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Standards & compliance

International standards

ISO 9001: Quality management standards applicable to all Mpact manufacturing operations.

ISO 14001: Environmental management standard applicable to the Group’s Paper, Paper Converting and Recycling operations.

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards applicable to the Group’s paper mills and corrugated plants.

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Recommendation XXXVI Food contact safety standard for packaging papers.

ISO 22000: 2005: Food packaging safety standard applicable to plastics and corrugated containers used for the packaging of food.

British Retail Consortium (BRC): FSSC food safety certification and other customer-specific certification at some of the plastics and corrugated plants as required by customers.

Compliance

Compliance with standards and legislation across the Group is monitored through comprehensive internal and external audits of various management systems. External assurance is received from the external auditors with some listed in the following table:

Systems Standards Assurance providers
International    
Quality management ISO 9001: Quality management standards applicable to all Mpact manufacturing operations. i-Cert
SABS
BV
DQS
SGS
Environmental management ISO 14001: Environmental management standard applicable to the Group’s Paper, Paper Converting, and Recycling operations. i-Cert
SABS
BV
DQS
SGS
Responsible wood products FSC standards applicable to the Group’s paper mills and corrugated plants. SGS
Food safety German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Recommendation XXXVI Food contact safety standard for packaging papers.

ISO 22000: 2005: Food packaging safety standard applicable to plastics and corrugated containers used for the packaging of food.

British Retail Consortium (BRC): FSSC food safety certification and other customer-specific certification at some of the plastics and corrugated plants as required by customers.
Sai Global
SABS
NSF
International
DQS
Local/Mpact    
Risk management Enterprise Risk Management Guidelines: Guidelines for managing business risks and insurance. Risk Maturity
by KPMG
Safety, security, emergency response, motor fleet, fire defence Risk Control Standards: Guidelines for risk control, fire defence, safety and health, motor vehicles, and environmental management. Marsh and internal review
Safety Plan: The safety plan is reviewed annually and rolled out to all operations where site-specific action plans are developed to meet the plan’s requirements. Internal review
Safety Legal Compliance (Mongoose Safety Award and Safety Merit awards) Legal Consulting Services
Mpact Environmental Standards Compliance (Scarab Environmental Award and Environmental Merit Awards) Legal Consulting Services
Insurance risk Underwriting and MPL surveys Marsh
Ignition sources IRIS Infrared Scans
IR detection of electrical and mechanical faults that could lead to fires.
IRIS
Fire defence Fire Defence Standards including National Building Regulations and municipal bylaws. Various fire
specialists
ASIB
Six-monthly review audits of fire sprinkler defence systems at relevant sites.
ASIB
Occupational health Medicals
Medical surveillance and fitness for work assessments are done on new and departing employees and annually on current employees.
Life Health Solutions
Occupational hygiene Occupational Hygiene and Ergonomics Surveys
Identifying conditions that could lead to health issues including lighting, noise, chemical, biological, and work strain assessments.
OCSA, OHEM,
OHE Monitoring,
Safranin, NEHC,
Ergosaf

Non-compliance issues and recommendations arising from audits are managed closely at operational level to ensure compliance is achieved and maintained through management interventions.