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Health & Safety Policy Statement

GB Lubricants manufactures a range of quality industrial oils and lubricants for the automotive, agricultural, metalworking and general engineering industries. Additionally the factoring of products such as anti-freeze and other ancillaries is provided as part of the Company's service. Our policy is to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions for all our employees, providing appropriate tools, equipment, operational processes and safe systems of work covering all our activities.

1. Our management accepts the responsibility for applying the above and for providing information, instruction and training at all times and for the duration necessary to achieve this purpose.

2. Other people may be affected by our activities i.e. visitors, neighbours, contractors etc and our management accepts the responsibility to provide appropriate levels of safety for them.

3. We will provide suitable facilities and/or make the necessary arrangements for the welfare of our employees at work.

4. We will comply with all applicable occupational health and safety legislation and any other requirements to which we subscribe.

5. Where risks to safety and health need to be assessed under a specific duty or regulation, we will ensure that an assessment and all actions shown to be necessary will be implemented.

6. Should any of our activities endanger the health of any employee, such activities will be monitored and where necessary, arrangements for health surveillance made.

7. We will provide suitable information regarding the safety or safe use of our services and/or products.

8. We plan to minimise the risks created by work activities, products and services, organise ourselves in a way that secures involvement and participation at all levels and measures performance against our pre-determined standards.

9. We are committed within all levels and within all functions of the organisation to continual improvement of our health and safety performance.

10. Our commitment to this policy will assist us to develop a positive health and safety culture throughout all areas and activities.

 

Environmental Policy Statement

GB Lubricants manufactures a range of quality industrial oils and lubricants for the automotive, agricultural, metalworking and general engineering industries. Additionally the factoring of products such as anti-freeze and other ancillaries is provided as part of the Company's service. Our objective is to create a climate of excellence, not only in our products and services, but also for our employees, persons affected by our activities and the environment. In order to achieve this the following policy has been established. We will manage our activities to minimise wherever practicable their effect on the environment. In this we are committed within all levels and within all functions of the organisation to continual improvement.We recognise that this will only be achieved through regular monitoring of our environmental performance. With this in mind we will set environmental objectives and targets, which will be regularly reviewed to ensure continual improvement.

Our Environmental Policy commits the organisation at all levels to ensure we: -

1. Identify any risk of pollution arising from any of our activities, products and/or services, which shall be either eliminated or effectively controlled to meet or exceed all regulatory requirements relating to the environment.

2. Reduce to a minimum unnecessary use of materials, resources and energy. Reduce to a minimum all future developments and carry out an appraisal of the environmental effect of sourcing of raw material.

3. Reduce waste to the lowest practicable level ensuring responsible disposal of waste created and received, undertaking environmental audits, measuring the results against established targets.

4. Advocate employee involvement in all environmental matters, providing suitable training and support to all employees with regard to this environmental policy.

5. Minimise any environmental effects caused as a result of our activities, products and/or services adopting the technique of BATNEEC (Best available techniques not entailing excessive costs)

6. Ensure that any persons working on our behalf are made aware of and agree to comply with this policy.

7. Seek to ensure that products and/or services supplied or provided by third parties can be used, handled, stored and disposed of in a manner which safeguards the environment and the health and safety of all.

8. Undertake a review of this policy in the light of any new knowledge, changing legislation or public concerns.