Local business Serene Safety has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace.
Alcumus SafeContractor is a leading accreditation scheme which recognises extremely rigorous standards in health and safety management amongst contractors. It is used by thousands of organisations in the UK including SMEs and FTSE 100 companies.
Serene Safety is principally involved in providing health, safety and risk based management advice and training across a range of sectors, specialising in the Power Generation and Waste & Recycling industries. Serene Safety’s most recent clients have included major energy from waste operator Viridor Energy and Material Processing Solutions Limited.
The company’s application for SafeContractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business. SafeContractor accreditation will enhance the company’s ability to win new contracts, and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.
Gemma Archibald, Chief Operating Officer of Alcumus SME said: “Major organisations simply cannot afford to run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies in place.”
“More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Serene Safety has done. The firm’s high standard has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector.
SafeContractor plays a vital role in supporting our clients in meeting their compliance needs, whilst working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.”
Jonathan Reynolds, Principal Consultant & Senior Partner of Serene Safety commented: “We wanted to demonstrate that our systems and processes that enable us to do business safely were able to be proven to our clients.”
“Serene Safety work with a range of organisations big and small. A number of these clients need assurance that their supply chain manages safety and health effectively and SafeContractor allows us to demonstrate this perfectly. We support a number of business’ to achieve SSIP schemes across the UK so walking the walk was important for us to demonstrate that we hold ourselves to the same high standards. This is testament to our values: We are simple to do business with; We treat your organisation with the same care as we do our own and; We never let a challenge get the better of us “
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