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General eligibility terms 

Applications are by site or business unit. To be eligible a relevant member of senior management at that site must confirm that since 1 January 2024 the site or business unit has NOT:  

  • Suffered any work-related fatalities  
  • Been subject to any prohibition notices  
  • Been the subject of any convictions in relation to health and safety  
  • Had any ongoing criminal investigations or prosecutions pending in relation to this site/business unit.  

In addition, an extra two key criteria will be used to determine whether an organisation is eligible to apply for the International Safety Awards 2025 scheme.  

  1. Whether there are relevant UK trade sanctions in place for a country. Furthermore, even if sanctions don’t strictly apply to our activities, if the sanctions have been imposed due to human rights / humanitarian law related issues we will deem them to apply. 
  2. Whether we can carry out due diligence checks effectively. This is influenced by: 
  • Whether there is moderate to good, accurate and open reporting of accidents/incidents from the country’s relevant authorities across all industries (especially high-risk industries such as construction/mining etc). Countries not providing data to the ILO are by default considered not eligible to apply for the Awards scheme. 
  • Whether the country’s press is sufficiently free, combined with whether individuals or groups can express their views free from government interference.  

Based on the above criteria, organisation sites from the following countries are not eligible to apply for the International Safety Awards 2025: 

Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Central African Republic, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe. 

Please note that due diligence monitoring will take place and a false declaration will lead to disqualification. 

Free to enter awards 

By applying for a free to enter award, you are agreeing that should you be successful and win an award, that you will allow us to use your organisation and logo as a case study in British Safety Council promotional activity. You also agree that you will work with us in the production of a video or other digital media to promote your achievement and the awards more generally.