Vision Zero Guides
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has developed a variety of essential Vision Zero guides.
Each guide serves as a practical tool to help you create a safer, healthier, and more thriving workplace – regardless of your organisation’s size, industry, or previous experience with Vision Zero.
We highlight 5 guides here that are particularly relevant. Download them directly from this page for free, or visit Vision Zero’s official website to access the full collection.
5 Vision Zero guides
- How to create a healthy work environment and promote wellbeing at work with Vision Zero
- Proactive Leading Indicators | A guide to measure and manage safety, health and wellbeing at work
- 7 Golden Rules | For employers and managers
- 7 Golden Rules | For the construction industry
- 7 Golden Rules | For small businesses
Wellbeing | How to create a healthy work environment and promote wellbeing at work with Vision Zero
Use the wellbeing guide to create a workplace where employee wellbeing is a top priority – a practical tool for promoting wellbeing and a positive psychosocial working environment.
The guide helps you understand where your organisation stands today and how you can work purposefully to improve wellbeing – both at an organisational and individual level.
Proactive Leading Indicators | A guide to measure and manage safety, health, and wellbeing at work
Check out the guide to proactive targets, which will help you strengthen your prevention culture and move from reactive to proactive management of safety and health.
The guide presents 14 specific objectives – two for each Golden Rule – which focus on the actions and initiatives that create a safe and healthy workplace – before problems occur.
7 Golden Rules | For employers and managers
Do you want to improve the working environment and prevent accidents in your workplace?
The guide on the 7 Golden Rules provides you, as an employer or manager, with a simple and effective tool for working systematically on safety, health, and wellbeing.
Based on the Vision Zero mindset, you will get specific recommendations and inspiration to create a strong prevention culture – regardless of industry or company size.
7 Golden Rules | For the construction industry
The guide on the 7 Golden Rules for the construction industry helps you translate the principles of Vision Zero into concrete action in one of the most high-risk industries.
The guide is aimed at various stakeholders in the construction and civil engineering sector and shows how to integrate safety, health, and wellbeing into all phases of the construction process – from planning and design to execution and follow-up.
Read more in the guide and find inspiration to strengthen prevention, foster better collaboration, and ensure that everyone – regardless of their role – takes responsibility for a safe and healthy working environment.
7 Golden Rules | For small businesses
Are you the owner of a small business and want a safe and healthy workplace – without having to deal with complex systems? Then this guide is for you.
The guide is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, where you, as an employer, often stand alone with responsibility for your employees’ safety, health, and wellbeing. It makes it easy to get started with prevention – without large budgets or complicated solutions.
With fewer checkpoints and concrete recommendations, the guide is customised for small and medium-sized businesses and helps you build a strong safety culture.

