The Cluster

HSEQ® assessment is an effective way to assure commitment to common ground rules. HSEQ® provides a good opportunitity for suppliers and service providers to review the level of their operations, improve it further and at the same time assure us your strive for continuous improvement. We as Buyers, your customers or potential future customers have committed ourselves to responsible sourcing.

According to our HSEQ® principles, we aim to continually improve our operations and our value chain.

As member companies in the Cluster, we adhere to local laws and EU Directives. Also, we fulfill requirements set by our customers and those that are set by ourselves. All parties in a common workplace shall adhere to high safety standards, foresee healthy work environment, commit themselves to environmental responsibility and maintain good quality of operations and workmanship.

If you wish to apply for an HSEQ® assessment, please drop a line

Subcluster for Forest industry

Members of Forest industry in the HSEQ cluster launched a forum whose main goal is responsible wood harvesting, transport and procurement. In this forum, Members aim to collect industry specific information needs and legal obligations typical for procurement and agree upon how this information should be verified. To realize the goal, Members plan and authorize HSEQ assessments that give supplier of the forest sector the opportunity to demonstrate their sustainability and capability to deliver.

The forum is moderated by Kiwa, which is responsible for ensuring that competition law requirements are met in accordance with the rules of the HSEQ cluster. Kiwa acts as an independent lead auditor in assessments and buyers are offered the opportunity to participate in these events

Objectives of the subcluster:

Encourage suppliers to apply for an evaluation and use the results for development of their operations
Development of the forestry value chain, based on assessments.
Promotion of sustainability and compliance in working communities, clients and suppliers
Easy verification of external confirmations and verifications
A uniform procedure for auditing suppliers
Create public criteria and target levels to improve performance
Create expectations, rules, clear criteria within the supply field so that suppliers understand and commit to current requirements.
Create a way for suppliers to demonstrate and show customers their procedures and capability to deliver