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In conformity with environmental and safety issues

Indaver is subject to laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and natural resources including, among others, the handling of air emissions and water discharges. Indaver is also subject to health and safety regulations including, among others, noise, workplace health and safety. For that purpose Indaver has developed a systematic approach of QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety and Health) items. This approach is based on the one hand, on the ISO-standards with regard to quality (ISO 9001) and environment (ISO 14001) and, on the other hand, on the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) model. 

This model is a reference framework designed to help companies enhance their performance.

 

Total quality

The purpose of the quality care system is to ‘design out’ hazards associated with the different processes on site. This means that the higher the safety, environmental, quality or financial risk the more elaborate the system will be. The quality care system gives advance warning of process-specific recertification as well as monitoring compliance with existing ISO procedures (or the like).

Safety and prevention

The company is alive to the safety and health hazards inherent in its operations. It is in Indaver’s own interest to comply with the most stringent regulations applicable to our industry. The safety and health service keeps close track of new legislation or updates to existing regulations, interprets these new requirements and enforces these regulations by introducing new plant control systems, to raise existing health and safety standards.

Environmental administration and regulation

A dedicated team within QESH is tasked with the implementation and follow-up of the applicable environmental legislation. For its foreign subsidiaries, the company has imposed a system of service level agreements under which those subsidiaries are required to report to headquarters on a regular basis. The content of the service level agreement covers (as a bare minimum) key policies & strategies, operating procedures, accounting standards and guidelines for reporting.