Compliance simply means that your business practices adhere to international standards. For QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment), the major of these are ISO: 9001 (Quality), 1801 (Health and Safety), 14001 (Environmental Management).
Failure to comply with regulations can be very expensive, and even with comprehensive insurance cover there are many hidden costs that can affect you for months or potentially years after an incident.
Uninsured costs can include:Customers and stakeholders often require evidence of compliance to international standards such as ISO: 9001 (Quality), 1801 (Health and Safety), 14001 (Environmental Management). This is normally done through assessment by an independent body. These independant audits can be stressful and disruptive to the business if the standards and the proceedures that accompany them are not correctly put in place, or there is any doubt as to the conformance of the business in these areas.
Training staff to handle such audits can be difficult and time consuming without the domain experteise of a Chartered health and safety practitioner - ABC ltd can provide this as part of a complete service package, or as an individual service depending on your requirements.