QA/HS&E Policy

The Bluestream Group is seriously committed to Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental excellence. We recognise that best QA/HS&E performance is incisive to our business success and that Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental issues are paramount to our business activities.

Therefore, it is our policy to:

Demonstrate visible and active leadership that engages employees and contractors and manage Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QA/HS&E) performance as a line responsibility with clear authorities and accountabilities
Ensure that all employees and contractors understand that working safely is a condition of employment, and that they are each responsible for their own safety and the safety of those around them
Comply with all relevant QA/HS&E legislation, regulations and other requirements
Ensure that systems are developed and implemented to identify, assess, monitor, periodically review and control QA/HS&E impacts related to our business activities
Set QA/HS&E objectives and targets, and achieve superior performance (i.e., pollution prevention, hazard elimination, no accidents or incidents) through the utilization of a continuous improvement process
Provide necessary training and education to enable our employees to understand and perform their roles and responsibilities involved with their job functions
Implement mechanisms to communicate with and obtain input from employees, customers, contractors, trade associations and governmental bodies to the QA/HS&E Management System

This statement of policy is the foundation that supports our entire QA/HS&E Management System. It establishes our management philosophy with regard to the QA/HS&E values, as well as a shared vision between our customers, contractors and suppliers.

Our QA/HS&E corporate Policy Manual describes the QA/HS&E Management System responsibilities of the Bluestream organization, and control features necessary to achieve our QA/HS&E vision.

Compliance with this manual is consistently applied at all Bluestream facilities.
All employees identified with responsibilities in the QA/HS&E Management System are responsible to implement the requirements specifically assigned, and visibly demonstrate their commitment to the QA/HS&E process through their actions while performing their work duties.

At Bluestream, we are committed - ethically, financially and personally - to a working environment where no one gets hurt and nothing is harmed.

Kieran Pieters
Managing Director
Den Helder
02 january 2007