Counselling about risk management
Three questions are essential when we are to explain why companies should work systematically with risk management in connection with dangerous goods/dangerous substances.
- Is it legal?
- Are we doing it right?
- What do the customers say?
Is it legal?
The first question 'Is it legal?' is easy to answer for companies handling large quantities of dangerous goods according to ADR/RID as they need to have a safety advisor and be registered at the Emergency Management Agency.
But companies not affected by this requirement may also benefit from having their company reviewed with critical eyes. Dangerous goods/dangerous substances is an area in which new laws and rules are constantly introduced, so you easily risk being guilty of an offence.
Are we doing it right?
This is about human and environmental safety as well as economics and in the end the image of the company. A 'yes' to this question requires that the company has complete control of dangerous goods/substances through the whole logistics chain and that employees are trained for the tasks and that handling takes place in the most secure and optimal way at the lowest costs possible.
What do the customers say?
This is the most important question in connection with the existence of the company. If a company does not work legally, and does not work in the right way it will be in a situation in which an accident or occurence can more easily pull the carpet from under it. Bad publicity can in few hours or days destroy what has been build through decades and cause a large financial loss.
We offer you a cooperation in systematic risk management
If you want to be sure that you company carries out work legally and correctly, a cooperation agreement with us about systematic risk management is a possibility. The extent and duration of the cooperation can be tailored for the company.
The cooperation begins with an audit
We start the cooperation with an audit carried out by our experienced consultants who are experts within dangerous goods and dangerous substances. On the basis of the audit report, safety objectives are agreed with the corporate management and an internal dangerous goods team is set up with Bureau Veritas HSE as chairman.
An internal dangerous goods team is set up
The team involves key employees in the process and thus optimally makes use of the company's own competences. In accordance with the audit report and the objectives agreed upon between Bureau Veritas HSE and the corporate management, the team makes a plan of action to carry through the various activities such as implementing new procedures, training employees, revising instructions, etc.
Audits will be carried out continuously
Subprojects will be carried out and Bureau Veritas HSE will continuously carry out audits providing the background for follow-up meetings in the dangerous goods team. After the first year we are going to make a visit or annual report in accordance with the rules of the Emergency Management Agency. In the report diagrams the management will be able to read the company's safety status directly and see the development which has taken place during the process. The report is thus a valuable risk management tool. |
