It is our policy to provide safe and healthy working conditions for everyone employed. We are also committed to responsible product stewardship to ensure that everyone associated with the company is safe when handling or using our products.
United Facilities are committed to excellence in managing safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) in its day-to-day business. We believe in the principle that all incidents and injuries are preventable and that we can and will achieve our goal of zero incidents so that no one gets hurt.
SHEQ policies and procedures are the responsibility of the Director and are implemented by United Facilities’ management with the support of the SHEQ functions. The SHEQ department work within the business to ensure that the company has a deliverable policy, manages risk professionally and drives local and regional best practice.
The company has well-established programmes to drive improvement in SHEQ performance. These include programmes to improve our safety systems and procedures and ensure the behaviours of all our employees are 100% safety focused. Employees are trained in relevant safety regulations, procedures and the company’s code of conduct. Suppliers are expected to meet the minimum standard set by our ethical purchasing policy and our businesses operate using consistent minimum standards set as a company.
Standards, procedures and delivery are firmly embedded in company practice by the organisation’s integrated management systems and standards (URS). URS disseminates the companies SHEQ policies, standards and detailed instructions through the intranet, outlining the minimum standards and actions needed to align with, or conform to, management systems such as ISO 9001 (Quality Assurance), ISO 14001 (Environment) and ISO 18001 (Health and Safety).
United Facilities are committed to protecting the environment, both now and in the future.
We have internal regulation to only purchase recycled or paper products from sustainable sources and are updated regularly from studies carried out on the environmental impact of paper products, electric dryers, chemical usage and disposal of chemicals.
We provide our operators with proper training for the use and disposal of chemicals and other materials. We believe that only through education can we guarantee a protected environment for the future generation.
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At United Facilities, we pride ourselves on our care for health and safety, and our target is to provide and maintain a safe and healthy working environment for all our employees and those who may be affected by our contractual duties.
The Equal Opportunities Policy aims to ensure that no present or future employees or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sex, marital status, sexuality, disability or is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirement which cannot be shown to be necessary.
The Human Rights Act 1998 guarantees respect for a person’s private and family life, home, work and correspondence. The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) concerns personal information, which includes facts and opinions about an individual who might identify them.
United Facilities as an organisation is registered with the ICO as we hold and process information about our clients, employees or suppliers. We are legally obligated to protect that information.
As part of United Facilities’ commitment to this policy, we ask our staff before undertaking a particular job to sign a confidentiality agreement. United Facilities provides full copies of all policies at the start of a new contract.