

• Sector Awards 

• Best in Country Award 

• Best in Company Award 

• Chief Adjudicator’s Award 

The Sector, Best in Country and Chief Adjudicator’s Awards winners will be determined by shortlisting those submissions scoring highly within each category, with the highest-scoring submission qualifying for the different category.  

In the event of several equally scored submissions within a particular category, the Chief Adjudicator will identify the best overall submission.  

The Chief Adjudicator’s decision will be final in respect of all Auto Entry Awards. 

Note: There is no separate application process. All sites/business units that win an International Safety Award are automatically considered for the Auto Entry Awards.  

These awards recognise overall ‘best in class’ submissions to the International Safety Awards by industry sector. 

Sector Award categories are: 

• Art and culture – museums, galleries   

• Construction (not limited to Real Estate)  

• Consultancy and advisory   

• Defence  

• Education   

• Financial  

• Gas  

• Health and social care    

• Hospitality and catering  

• IT  

• Leisure and sports clubs  

• Local government  

• Manufacturing – Automotive, Ancillaries   

• Manufacturing – Chemicals, Speciality Chemicals, Paints  

• Manufacturing – Electrical & Electronics    

• Manufacturing – FMCG   

• Manufacturing – Metals   

• Manufacturing – Pharmaceuticals / Healthcare   

• Manufacturing – Textiles & Garments   

• Media  

• Mining and quarrying  

• Not for profit    

• Oil  

• Onshore major hazard   

• Other Property Activities - Real Estate - Property/Facility Management (other than Construction/Development)  

• Power & Utilities – Non-Renewables  

• Power & Utilities – Renewables  

• Public services  

• Retail  

• Scientific and technical services  

• Storage / Warehousing  

• Transportation / Logistics  

• Wholesale and distribution 

All International Safety Award applicants are entered into this award, provided there is a significant number of applications from the same country at distinction level. The highest scoring and best overall application will be awarded. 

This award is for organisations with 50 or more participating sites and recognises the site(s) with the most outstanding applications. 

The Chief Adjudicator's Award is awarded to the ISA application that achieves the highest score each year. This award does not require a submission and the winner/s will receive a certificate of their achievement. 

For 2025, we are launching 6 new free to enter awards alongside the existing 7. These awards are open to all and particularly welcome from small businesses. They will go live for entries on 4 October 2024. 

You do not have to purchase an International Safety Award application to enter any of the following free to enter awards.  

Please note, by applying for a free to enter award, you are agreeing that should you be successful and win an award, that you will allow us to use your organisation and logo as a case study in British Safety Council promotional activity. You also agree that you will work with us in the production of a video or other digital media to promote your achievement and the awards more generally. 

NEW Environmental Award 

This award recognises an organisation that has used climate change risk assessment and vulnerability modelling to identify and plan for future adaptation strategies to a changing climate.    

NEW Rising Female Star Award in collaboration with SOWSHE-A  

This award recognises women that are breaking through and shaping future leadership in the health, safety, wellbeing or the environmental management world. 

NEW Lifetime Achievement award  

This new award is voted for by the Trustees of British Safety Council and given to people who have made an outstanding contribution to workplace health, safety and wellbeing throughout their career. 

NEW Road safety initiative (outside work premises) (India only) 

This award recognises efforts taken by an organisation to improve its road safety through the positive impact of new initiatives. 

NEW India Managing Director Award (India only) 

This award recognises efforts to improve the overall health, safety and wellbeing culture with an emphasis on demonstrated leadership efforts through the organisation. 

The CEO Awards: 

Rewarding leadership and strategic vision of CEOs who have made a vital contribution to the health and safety of their business and to the wider society during 2024.  This award recognises how an individual CEO takes an active role in aligning and championing their organisation's health, safety and wellbeing interests with their internal and external stakeholders. 

Health Safety and Wellbeing Ambassador of the Year Award

The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Ambassador of the year Award recognises an employee who, in your opinion, has played a significant role to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues and others. The nominee's primary role does not need to be health and safety. 

Team of the Year Award:

The Team of the Year Award recognises the outstanding achievements resulting in a significant improvement to health, safety or wellbeing from a collaboration of stakeholders which may include members of the organisation, suppliers, subcontractors and/or the wider community. 

The James Tye Award

Recognition for an organisation or a team of individuals who have developed and run a campaign in 2024 that has made a significant impact on the health, safety or wellbeing in the workplace. 

Wellbeing Initiative Award Powered by Being Well Together

This award recognises and rewards those organisations that have demonstrated a proactive and effective approach to improving employee wellbeing. 

