Diageo India is among the country’s leading beverage alcohol companies with an outstanding collection of premium brands.
At Diageo, we believe that health and safety are fundamental human rights. The wellbeing of our employees, contractors, and visitors is our highest priority. We strive to create an environment where risks are minimized and well-being is maximized, ensuring no one gets hurt — whether at the workplace, on the road, or at home.
We are dedicated to fostering a safe and healthy working environment across all our locations—whether in offices, manufacturing sites, or field operations. We take a proactive approach to prevent workplace accidents and illnesses, operating in full compliance with applicable health and safety laws, regulations, and global best practices. Health and safety are not just compliance measures—they are integral to our business performance and culture. Every individual has a role to play in creating a safe and supportive workplace. Each of our sites maintains an occupational health and safety policy tailored to the specific risks, hazards, and opportunities of its operations, reinforcing our shared responsibility for a healthier and safer tomorrow.
Our Global Risk Management System (GRMS) is adhered to at all manufacturing locations, supported by strong governance, including audits and reviews. Leadership at all levels provides visible felt leadership by actively participating in safety reviews, conducting safety walkabouts, and ensuring teams across all locations are engaged. Our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy defines clear expectations, responsibilities, and behaviours for leaders and employees across the organisation. This policy serves as the foundation for our long-term strategy to build a proactive safety culture and strengthen our operational practices. Our strategy focuses on creating a world-class health and safety culture across the value chain, including supply sites, technical Centre and office spaces. We influence and provide support in improving Safety standards of our Business partners including third-party contractors.
As part of our safety strategy, we have defined key pillars that guide us in our pursuit of safety excellence and our vision of Zero Harm. These focused pillars — Governance, Risk Mitigation and Management, Safety Culture, Digitization and ERC (Engagement, Recognition and Certifications) — support various programmes and initiatives across our operations.
We are committed to eliminating the risk of serious incidents by embedding strong process safety practices and cultivating a mindset of prevention. This includes clear accountability through a robust process safety framework tailored to our operational realities. Through our Life Saving Rules and targeted prevention programmes, we are working to reduce the occurrence of high-risk events, while continuing to drive down everyday incidents such as slips, trips, falls, and manual handling injuries. Our zero-harm ambition is central to how we work—ensuring every person returns home safe and well.
We have implemented Integrated Management System (IMS), encompassing ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management, ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management. ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health & Safety and recently our 8-manufacturing sites has been recommended for Certification by 3rd Party Certifying body.
We have won various awards including -Gold Award at the CII Southern Region EHS Excellence Awards for FY 2024-25, in recognition of our outstanding environment, health, and safety practices.
Some of our Health and Safety focus areas and initiatives
SBO – Safe Behaviours Observations
Digitization in Health and Safety
Deployment of Process Safety Management
i-Drive Safe – Initiative to Build Safe Driving Culture
Strive for Zero Campaign
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Promote positive drinking
Our ambition is to change the way people drink for the better. This is why we promote moderate drinking and invest in education programmes to discourage the harmful use of alcohol.
Champion inclusion and diversity
Our ambition is to create the most inclusive and diverse environment that ensures all our people thrive, supported by market leading policies and practices; whilst also removing barriers and having a positive impact on our partners, suppliers and communities.
Pioneer grain-to-glass sustainability
Our ambition is to build a resilient supply chain that helps our communities to adapt climate change, protects our licence to operate and benefits the bottom line of our business.