Governance

CMC Markets is committed to high standards of health, safety and welfare of its employees to create a safe environment for all our employees and anyone affected by our business activities.

Management will work with employees to achieve a risk aware culture through the identification, assessment and treatment of risks. CMC’s Health and Safety policy applies to all to all persons working for, or on behalf of, CMC Markets plc or any of its subsidiaries in any capacity, including each director, senior officer, employee (fixed term and permanent), contractor, worker (including agency worker) and intern/trainee. All Staff are required to comply with the Health & Safety Policy. Managing health and safety is a key priority.

In this context our key health and safety objectives are to:

Comply with current applicable health and safety legislation and other requirements to which the business is subject and put in place appropriate internal best practice other relevant standards.

Continuously improving health and safety performance by: creating and maintaining a working environment that is, so far as reasonably practicable, safe by identifying hazards and assessing and either eliminating or minimising risk; occur and work to help reduce their number and severity.

Raise awareness among Staff and encourage participation by:

• Communicating the Policy and related material to all Staff, with the intent that they are made aware of their individual health and safety obligations and those of the business;
• Providing appropriate health and safety training, guidance and information; and allocating formal duties and responsibilities for health and safety to our employees.
• Promote good health and safety practice with third parties and suppliers, by:
• Encouraging our suppliers, contractors and business partners to ensure best practice in health and safety and, where appropriate, collaborate with them on health and safety schemes and initiatives; and
• Ensuring that business decisions take into account the health, safety and welfare of our employees and those who may be affected by our undertakings.