Our Commitment
SCG is committed to promoting a safe and healthy work environment for its workers, including contractors and visitors.
• We shall maintain management systems to the requirements of Quality (ISO 9001), Environmental (ISO 14001). We actively manage and communicate Health and Safety standards throughout the business, ensuring our workers have access to the information, training and to participate in H&S initiatives. All departments are represented at our H&S meetings.
• Having achieved tertiary ACC status SCG strives for best practice in risk management and health & safety within our business.
• We monitor occupational Health & safety conditions for hearing and have a policy in place for hearing protection and noise assessment in the workplace.
• We shall maintain systems to the requirement of a Net Toitû carbonzero certified organisation (ISO 14064-1) standard and we offer Net Toitû carbonzero certified printed products and services (PAS 2050 standard).
• We shall source papers wherever possible from responsible forest management systems such as FSC and PEFC and to maintain certification in both.
• We shall develop, implement, measure and review objectives and targets to ensure continual improvement of our quality, environmental, and health & safety performance, including the prevention of pollution and reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions.
• All people working on our premises will undergo a health and safety induction to ensure they are aware of the hazards and risks, and the controls to manage the risks.
• We will provide training and information to employees and contractors on their health and safety responsibilities. We stress the importance of their individual contributions to the business and involve our staff in continuous ongoing improvement initiatives.
• We will establish measurable Health & Safety objectives to ensure we are monitoring and seeking to improve our health and safety record in the business.
• We shall provide training and information to employees and contractors on quality and environmental responsibilities and the importance of their individual contributions to the business and to up-skill and involve our staff in continuous improvement initiatives.
• We shall provide appropriate resources to enable maintenance and continuous improvement of the quality, environmental and occupational health & safety management systems.
• We shall comply with all legal and statutory requirements, resource consents and approvals.
• Whenever possible, we shall go beyond legal requirements by proactively identifying and implementing improvements to minimise the risk of harm to employees, contractors and the environment.
• We shall consistently review new plant, equipment and processes to minimise hazards and the impact to the environment.
• We are committed to working towards applying the principles of a circular economy to better preserve our planet’s natural resources by optimising their use and re-use and ultimately reducing the amount of waste that goes into landfills.
• We shall provide information to all interested parties on our quality, environmental and occupational health & safety performance.
• We shall regularly assess all our staff on their commitment to this policy.
SCG recognises that providing a safe and healthy workplace, together with quality products and services and protection of the environment, is imperative to its overall business goals. Recognising our position in the local community, we will strive towards eliminating harm from our workplace and to our environment.
Fred Soar
Joint Managing Director
28 February 2022
David Atkins
Joint Managing Director
28 February 2022