ISO 45001 Clause 4.2 requires the organization to determine the relevant interested parties , their relevant needs and expectations (requirements) , and which of those become legal or other requirements for the OH and S management system. Workers are explicitly central to ISO 45001, and the standard is aimed at providing safe and healthy workplaces and preventing work-related injury and ill health. Therefore, A.
Workers requiring a safe environment in which to work is clearly a relevant requirement of a relevant interested party.
ISO 45001 Annex A.4.2 lists suppliers, contractors and subcontractors among examples of interested parties. Since externally provided products and services can affect OH and S performance, a requirement linked to minimizing the risk of harm in those products and services is relevant to the OH and S management system. That is why B. Subcontractor producing products and services that minimise the risk of harm is also relevant. It aligns with the standard's treatment of contractors/subcontractors as interested parties and with operational control over externally provided products and services that can affect OH and S.
Why the others are not correct:
* C. Competitors requiring information on the organisation ' s work environment is not a relevant OH and S requirement.
* D. Top management requiring an annual bonus is a financial/personal issue, not an OH and S interested-party requirement.
* E. Investors requiring maximum growth in return for their capital is a business expectation, but not a relevant OH and S requirement in this context.
* F. Shareholders requiring guaranteed dividend payments is also financial and not relevant to the OH and S management system, even though shareholders may be interested parties in a broader business sense. ISO 45001 requires only the needs and expectations that are relevant to the OH and SMS to be determined.