Henkel promotes workplace safety

The gathering aligned with this year’s theme, Engage, Educate, Empower, highlighting the importance of strengthening workplace safety through awareness, training, and shared responsibility. During the interaction, Henkel emphasised the need for industries within the Kurkumbh industrial cluster to collaborate more closely, exchange best practices, and learn from each other across areas such as occupational health and process safety.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sudhir Shinde, joint director, Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, said, “Collaborative efforts like these help raise awareness, strengthen compliance, and reinforce the shared commitment to ensuring safer workplaces across the industrial ecosystem."

Balaji Gopalaswamy, site director, Henkel Kurkumbh, said: “The theme, Engage, Educate, Empower, strongly resonates with our approach to safety. At Henkel, we believe safety is built through continuous engagement with our teams and by learning from each other as industries. Platforms like this allow companies in Kurkumbh MIDC to share expertise across occupational, health, and process safety, and collectively strengthen the safety culture for everyone working in the region.”

The engagement also focused on raising awareness around the new Labour Codes introduced by the Government of India, particularly the Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions Code, which aims to streamline and strengthen workplace safety regulations across sectors.

According to data from the Labour Bureau, India has over 500 million workers, making workplace safety and compliance a critical priority for both regulators and industry. In parallel, initiatives such as National Safety Week, led by the National Safety Council of India, continue to play an important role in promoting safety awareness and responsible workplace practices across industries.