Welcome to Site Safe's Health, Safety and Wellbeing Awards

Does your commitment to health and safety deserve national recognition?

We're seeking nominations for individuals, teams, and organisations who have demonstrably improved the health and safety culture in New Zealand. Showcase your leadership and inspire others in your industry by sharing your success story.

Entries are now open and close on 13 December 2024 at 5pm.

Winners will be announced at the Site Safe Evening of Celebration in Auckland on 5 March 2025 and receive a $1000 gift card, certificate and trophy from the award sponsor. For more information about the event, click here.

Submit your nomination today and join us in building a future where every New Zealander feels safe.

Note: Download your copy of the award entry PDF HERE before getting started. Once you are ready, come back to this portal to submit your entry. 

There are six categories available for entry:

The Safety Innovation award

This award is open to a company of any size that demonstrate a new idea or initiative to drive improvements in health and safety systems or behaviours, address or manage a specific hazard or risk, create a design solution to address a problem, or to improve productivity.

The Safety Leadership award

This award is open to a company of any size and person in a leadership role where of any size where an initiative has been implemented that involves organisational leaders in driving health and safety performance through visible and active involvement in health and safety activities. This could include developing safety culture, making safety positive or demonstrating leadership.

The Safety Contribution award for a team

This award is for a team who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to health and safety in construction. This award acknowledges the team that lights the spark in other people’s minds and inspires positive change and action in health and safety.

The Safety Contribution award for an individual

This award is for an individual that has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to health and safety in construction. This award acknowledges the individual that lights the spark in other people’s minds and inspires positive change and action in health and safety.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing award

This award seeks to recognise a company, organisation, team or individual that has developed, implemented and championed outstanding approaches in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of construction workers, colleagues and friends. 

The Future Safety Leader award

This award seeks to recognise an individual who has been in the industry less than five years but in this time has shown promise and initiative, contributed significantly, and demonstrated the ability to inspire positive health and safety change in construction - a future safety leader.

Click NEXT on how to submit your entry and what the judges will be looking for. (You can also save your entry at any point and come back to it. A window will open, click 'Skip create an account' at the bottom and insert your email or copy link). For multiple category applications, a seperate submission is required.

Before submitting your entry, read through the below steps and ensure you have the following information available.

Step 1 – You will be asked to provide the contact details of the person submitting the application and provide a referee contact (this may be the same person or a subject matter expert for judges to ask questions, if required).

Step 2 – Provide a short summary on what your award application is about (Max 200 words).

Or

Provide a short video description of your entry (no longer than 1-minute).

Step 3 – Upload your supporting evidence. These must be:

1.      No more than 3-pages, which outlines how your idea/initiative/project/person contributed positively to health and safety.

2.      You may want to include any photos or videos that you have.

Judging the awards will be undertaken by a panel made up of four individuals: an independent expert operating in the field of occupational health and safety in the construction industry, a construction industry representative, an employee representative and a Site Safe representative. The names of the judging panel and any discussion will remain confidential, and no correspondence will be entered into.

The judges will be looking for those who demonstrate the following:

• Clearly demonstrated real benefits to health, safety and wellbeing

• Displayed real innovation with respect to health, safety and wellbeing (thinking outside the square)

• Encouraged others to be involved and buy into health, safety and wellbeing

• Ability for the initiative or idea to be adopted by others in the construction industry leading to continuous improvement in the sector.

• Made health, safety and wellbeing positive.

For more information about the awards process, or if you need help with submitting your application, please contact the Site Safe team. Award entries open May 2024 and closes 13 December 2024.

Email: awards@sitesafe.org.nz

Phone: 0800 SITE SAFE (748 372)

Finalists will be contacted and announced in January/February 2025.

Now that you are ready with the above information, you may start submitting your entry by clicking NEXT and provide contact details. (You can also save your entry at any point and come back to it. A window will open, click 'Skip create an account' at the bottom and insert your email or copy link). For multiple category applications, a seperate submission is required. 

The next page you will be asked to provide and upload your entry information. (You can also save your entry at any point and come back to it. A window will open, click 'Skip create an account' at the bottom and insert your email or copy link). For multiple category applications, a seperate submission is required.

Or

Upload your supporting evidence. These must be:

1. No more than 3-pages, which outlines how your idea/initiative/project/person contributed positively to health and safety.

2. You may want to include any photos or videos that you have.

We wish you all the best with your entry. Judges will be reviewing applications in January/February 2025. Finalists will be contacted and announced soon after. (You can either save and come back to your entry, or submit now)