Health and safety at work
Health and safety at work (Health and safety) refers to that technical discipline that seeks to prevent injuries to people, illnesses caused in the work environment and any situation, whether physical or mental, that may go against the health or safety of people.
Health and safety at work seeks to improve the working conditions of people and the environmental conditions that surround them, to reduce the risk of accidents or occupational diseases.
Environmental management
Environmental management (Environment) in the company seeks to identify, evaluate and prioritize those significant aspects (environmentally critical activities) of the organization, in order to control and reduce its environmental impact, to demonstrate that its operations, products or services are environmentally responsible. .
To reduce the impact of their operations, many companies opt for offsetting their carbon footprint. Companies such as HSEQ Innovation have measured the carbon footprint of their operations and have offset this emission with the planting of trees in the Colombian Amazon, thus promoting a responsible operation with the planet, with the indigenous communities by being hired for planting and maintenance of the trees AND generating income in these communities.
Quality
Quality management (Quality) in an organization aims to make processes clearer so that any person knows how to act, knows their responsibility and proceeds to carry out their work in the most transparent, clear and honest way. Quality management aims to improve the current performance of the processes in an organization, identifying what is a baseline in the different indicators, defining objectives, proposing improvements in the processes, and defining each phase of the process to demonstrate that the product or service has been carried out in the best way, with absolute traceability and complying with contractual, legal or standard requirements.
Management systems
Management Systems are management tools that organizations have for making strategic decisions. Every management system is based on continuous improvement and what better way to explain it than with the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle.
The PDCA cycle refers to the steps that the organization should follow to ensure better performance:
PLAN means identifying and projecting each one of the activities, operations and processes to identify risks and anticipate possible problems.
DO is the definition of all the criteria and controls for the execution of an activity, the production of a product or the provision of a service.
VERIFY is the objective review of the established criteria through inspections, audits, periodic reviews or measurements, where it is verified that the product or service meets the criteria established by our client.
ACT Once the information on the performance of the system has been collected, the different variables and results of the management system are analyzed in a period, in order to make strategic decisions for the next cycle.
There are different motivations for the implementation of the HSEQ management system. Depending on the country where you work, there may be HSEQ legislation that does not require the implementation of a management system. There are cases where organizations voluntarily adhere to international standards such as ISO 45001:2018, to demonstrate a commitment to their stakeholders. Many companies carry out the implementation and certification of their HSEQ management systems for commercial reasons, in order to be able to bid for large-scale projects.