WERKOMED (PTY) LTD / KLINICA SA are committed to minimizing its impact on our environment through the following:
· Providing a safe and healthy workplace;
· Having an environmentally sustainable aware culture, where responsibility is practiced and understood;
· Being an environmentally responsible neighbour in our community;
· Conserving natural resources by re-using and re-cycling if possible;
· Using in our own operations, processes that do not adversely affect the environment;
· Ensuring the responsible use of energy throughout the organisation;
· Participating in efforts to improve environmental protection and understanding;
· Taking steps to improve environmental performance continually;
· Working with suppliers who promote sound environmental practices; and
Digitally Signed by Monica Lucas
Revision 7 - 18.11.2025
It shall be the responsibility of the Top Management Team to establish and maintain policies and procedures and to bring these procedures into effect.
It shall be the responsibility of the GM to ensure implementation of these policies and procedures.
WERKOMED (PTY) LTD / KLINICA SA and its employees will :
1. develop guidelines for staff, volunteers and users to adopt sound environmental work practices.
2. act responsibly to correct incidents or conditions that endanger health, safety, or the environment. It will promptly report any such incidents to the relevant authorities and inform affected parties as appropriate.
3. use reasonable endeavors to, reuse and recycle materials, purchase recycled materials, and use recyclable packaging and other materials where possible.
4. use all reasonable endeavors so that its services and products are safe, efficient in their use of energy, protective of the environment and able to be reused, recycled or disposed of safely where possible.
5. use all reasonable endeavors to minimise materials and energy use, prevent air, water, and other pollution, and dispose of waste safely and responsibly where possible.
6. use all reasonable endeavors to conserve energy by improving energy efficiency and giving preference to renewable over non-renewable energy sources when feasible.
7. use reasonable endeavors to utilise its particular knowledge and experience to contribute to environmentally sustainable techniques, technology, knowledge and methods.
8. use all reasonable endeavors to contribute to the maintenance and increase of biodiversity through its management of its landholdings where possible.
9. use all reasonable endeavors to meet or exceed all applicable government requirements and voluntary requirements generally observed in its field, and will, in addition, adhere to the more stringent requirements of its own environmental policy.
10. in order to continually improve its environmental management system, we will use reasonable endeavors via self-assessments of compliance with this policy.
11. maintain an open and honest dialogue with staff, volunteers, stakeholders, and the public about the environmental, health and safety performance of its operations and services.
12. use reasonable endeavors to ensure that every employee, volunteer and contractor is informed of and expected to follow this policy and to report any environmental, health, or safety concern to management so that prompt action may be taken.
Revision 7; -ML- 18.11.2024 - Digitally signed by ML
Revision 6; -ML- 14.10.2024 - Digitally signed by ML
Revision 5; -ML- 20.11.2023 - Digitally signed by ML; updated and digitally approved
Revision 4; -ML- 17.10.2021 - Digitally signed by ML; checked and confirmed
Revision 3; -ML- 28.09.2021 - Digitally signed by ML; updated policy
Revision 2; -ML- 10.05.2021 - Digitally signed by ML
Revision 1; new 21.04.2021