Health and Safety Transformation Award - Sponsored by Croner-i

This category is for organisations that have significantly changed or transformed any aspect of health, safety or wellbeing to a significant extent through the use of information. Applicants will be asked to describe the transformation, how it was planned, what information was used to help achieve the transformation and what positive impact it has had on the organisation. 

Seize the Opportunity Award

This award recognises organisations that have gone the extra mile to seize health, safety or wellbeing opportunities resulting from a crisis. In being nominated for this award, the organisation is agreeing to their name and photograph being used by the British Safety Council in various media channels to recognise their achievement. 

The shortlisted companies will be published on British Safety Council’s website and communicated via email. The winners will be announced at the Dinner event. 

We are pleased to announce that the International Safety Awards Gala dinner this year will happen for India based clients. 

If you have any queries relating to this event, please contact: [email protected].

To avail bundle pricing and to learn more about our India International Safety Awards Dinner, you can request a call back by filling out the form. A member of our team will get in touch with you.

Please refer to our events terms and conditions before booking Events terms and conditions | British Safety Council (britsafe.org) 

You can still attend and enjoy the Dinner. 

Please see our event terms and conditions. 

We recommend completing the booking form and submitting as soon as possible, communicating the guest/s details and any dietary requirements.  

There are no hardcopy tickets for this event. An email confirmation will be sent by marketing@britsafe.in prior the event to the contact indicated on the booking form that you submitted. 

The follow attire is expected: 

Western Formal 

Indian Formal 

Any dietary requirements should be noted on the booking form next to the relevant guest’s name. The venue can cater for a variety of dietary requirements. Please provide clear details on the booking form and we will contact you if we need further details.  

Yes, we kindly ask that guests requiring wheelchair access contact us prior to the Dinner at [email protected]. 

This unique winners’ wall plaque features the International Safety Award logo and is designed to be used indoors or outdoors. The classic design of this 14 inch plaque reflects the impressive achievement of gaining an International Safety Award and all sites/business units have the opportunity to display the name of the winning site on their plaque.  

You can order the commemorative plaque by contacting [email protected] 

Payment can be made by BACS or credit card. Details are to be completed on the booking form.  

Please note that payment in full is required within 30 days. No refunds are available upon cancellation of an order. 

The deadline to purchase the plaque is Friday 25April 2025  

Plaques will be produced only when payment is received and will be sent directly to the address stated on the booking form. You will receive by email with a PDF attachment of your plaque for review and confirmation before it is produced. This can take up to six weeks once payment is received for your plaque to be delivered.  

Please note you will not be able to collect your plaque at the Dinner event. 

All sites/business unit winners can purchase the International Safety Awards trophy by contacting [email protected].  It features the International Safety Awards logo and has been designed to reflect the impressive achievement.  

The deadline to purchase the trophy is Friday 25 April 2025 

Those attending the Dinner they will receive their certificate on the evening. For those not attending, certificates will be couriered to the winners.  

This unique wall plaque features the International Safety Award logo and is designed for use indoors or outdoors. The classic design of this 15-inch plaque reflects the impressive achievement of gaining an International Safety Award. All sites/business units can display the name of their winning site on the plaque.

The link to order the trophy and plaque will be enclosed in the results email that will be sent on the 12 October 2023. You can purchase the plaque via our Indian operations team and the payment can be made by BACS or credit/debit card. Details are to be completed on the booking form. The plaque order will be submitted to our supplier once the payment has been received. No refunds are available upon cancellation of an order. 

Plaques will be produced when payment is received and will be sent directly to the delivery address stated. You will receive by email a PDF of your plaque for review and confirmation before it is produced. It can take up to six weeks from payment for your plaque to be delivered.

Note: You will not be able to collect your plaque at the Gala Dinner.

All sites/business units that achieve a Distinction and attend the Gala Dinner, will automatically receive a Distinction trophy as part of their Gala Dinner package.

It features the International Safety Awards logo and has been designed to reflect the impressive achievement.

If you achieve a Distinction but are unable to attend the Gala Dinner, you can still order a trophy from our website.

Note: Site names will not be etched onto Distinction trophies.

If you are not attending the Gala Dinner you can buy your Distinction trophy on our website:

• £189 + VAT including postage and packing for UK customers
• £233 including packaging and courier charges for overseas customers.

Government regulations state that VAT at the standard rate of 20% is not applicable for overseas customers as the plaque is being shipped abroad. Any local duties/taxes payable are the responsibility of the purchaser at the point of entry.

The date on which certificates will be posted to UK-based winners and couriered to overseas winners will be announced in due course.