Quality Policy

SMS Environmental Ltd (SMS E) offers a broad range of water treatment, analytical and environmental services with an emphasis on the treatment of clean and dirty water.

SMS Environmental’s core activities include:-

• Water & Wastewater Treatment
• Water Hygiene Services
• Legionella Risk Assessments
• Training
• Control of Legionella Bacteria
• Cleaning & disinfecting water systems
• Services associated with L8
• Chemical Cleaning
• Chemical Supply
• Dosage & Control Equipment supply and installation
• Analytical Services
• Air Hygiene Services
• Air Conditioning Installation and Maintenance

SMS Environmental maintains and continuously improves our Integrated Policy (Quality, Environment) and our management systems in accordance with ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 and the Legionella Control Association.

The policy is based on the fundamental principles of measuring and planning for continual improvement and is the governing document for setting improvement targets. Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety objectives will be designed to improve upon customer satisfaction, environmental performance, technical innovation and safe working practices and will be implemented and reviewed.

This policy is available on our Company website for reference and will be reviewed on an annual basis by SMS Environmental’s senior management team.

We will continually review the suitability of our integrated management system, procedures, technological advances and working practices in conjunction with demands and expectations from our Customers, Employees and any person(s) working under the Company’s control, to ensure they are appropriate to the nature, scale and impacts of the Company’s activities, products, services and risks.

SMS Environmental is committed to:

• Meeting or exceeding Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety requirements as required by our Customers, Employees and parties working on behalf of SMS Environmental.
• Complying with all applicable Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety legislation and with any other requirements to which the Company subscribes, including those that relate to its environmental aspects and OH&S hazardsMaintaining good business and profitable relationships with our clients, subcontractors, suppliers and other interested parties.
• Maintaining awareness of all employees and person(s) working under the control of SMS Environmental, so they can identify and fulfil contractual, legislative and company Quality, Environment and Health & Safety responsibilities.
• Communicating this policy and the results of our activities, to members of the Company, person(s) working under the Company’s control and any other interested parties as appropriate.

This Policy is supported by the Company’s Environmental Policy and Health & Safety Policy Statement, which is also available on the Company’s website and the Company’s IMS (Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety) Overview, detailing roles and responsibilities

IMS09_12 (Quality Policy) 29 December 2010

Accreditations

Accreditations

	ISO9001 ISO 9001 accreditation demonstrates that we have an exacting quality management systems in place.	Download
	ISO14001 ISO 14001 accreditation is an internationally accepted standard that demonstrates that we have an effective Environmental Management System (EMS) in place.	Download
	BS OHSAS 18001 BS OHSAS 18001 is an occupational health and safety management system accredited by UKAS that demonstrates that we have robust and internationally recognised OH&S management systems in place, along with ISO 14001 and ISO 9001, BS OHSAS 18001 forms a integral part of our Integrated Management System.	Download
	CHAS Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme is a health and safety membership scheme which is available for contractors or consultants.To obtain CHAS we have passed a detailed assessment of our health and safety procedures and practices.	Download
	SAFE Contractor Acreditation Scheme Safecontractor is an accreditation scheme that assesses the health & safety competency of contractors and service providers.	Download
	Legionella Control Association The Legionella Control Association ensures that contractors dealing with water systems where Legionella is a risk are competent specialists. SMS Environmental is accredited to category 1.	Download
	Constructionline Constructionline is the UK's register of pre-qualified local and national construction and construction-related suppliers.	Download
	Exor Management Services Exor is recognised as the leading independent accreditation service provider to the public sector and the Exor accredited purchasing database is being adopted by a growing number of Public Sector Authorities (PSA's).	Download
	Investors in People The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation's performance through its people.	Download