Specialist Health, Safety and Environment Consultancy, EDPannounces the successful implementation of the Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001 for Microsoft Ltd’s Real Estate and Facilities function within the UK.
Operating throughout the UK, EMEA and South East Asia, EDP has been a Microsoft Ltd vendor for over 17 years on a number of projects and continues to handle all of Microsoft Ltd’s health, safety and environmental management requirements in the UK.
Certification to ISO 14001 ensures that Microsoft Ltd has an environmental management system in place which is maintained to a high standard in order to conform to the improvement goals documented in the company’s UK Statement of Intent on Environmental Sustainability. The Standard demonstrates compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and allows Microsoft Ltd to demonstrate to key business stakeholders that the company is taking a pro-active approach to the management and reduction of its environmental impacts.
For further information please submit your enquiry hereor visit our website at www.edp-uk.com
The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment or CRC) is a regulatory incentive designed to encourage and improve energy efficiency in large public and private sector organisations. The scheme is mandatory, and, as well as improving energy efficiency, it aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) being emitted into the atmosphere.
This is part of the UK Government’s commitment to achieve its reduction targets for greenhouse gases.
EDP Health, Safety and Environment Consultants have produce a guide to CRC entitled: The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme – A Brief Guide which is now available to download.
The deadline date of 30th September 2010 for companies to submit energy consumption data to the Environment Agency under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is fast approaching, but the latest information from the Environment Agency shows that only a small proportion of obligated organisations have submitted their data.
All organisations whose electricity use was measured through at least one half hourly meter (HHM) during calendar year 2008 will be required by law to submit data to the Environment Agency before the end of September deadline. (more…)
Dealing with the red tape of health and safety compliance is often the last thing an SME wants to think about. Yet the cost of not doing so could wipe out the company altogether!. Accidents resulting from simple instances of non-compliance can result in huge penalty fines. The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 is a legal landmark that make it an offence and companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting from gross breach of a relevant duty of care. However, SMEs don’t have to learn the lesson the hard way –they can achieve compliance through the implementation of an effective health and safety management system.
The introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in October 2006 marked a major change in the UK’s approach to fire safety. The old system of fire certificates was replaced with an approach that was significantly more risk assessment based, placing a greater emphasis for fire safety on employers and owners / occupiers of buildings.
We reported on the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order in July 2005.
The risk-based approach implemented by the fire safety order applies to (almost) all non-domestic premises – community, industrial and business. Employers, owners and occupiers are required to appoint a competent, responsible person to carry out a fire safety risk assessment, implement appropriate fire protection measures and maintain a fire management plan. (more…)
Employers may be wondering if the cloud of volcanic ash, which is currently causing so much havoc for air travel throughout the UK and much of Europe, has any health implications for their employees. (more…)
EDP deals with Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment.
That means our people are safety practitioners, with a passion for seeing work spaces transformed into places of safety and having a beneficial impact on the environment.
The vast majority of our clients appreciate our dedication and stay with us for the long term. Some of our major clients have been customers almost as long as we’ve been in business. (more…)
Just what you have always wanted – Health and Safety ‘in a box’ This is a brand new concept from EDP that will help you to meet your Health and Safety responsibilities, it will even help to provide a defence to the new Corporate Manslaughter Act!
HS-Easy health and Safety packages
And, It won’t cost you a fortune – no long-term contracts and no ‘tie in’s’, just good old-fashioned excellent service.
Our consultants are the best!! They are competent, they are available and they are friendly, offering a very practical and ‘hands on’ approach to supporting you and just when you need them. No long complicated reports just plain speaking and down to earth. (more…)
The most senior person should define, document and endorse its Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Policy. They should ensure that the policy includes a commitment to:
Recognizing OH&S as an integral part of the company’ performance.
Achieving a high level of OH&S performance, with compliance to legal requirements as the minimum, and to continual cost-effective improvement in performance.
Provide adequate and appropriate resources to implement the policy.
The setting and publishing of OH&S objectives, even if only by internal notification.
Place the management of OH&S as a prime responsibility of line management, from most senior executive to first-line supervisory level.
Ensure its understanding, implementation and maintenance at all levels in the organisation.
Employee involvement and consultation to gain commitment to the policy and its implementation.
Periodic review of the policy, the management system and audit of compliance to policy.
Ensure that employees at all levels receive appropriate training and are competent to carry out their duties and responsibilities. (more…)
Occupational Health and Safety is about keeping people safe whilst at work and, since 1974, UK Health and Safety Legislation has achieved major improvements.
Information presented in this section is designed to help you understand more about the benefits that accrue from good health and safety, along with your duties under UK health and safety law. (more…)
We provide the full range of services from carrying out a specific Risk Assessment, through to implementing a fully customised Safety Management System. We can set up systems to be operated by your own personnel or we can undertake management of all the day-to-day operations on your behalf.
