Health & Safety

We offer a range of Workplace Health and Safety consultancy services to our clients. At Acacia, by continuously working with world-class clients, we ensure the delivery of the highest professional standards.

Our focus is on providing our clients with an expert-driven professional service. We will ensure health and safety compliance for your company. We provide these services to clients across the spectrum. This includes manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, construction, corporate office environments and in the public sector.

Our Environmental Health & Safety management system is certified to OHSAS 18001:2007, ISO 14001:2004. We have also integrated OHSAS 18001 with our ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System.

At IPB we take the health and safety of our employees, customers, business partners and wider stakeholders very seriously. We have worked collaboratively with Acacia and over the past number of years they have provided us with the necessary support and guidance to develop an industry-leading safety management system. We value and rely on their continued guidance and support around all Health and Safety matters in our working environment.

Conor McCourt

Head of IT & Facilities, IPB Insurance

Sample Clients

Contact Us

Karen Hannon
EH&S Manager
T +353 086 1300961
E karen.hannon@acacia.ie

Additional EH&S reading material

Acacia Evergreen & Wellbeing

Wellbeing at work is no longer a niche issue. Thanks to the pandemic wellbeing at work has gone mainstream and now covers a multitude of employee expectations from mental and physical health to financial wellbeing. Employees working from home over the last two years,...

LEED and WELL certifications: differences, benefits, and drawbacks

As human beings we spend a significant amount of time indoors. Consequently, our environment plays a large role in our comfort, health, and wellbeing. The ventilation, the presence of natural light and indoor environment quality work together to influence our...

Hybrid working: how’s it going to work?

Whether you love it or hate it, hybrid working is here and has become a global way of working. It is not without its challenges and benefits. It requires us to redefine what we call the workplace. The effects of changes such as these not only encompass the way we...

7 ways facilities management can help your business save time & money

There are many moving parts in an organisation, however overseeing the everyday management and maintenance of your premises can be time-consuming and hard to keep track of costs. Ensuring a good workplace experience for employees while running a business is strongly...

Trends in Facilities Management 2022

The end of 2021 is almost here. The new year brings optimism and a desire to look forwards, not backwards. Having an idea of what to focus on or what will be important in the next 12 months. Although, we don’t have a crystal ball, we asked our teams what they think...

Acacia wins at NISO Annual Safety Awards 2021

Acacia are delighted to announce that we have won two prestigious awards at the National Irish Safety Awards this year which are widely regarded as Irelands’ premier safety award. The awards are presented to organisations that have shown exceptional dedication to...

How the Pandemic has Reshaped Cleaning

The pandemic has changed cleaning. Our appreciation of cleaning operatives, the perceived value of the service they provide has grown and the perception of it has changed from a conventional service to an essential service that makes a real contribution to...

Returning to your workplace

The increasing vaccination rates and dates set for the lifting of restrictions helps to create a sense of optimism. Many businesses and employers are making plans for their employees to return to physical workplaces. There are many parts of a workplace that will need...

What are the Benefits of Facilities Management?

If the first time you notice something is when it stops working, does that mean it’s core or non-core? Some parts of the running of your organisation will probably be invisible to you until they affect you personally. This is probably because your facility manager...

Why have workers been more productive working remotely?

Working from home is working. The surprise development of mass remote working has been that there has been an increase in productivity for some workers. A survey carried out by CPL (2020) surveyed over 1,000 remote workers across Ireland and of those surveyed, 89%...

World FM Day: Standing Tall Beyond the Pandemic

Introduction 2020 and 2021 have been tough years for many businesses in Ireland. The hardest hit has been areas such as hospitality, travel, entertainment, retail, facilities management, and many others. There are areas of our lives to which we are looking forward to...

Guidelines to Working Safely from Heights

Each year in Ireland, falls from a height are one of the leading causes of workplace fatalities. All work at height can lead to injury where falls occur. Our Health and Safety team prepared this guide for our own on-site teams and we thought it would be good to share...

Covid: One Year On

Crisis management planning for facilities management does not usually include planning for a global pandemic. The types of crises for which facilities managers typically plan involve loss of service, building or at worst an entire site. Facilities Management as an...

Understanding Remote DSE Assessments

Remote working Working from home has become ubiquitous since the first national lockdown. Consequently, remote working combined with an office presence has become more common place in working life after the pandemic. According to the ESRI (May 2020), working from home...

Acacia Win at NISO Awards 2020

Although 2020 was overall an incredibly challenging year, Acacia is delighted to announce that we have, for the second consecutive year, been awarded a NISO Business Category Award for Best in Facilities Management & Services.  We are also delighted to have been...

