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“We are committed to a programme of continual improvement and engender a positive safety culture and a genuine respect for the environment we work in.”
Paul Medley Head of Compliance
Euroforest take all aspects of health & safety and environmental protection incredibly seriously. As the original business has developed over the last decade and our offering to the forestry industry has increased, the compliance team has grown accordingly. Euroforest have invested heavily in this compliance team in recent years to ensure we deliver an industry leading high-quality service. As a result, the compliance team have increased from one part time position to four full time compliance officers with dedicated administrative support.
To reflect the broad range of business activity across the UK, Euroforest have strategically positioned the Compliance team to ensure we have members of staff covering all geographical areas. Paul Medley, Head of Compliance is based at Head Office. Simon Wallis, Senior Compliance Manager has been with Euroforest since 2017 and is based in Central Scotland. Mark Tansley who has been with the business since 2019 is based in Southern England. Daniel Burns who has recently joined the business in early 2021 is based at Head Office. The Compliance team are supported by Wendy Cairns based at our Head Office at Carlisle.
Euroforest have become an industry leader in the management and monitoring of all aspects of forestry activity from our harvesting sites, forest management, timber haulage through to arboriculture. We also apply our knowledge and experience to project works for infrastructure controllers and landowners across the UK. We are committed to a programme of continual improvement, working with landowners, forest management companies and local authorities. We support our contractor partners to ensure that we promote a positive safety culture and a genuine respect for the environment we work in.
Euroforest have achieved certification for ISO standards 9001 (Quality Management Systems) 14001 (Environmental Management Systems), 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems) and National Highways Sector Scheme 18 (Natural Environment and Landscape). These independently audited certifications confirm our performance to the highest international standards, and commitment to service for our landowners and customer. We also hold FSC® certifications for Chain of Custody and Woodland Management. This enables us to manage woodlands and harvesting operations in accordance with FSC® standards and deliver FSC certified timber.
The Euroforest Compliance team have spent considerable time fostering a culture of positive reporting of all incidents and near misses, irrespective of size, amongst our staff and contractors, where learning rather than blame is the focus. Euroforest use a range of field-based reporting systems including the Safety Culture platform to enable operational staff to create and capture accurate monitoring records and live site information, produce incident and near miss reports, and generate meaningful management information.
