Safety Culture in A Developing Hydrogen Economy

Organizations with a long track record of offering safety training and guidance, such as the Center for Hydrogen Safety, provide the industry with a solid basis to guarantee a maximum level of safety. Within the Center for Hydrogen Safety, industry players come together in dedicated working groups to provide guidance to safety challenges to be addressed and to advocate for further training.
However, although training, standards and guidelines are essential, they do not detract from the necessary requirement for a robust safety culture. It is only through developing the right values, attitudes and behaviours by all individuals involved in the hydrogen industry that we can ensure rigorous safety systems are implemented. Building a collective approach and fostering a safety culture is all the more essential today, with the public eye fixed firmly on the rapidly growing hydrogen sector. Any incident could potentially set back the entire industry. That is why we need to do it right and we need to do it safely.
Many of us working in the hydrogen industry today come from diverse professions and sectors, with different levels of safety awareness, expertise and risk tolerance. That diversity creates value in many ways, but it also emphasises the importance of fostering a strong safety culture, where all members of staff are aware of the challenges and are proactively working towards the goal of developing the hydrogen industry safely.