The Modern HSE Management Model in Russia
Russia has carried out extensive work to improve its national HSE management system, the main outcome of which was the transition in March 2022 to a new HSE management model built on:
- a risk-based approach;
- a process-based approach;
- a human-centric approach.
The new HSE management model comprises 27 processes grouped into 5 categories, within which occupational risk assessment and the special assessment of working conditions serve as the foundational, core processes that determine the content and scope of all other processes within the HSE management system.
The driving idea behind all these changes is to improve workplace safety by bringing decision-making centers for occupational risk management as close as possible to the sources of those risks through:
- shifting to a proactive principle of HSE management;
- eliminating excessive government regulation in the HSE sphere;
- giving employers greater flexibility to build HSE management systems fully tailored to the specifics of their organization's operations.
