Instilling a health and safety culture

Year: 2024

Award: Supply Chain Excellence Awards - UK

Award Name: The Supply Chain Health & Safety Award

Company: Century PR, Palletline Ltd

Since 1992, Palletline has been on a mission to redefine the standards of excellence in the palletised freight industry with health and safety always at the heart of that mission.

Not just a tick box exercise; it is ingrained in the company’s DNA - engineered into the structure of the operation.

From its dedicated HSEQ team to each of its 96 member depots, safety isn’t just a priority, it’s a way of life.

The wider Palletline network employs over 12,000 people nationwide, operates more than 6,000 vehicles every 24 hours and handles over four million pallets of freight per year. Palletline was one of the first organisations in the road transport industry to emphasise operational safety and both Palletline Logistics – a part of the Palletline network – and through a strategic approach, the company has instilled a health and safety awareness culture throughout its entire network so successful that their initiatives have been used as industry benchmarks. And with its members ranging from family-owned haulage companies to multi-national operators what Palletline has achieved is a major feat.

The diversity and commitment of the membership has helped Palletline lead the way in setting standards for the pallet network industry as a whole.