VINOT’s Management pledges that every employee will read this policy to enable our goals to be achieved, as constant vigilance is necessary to see that CASHES awareness is fully acquired.
CASHES Policy
Community Affairs Policy
- The company shall continue to identify with the needs and aspirations of its host communities, as well as clients’ host communities, in the execution of its operations.
- The company believes it cannot operate in isolation and shall cooperate with clients, host communities, and relevant government departments to ensure a safe and peaceful working atmosphere.
- The company shall cooperate with indigenous communities around its work areas.
- The company shall also ensure the building and sustenance of solid, harmonious relationships with client host communities and shall exhaust every known peaceful strategy to resolve conflict in case of any disagreement.
- The company shall adopt established procedures to deal with community and other forms of unrest in executing its tasks. Every Project Manager and the CASHES department should be guided accordingly.
Health and Safety Policy
It is the policy of the company to carry out all its operations in such a way as to guarantee the health and safety of all its employees. To this end, our policy shall be to:
- Eliminate all forms of hazards in and around work areas.
Provide all personnel with adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suitable for the work they are performing. - The use of these shall be properly monitored and encouraged through education.
Properly maintain machines and equipment. All machines with rotating parts shall be adequately fenced off. - Ensure that all employees have access to First-Aid resources in the company, as well as the company’s clinic.
- Discourage the use of performance-enhancement drugs and self-medication among all employees.
- Train and re-train the company’s First Aiders regularly.
- Before employing any worker, ensure that each employee is tested for medical fitness.
- investigate all operational accidents promptly to reveal immediate and remote causes and identify ways to prevent reoccurrence.
- Recognize personnel excellence in Health and Safety through periodic awards and show discontentment with attitudes capable of hampering health and safety efforts
Environmental Policy
- Ensure that human waste generated in and around work areas is adequately disposed of according to client and statutory standards.
- Ensure that industrial waste such as oil, fuel, scrap, etc., is properly disposed of according to client and statutory standards.
- Ensure that, when used, industrial chemicals are handled by trained personnel and with standard-approved equipment.
- Ensure that before the commencement of work in any system that has the potential for environmental pollution, a client permit-to-work, as well as statutory permits, are obtained. Also, emergency resources shall be mobilized “on standby” for containment in the event of pollution.
- Investigate and report all operational incidents promptly according to client and statutory regulations.
- Train personnel in environment-related matters.
Encourage employee attitudes towards environmental conservation and discourage all acts capable of endangering our operational environment. - At all times, the company shall continue to be guided on matters affecting the environment in which it operates.
Security Policy
The security of our personnel and plant shall remain a central concern in our operations. This is regarded as an integral part of our overall Health and Safety programme. To this end, our policy shall be to:
- Provide full-time security agents to manage our work sites, offices, and designated residential areas.
- Ensure that each employee of the company is adequately identified by the use of card systems.
- Ensure adequate protection and security lighting of operational areas.
Provide full-time security in liaison with appropriate statutory agencies with adequate escorts for vehicles carrying valuables. - Discourage stealing among employees through proper incident investigation and control mechanisms.
- Provide security alarm systems to alert personnel in cases of violent emergencies.
Organize in-house training programs for company security personnel to enhance efficiency. - Recognize excellence in security matters through periodic awards and discourage attitudes capable of jeopardizing our security efforts.
