Excellence in Health and Safety Management

• integrate health and safety management systems that are consistent within all of our business processes and activities
• develop our people and provide resources to meet our targets;
• meet and, where appropriate, exceed applicable legal and other requirements

Management responsibility

• provide all individuals with necessary safety and health raining
• provide support to employees and contractors in all areas of health and safety management system implantation
• reduce risk by identifying, assessing and managing workplace hazards and;
• implement effective emergency preparedness systems

Employee and contractor expectations

• accept responsibility and accountability for their own safety and the safety of their fellow workers;
• support management in all areas of health and safety management system implementation
• reduce risk by identifying, reporting and correcting health and safety hazards and;
• immediately report all incidents and accidents

Excellence in environmental management

• abide by the professional engineers code of ethics
• conduct all activities in compliance with applicable legislation, and other requirements, providing for the protection of the environment, employees and the public
• apply appropriate good management practices in the absence of legislation or where Canadian Shield Consultants believes more stringent criteria than those required by law are needed to advance environmental protection and to minimize risks
• integrate environmental management systems that meet standards of our business processes and activities

Management responsibility

• protect the environment through the use of resources and prevention of adverse environmental impacts, including pollution
• implement, maintain and improve appropriate management systems and programs to achieve environmental objectives, and to continually improve performances on a regular review basis
• ensure awareness among employees and contractors of policies, promote shared responsibility and accountability for environmental obligations, and provide support and training to achieve our objectives

Develop, implement and maintain management systems for communities in which we work that enable us to:

• support the fundamental human rights of employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate
• respect the rights of all people and value cultural heritage

Seek opportunities to share our success by:

• working with communities to contribute to social infrastructure needs through the development and use of appropriate skills and technologies and
• develop partnership that focus on creating sustainable value

Communicate with and engage, employees, contractors, business partners, suppliers, customers, visitors and communities to:

• build relationship based on honesty, openness, mutual trust and involvement and
• share responsibility for meeting the requirements of this policy.