Quality Assurance

Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Ltd Quality Policy Statement

Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Ltd (the "Organisation") aims to provide defect free products and services to its clients on time and within budget.

The Organisation operates a Quality Management System that has gained the BS EN ISO 9001:2008 certification, including aspects specific to environmental management consultancy and associated services.

The management's commitment is to:

1. Develop and continually improve the effectiveness of the Quality Management System.
2. Ensure that client needs and expectations are determined and fulfilled.
3. Increase client satisfaction.
4. Communicate throughout the Organisation the importance of meeting client needs and all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
5. Ensure that the Management Reviews consider the Quality Management System, including the quality objectives, and report on the Internal Audit results as a means of monitoring and measuring its processes and effectiveness.
6. Ensure the availability of resources.

The structure of the Quality Management System is defined in the Quality Manual.

All staff understand the requirements of the Quality Policy and abide with the contents of the Quality Manual.

The Organisation complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements.

The Organisation constantly monitors its quality performance and implements improvements when appropriate.

The Quality Policy is regularly reviewed in order to ensure its continuing suitability.

Copies of the Quality Policy are made available to all members of staff. Copies of the minutes of Management Reviews, or extracts thereof, are provided to individual members of staff in accordance with their role and responsibilities as a means of communicating the effectiveness of the Quality Management System.

Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Ltd Environmental Policy Statement

Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Ltd (the "Organisation") recognises the importance of environmental protection and is committed to operating its business responsibly and in compliance with all legal requirements relating to environmental management consultancy and associated services.    It is the Organisation's declared policy to operate with and maintain good relations with all regulatory bodies.

It is the Organisation's objective to carry out all measures reasonably practicable to meet, exceed or develop all necessary or desirable requirements and to continually improve environmental performance through the implementation of the following:

a) Assess and regularly re-assess the environmental effects of the Organisation's activities.

b) Training of employees in environmental issues.

c) Minimise the production of waste.

d) Minimise material wastage.

e) Minimise energy wastage.

f) Promote the use of recyclable and renewable materials.

g) Reduce and/or limit the production of pollutants to water, land and air.

h) Control noise emissions from operations.

i) Minimise the risk to the general public and employees from operations and activities undertaken by the Organisation.

This policy is communicated to all employees, suppliers and sub-contractors and is made available to the public.