Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
Strauss Logistics values SHEQ Management as an integral part of its operations.
Our SHEQ policy evolves with industry experience and trends, regulatory changes, and client requirements. It is far-reaching, including health and safety, environmental management, and service standards.
We’re proud to say that it unifies our company under over-arching objectives by integrating all systems and processes into a single, comprehensive framework.
SQAS Accreditation
ENVIRONMENT
Strauss Logistics processes are highly dependent on hydrocarbons such as diesel and oil to propel our operations. By their nature hydrocarbons have an unavoidable impact on the environment. The organisation remains committed to minimising these impacts. As a business we also appreciate and understand the environment footprint associated with our activities and we are committed to manage these in a legally compliant way.
We continue to mitigate the impacts related to air, water and waste footprint through improved efficiency. Proper maintenance of our vehicles is critical to keep them on the road. Our Workshop team performs all engine checks and maintenance, all these helps our drivers to use fuel efficiently and avoid unforeseen costs at the same time managing our carbon footprint. Trucks are always monitored for visible smoke or illuminated check engine lights can help identify needed maintenance or repairs.
Our air quality management systems enable us to develop and implement feasible and sustainable emission-reduction strategies to mitigate our atmospheric footprint. Our fleet replacement policy takes environmental management into consideration, retiring older trucks and engines and replacing them with newer vehicles with the latest emission control technologies plays a major role in reducing air pollution thereby managing our carbon footprint. While replacing older truck with a newer one will yield emissions benefits, we also maximize benefits by replacing the oldest vehicles with the most mileage first and choosing a replacement truck with a newer engine.
Our Waste Management Plan addresses management of all solid and liquid waste, including hazardous and non-hazardous waste produced as a result of our operational activities. Our Waste Management approach focuses on legal compliance and adhering to waste management hierarchy principles.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
As an organisation, we prioritise the well-being of our people and this is fundamental to our business. Our Occupational Health and Safety Management policy governs how we identify hazards and assess risks, prevent accidents, and develop programs to eliminate occupational illnesses and injuries.
Strauss maintains the highest Health and Safety Management Standards. To manage the hazards and risks associated with our operation, the executive and management demonstrates commitment through conducting walkthrough inspections and interviews with everyone, especially those who play key roles in implementing safety rules. The management also assess and monitors the proper implementation of safety standards and make the necessary changes. Promoting a safe culture isn’t a one-way street at Strauss, while management hold the primary responsibility, our staff play a key role in enforcing it. Our employees receive necessary safety trainings and participate in toolbox talks, job safety analysis, hazard identification processes and the development of objectives and targets to eliminate workplace illness and injuries. We believe that total wellness is essential for our people to enjoy a healthy life and to be meaningfully productive at work. The wellness programs also assist to ensure disease prevention awareness among employees and their dependants.
COMPLIANCE
We strictly comply with all relevant legislations, regulations, protocols and other guidelines concerning transport business activities, services provided to customers and other activities. The organisation has systems and processes that helps it in identifying all the relevant laws and regulations. We always ensure that our trucks have valid licences and certificates. Our employees are trained on the organization's policies and procedures related to legal compliance. To ensure adherence with legal obligations the organisation has setup periodic legal compliance evaluation internal audits to monitor compliance to the relevant laws and regulations. All drivers have a minimum of seven years commercial driving experience upon engagement. Drivers receive annual Hazchem certification according to the Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management (Control of Hazardous Substance) Regulations as well as proactive company-mandated behaviour-based safety training, hazard identification and risk assessments, and defensive driving training.
QUALITY
At Strauss we always commit ourselves to meet the needs and expectations of our clients. To achieve this, the goods of our clients are monitored using satellite tracking throughout the journey to ensure safe delivery of customer product. We have managed to create unity of purpose and direction with all critical stakeholders, this engagement has enabled us to align our strategies, policies, processes and resources to achieve our objectives. Our SQAS and AEO accreditations are authentications of the recognition of our robust and well-articulated internal controls.
Safety Induction Video
