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The Consortiums Certification with the British Standards Institution

The Consortium is committed to achieving Standards that continually improve business practices, the environment and the workplace. We use the following tools to help us achieve this

  • BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management provides a framework for managing and improving an organisations business using a process approach.
  • BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management is a European standard to assist an organisation with managing its environmental aspects.
  • OHSAS 18001:1999 Health & Safety Management addresses Health & Safety issues to help identify and control risks in the workplace.

Using these tools, The Consortium is able to demonstrate its ability to:

  • provide products and services that fulfil the customer’s requirements
  • evaluate all of the good and bad impacts our activities have on the environment
  • do everything within our power to reduce the risk of injury and provide a positive working environment.

All The Consortium’s processes are regularly maintained and internally audited and we have adopted a wider approach to Sustainable Development as a whole. We have invested in our staff and ensure a number of fully trained Risk Assessors, Fire Marshals and First Aiders are on site at all times.

Our certification body is the British Standards Institution which means a schedule of external assessments to ensure compliance to all three standards. The Consortium has been certified to these standards for a number of years and the certificate numbers and scope are:

  • BS EN ISO 9001:2000 - FS 35430
  • BS EN ISO 14001:2004 - EMS 84896
  • OHSAS 18001:1999 - OHS 84897

Stockholding and supply of stationery, curriculum, furniture, janitorial & cleaning and IT consumable products. Facilities management of food and vehicles from quality assured and other sources.

This all helps us to carry out our business in a way that ensures we:

  • continually enhance customer satisfaction
  • utilise time, money and other resources efficiently
  • manage and improve activities to minimise the harmful effects on the environment
  • identify and control potential risk of injury to all persons on our site
  • be prepared in the event of an emergency

BS EN ISO 9001:2000 provides a framework for managing and improving an organizations business using a process approach. By working to this framework, The Consortium is able to demonstrate its ability to provide products that fulfil customer and applicable regulatory requirements and aims to further enhance customer satisfaction.

All the Consortium's processes are regularly maintained and internally audited. Our certification body is the British Standards Institution which means a schedule of external assessments to ensure compliance to the standard. The Consortium has been certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 since April 2003, having been certified to it's predecessor BS EN ISO 9002:1994 since 1997. The certificate number is FS 35430 and the current scope of that certification is:

"Stockholding and supply of stationery and curriculum products. Facilities management of materials, furniture, food and vehicles from quality assured and other sources".

BS EN ISO 14001:2004 is a European standard to assist an organisation with managing its environmental aspects.

This standard requires an organisation to understand all of the good and bad impacts its activities have on the environment and to manage and improve these impacts to minimise the harmful effects on the environment. The Consortium gained certification to BS EN ISO 14001:2004 during April 2005 and have adopted a wider approach to Sustainable Development as a whole. The certificate number is EMS 84896 and the current scope of that certification is:

"Stockholding and supply of stationery and curriculum products. Facilities management of materials, furniture, food and vehicles from quality assured and other sources".

OHSAS 18001:1999 addresses Health & Safety issues to help identify and control risks in the workplace.

Based on the established principles of Plan Do Check Act, it focuses on the reduction of risk coupled with improved performance. It demonstrates The Consortium's responsibility to its employees and visitors by ensuring we do everything in our power to reduce health & safety risks and provide a positive working environment.

This includes planning for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and emergency preparedness and response, to do this we have invested in our staff and ensure a number of fully trained Risk Assessors, Fire Marshals and First Aiders on site at all times. The Consortium gained certification to OHSAS 18001:1999 in November 2004, the certificate number is OHS 84897 and the current scope of that certificate is:

" The occupational health and safety management of the stockholding and supply of stationery, curriculum, furniture, janitorial & cleaning and IT consumable products. Facilities management of food and vehicles from quality assured and other sources. "