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beginning of our journey and I am confident we will grow and develop our safety culture further.” Delivering on their promises PFMS currently work with around 150 suppliers and specialist M&E (Mechanical & Electrical) service providers who are corporately managed by their commercial team. “All of our partners are required to meet minimum standards of SHEQ before they can be placed on our approved databases and are regularly reviewed from a cradle to grave approach by Operations, Commercial and my SHEQ team. Our ethics dictate that we work with similar minded organisations who can demonstrate the same high levels of standards similar to our own. In addition, a number of service providers are identified each quarter based on formulated risk factors and are subjected to an audit. The results assist in our ongoing partnership development and harmony of the service. “We have accreditation to ISO 9001/ 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards which were originally gained in 2010. It helps to no end that I am a qualified 18001 Lead Auditor which allows us to ensure our internal audit regime and schedules are bot