SAFETY FIRST

OUR SHEQ POLICY

SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

Equinox Engineering Solutions will integrate and/or incorporate safety, health, environment, and quality requirements through the plan-do-checkact (PDCA) quality cycle in its activities so that decisions made ensure the
consideration of economic development, environmental duty of care, and social equity to improve performance and achieve stakeholder
requirements continually.

Equinox Engineering Solutions commitment to safety, health, environment
and quality management is achieved through:
a) implementation of management systems in accordance with, but not
limited to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001/OHSAS 18001
requirements;

b) fulfilling conformance and compliance obligations/legal and other
requirements to which Equinox Engineering Solutions subscribes and sets
to meet the intent of this policy;

c) taking overall responsibility and accountability for the prevention of
work-related injury and ill health, as well as the provision of safe and
healthy workplaces and activities;

d) addressing the needs and expectations of Equinox Engineering
Solutions workers, customers, interested parties, and stakeholders;

e) setting safety, health, environment and quality objectives to achieve
intended outcomes and measuring performance against these to ensure
continual improvement;

f) applying risk-based assessment methodologies (that is, conducting
hazard identification and risk assessment, fitness for duty assessments,
emergency preparedness responses, response to emerging outbreaks,
pandemic or epidemic disasters, and medical surveillances) for the
opportunity for improvement within the SHEQ management systems;

g) conducting safety, health, environment and quality training and creating
employee awareness;

PURPOSE-DRIVEN

SHEQ POLICY

h) engaging interested parties and stakeholders by promoting open
communication and engagement that is safety, health, environment and
quality purpose-driven;

i) ensuring that processes are in place and measured for Equinox
Engineering Solutions contractors to meet Equinox Engineering Solutions
safety, health, environment and quality requirements;

j) ensuring that adequate resources are available for safety, health,
environment and quality management;

k) supporting the establishment and functioning of environment, quality,
health and safety committees;

l) proactively managing Equinox Engineering Solutions environmental
footprint, minimising pollution and environmental degradation, pursuing a
low-carbon future, and prioritising energy, water efficiency, and
conservation within and outside Equinox Engineering Solutions including
transitioning to a cleaner energy mix;

m) engaging, directing, and supporting persons to contribute to the
effective management of SHEQ requirements;

n) ensuring the sustainable use of resources and exploring new
opportunities for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and protection
of biodiversity, ecosystems, and the prevention of pollution and
degradation;

o) ensuring continual improvement in SHEQ systems to enhance Equinox
Engineering Solutions business performance; and
p) consultation and participation of workers and worker representatives on
OH&S management systems.