The undertaking will be reinforced by the signing of a Partnership Agreement with the NSW Government by the NSW Minister for Finance, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Regulatory Reform, and Minister for Ports and Waterways and Philip Andersen, CEO of Printing Industries.

Under the agreement the NSW Government will work with Printing Industries to provide a range of information and support functions for the printing industry including the identification of risk areas within businesses and solutions to minimise them.

Andersen says the partnership is an important step in assisting business sustainability, adding that the basic message behind this relationship is that safe business is good business.

He says, “I commend WorkCover on its foresight in wanting to work with industry to identify and minimise safety issues risks. That’s in everyone’s best interests. It’s smart business for companies and for the government.”

Andersen continues, “Our industry is facing many challenges ranging from perceptions about its environmental credentials and ability to attract talented young people, to keeping pace with technological change and coping with the global economic crisis.

The association adds that the partnership will go a long way to helping change perceptions about industry working conditions and will also contribute to the performance of NSW companies.

Andersen concludes, “WorkCover will work with companies to help improve safety issues and provide support to achieve this in a co-operative and non adversarial way.”

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