COVID-19 Guidelines & Protocols for Today’s Workplace

COVID-19 has impacted businesses in various ways. From a health and safety perspective the risks that employees are exposed to while working have changed. This means that there is a shift in how the employer must fulfil their responsibilities. Employees will need to...

World Mental Health Month 2021

October is World Mental Health month and is driven by the World Health Organisation. This year feels cautiously optimistic as restrictions are lifted, vaccination rates are increasing, and the number of cases declines. The challenges of the pandemic are...

Road Safety

There are many ways in which an employer can promote a safe driving culture and the necessary compliance with expected requirements. Acacia can assist employers in ensuring that compliance requirements are met.

Acacia Excel – NISO Health & Safety Awards

Acacia excel at the 28th Annual NISO Health & Safety Awards. Awards received include a first time win in the Facilities Management and Services category and a Consistent High Achiever Award.

Acacia Achieve ISO 45001 Accreditation

Acacia have added ISO 45001 Health and Safety Management System Accreditation to our suite of ISO accreditation. What is ISO 45001? ISO 45001 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OHSAS) management system. It enables organisations to provide...

Considering Safety Management System Certification?

Then ISO 45001:2018 is the certification for you.
It enables organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury/ill health and proactively improving OH&S performance.
Benefits include:

NISO Safety Awards – Consistent High Achievement

Acacia are very proud to be recognised with a Higher Distinction Award for excellence in occupational health & safety and a Consistent High Achievement Award for the 3rd year running.

NISO Health & Safety Excellence At Acacia

Acacia win High Achiever Award for excellence in occupational health & safety at the 26th Annual NISO Health & Safety Awards.

Is Your Workplace Winter Ready?

Yes, it’s that time of year again when winter weather threatens havoc to our well-maintained facilities. With the EPA predicting the impacts of global warming to include more intense storms and rainfall events we need more than ever to be Winter Ready!

Health & Wellbeing for all Ages – European Health & Safety Week

European Health & Safety Week 2017 begins on October 23rd.  This year’s theme is “Healthy Workplaces for all ages”.  Why not take this opportunity to think about health and safety in your own workplace? 

Workplace Safety Compliance – ISO 45001

You may be more than familiar with OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard (formerly BS OSHSA 18001).  Indeed most workplaces operate to this high standard on a daily basis, whether formally accredited or not.

Acacia win High Achiever Health and Safety Award

Acacia Facilities Management have received a prestigious High Achiever Award from the National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) for excellence in occupational health and safety.

Salesforce Best Large Workplace in Ireland

Salesforce was recently ranked No. 1 on the list of the Best Large Workplaces in Ireland

New Workers More Likely to Have an Accident

The HSA have recently launched an awareness campaign on national radio to highlight the fact that new and inexperienced workers are more likely to have an accident at work

Understanding Passive Fire Protection

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection in Ireland (ASFPI) is recently organised a forum at the Facilities Ireland Exhibition.

National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) Award 2015

Acacia Facilities Management have for the fifth consecutive year received a prestigious National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) Award

Fire Safety Management

Eyre Massy, Technical Services Director from Acacia Facilities Management recently presented at ASFP Ireland Fire Compartmentation Seminar at the FM Ireland 2015 event.

Acacia win Health and Safety Award

Acacia Facilities Management are delighted to have once again received a prestigious National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) Award for excellence in occupational health and safety.

Contractor Competency

The recent double manslaughter prosecution of a gas fitter in Northern Ireland has heightened awareness among all employers and building owners as to their obligations in this area…

New Pressure System Regulations in Ireland

The failure of pressure equipment can result in fatalities and serious injuries and cause major damage to property.

Fire Protection Seminar

Eyre Massy, Associate Director – Technical Services, gave an insight into the role of the Facilities Manager at the ASFP Ireland (Association for Specialist Fire Protection) seminar.

Acacia NISO Award 2012

Acacia Facilities Management are delighted to have received a prestigious National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) award for the second consecutive year.

Legionnaires Outbreak Preventable

The recent UK Edinburgh outbreak, in which a 56-year-old man has died, indicates that poor maintenance regimes or complacency are still too prevalent in public buildings and other large complexes.

Joe Fox EHS Manager, Directors Liabilities

Joe Fox EHS Manager’s Presentation on Directors liabilities

Joe Fox EHS Manager (IPFMA CPD Presentation)

Joe Fox EHS Manager with Acacia will present on the 28/04/11 on Section 80 – Liabilities for Directors & Managers

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