VSG’S GREEN CREDENTIALS ENDORSED

Home » Latest News » News & Press

10th September 2009

VSG’S GREEN CREDENTIALS ENDORSED

Minimising the environmental impact of its operations has always been a high priority for VSG, one of the UK’s fastest growing providers of security services. Now the company’s efforts in this field have been granted formal recognition in the form of certification in line with ISO 14001, the international standard for environmental management systems as well as achieving a higher than average score for an independent industry audit.

Certification was granted only after VSG’s environmental policies and practices had been subjected to an in-depth evaluation and audit by the National Security Inspectorate (NSI), the leading UKAS-accredited approvals and certification body for the security sector. The evaluation covered all aspects of VSG’s environmental performance including, for example, ensuring that the company has formulated and implemented effective measures to minimise energy and vehicle usage.

“We’re delighted to have achieved ISO 14001 approval,” said Bill Muskin, Chairman of VSG, “not only because we believe that it’s essential for all businesses and, indeed, all of us as individuals to protect the environment, but also because our staff has shown such dedication in developing and optimising our environmental policies, and in making sure that they work.”

“I’d like to thank them all for their efforts, and, of course, encourage them to keep up the good work. We’re already acknowledged as one of the fastest growing companies in the business, and now we’re very happy to be confirmed as one of the greenest.”

In addition to ISO 14001, VSG has also been audited by Achilles for its H&S, Quality and Environmental Management Systems. Achilles works to identify, qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide and accreditation is a pre-requisite when tendering for very large contracts. Achilles indicated that anything above a 75% should be seen as a very good assessment score, but VSG achieved an average of 82%.

Bearing firmly in mind that environmental protection is an on-going process, VSG is not just maintaining but increasing its efforts in this area following these two laudable achievements. The company is, for example, planning to further increase the understanding of environmental issues among its staff at all levels with a series of events and activities, commencing with a company Green Awareness Day to be held in September.