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HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH & SAFETY IN SOIL EXCAVATION

Vac U Digga NZ recognises the importance of and is committed to, providing a safe and healthy working environment for all of its employees, the public, contractors, clients and visitors to our work sites. Our dynamic health and safety management system is supported by specific field and operational procedures that are designed to protect the health and safety of our staff and any other persons who may be associated or in proximity to our vacuum excavation operations. Vac U Digga NZ regards compliance with the relevant OHS legislation as fundamental to achieving this goal.

While management has a duty to provide and maintain a safe and healthy work environment, health and safety in the workplace is a responsibility shared by all employees. Vac U Digga NZis committed to the prevention of injury and illness to its employees, however, on those occasions where an injury occurs. Vac U Digga NZ is equally committed to applying our rehabilitation program and providing all necessary support and care to achieve a safe, timely and durable return to work for our excavation contractors and employees.

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SUSTAINABILITY IN HYDRO EXCAVATION

Vac U Digga’s sustainability strategy includes energy efficiency actions for our vehicle fleet, depots and offices which strive to minimise our carbon emissions. We pride ourselves on our resource recovery capability, waste management and water efficiency practices.

Conservation and sustainability principles and consideration of environmental factors has influenced many integral components of our business including fleet purchasing, unit servicing, recycling and wherever possible, beneficial re-use of resources.

Vac U Digga recognises that purchasing and supply decisions can have a social, economic and environmental impact. Accordingly, one of the key elements of our Sustainability Policy is to ensure that existing and potential suppliers are aware of and comply with the principles and standards set out in our Supplier Code of Conduct. To ensure our vendors uphold an equivalent standard of integrity to Vac U Digga NZ.

This is consistent with our commitment to continuous improvement and routine review of key factors comprising our business operations so we can identify ways to enhance our capability in delivering professional services to industry in a manner that supports our sustainability objectives.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Vac U Digga NZ is committed to protection of the environment. Our experience reflects our ability to develop innovative environmental management solutions that comply with environmental legislative requirements, meet client specific needs and achieve our environmental objectives.

We are committed to clean, healthy and ecologically sustainable environmental practices. As such, we recognise our responsibility to conduct all of our hydro excavation disposal operations in a way which wherever practicable, eliminates or reduces the impact on the environment and its natural resources.

Specific training programs are delivered to our operational workforce ensure a sound understanding of our environmental operating values, relevant legal obligations and the varied requirements which reflect the specific environmental controls necessary to meet the needs of our many clients. Through these programs, Vac U Digga NZ is continuing to develop a culture of efficiency and environmental awareness for our hydro excavations amongst all of our employees.

QUALITY

As a professional hydro excavation and civil construction service provider, our integrated management system has been designed to readily meet the broad range and varied requirements of clients within the hydrovacing industry. The quality component of our excavation company is heavily customer service focused. Our capability in effectively meeting these requirements and client expectations is demonstrated through our solid performance history. Our commitment to the continual improvement philosophy across all facets of the Vac U Digga NZ business ensures that we routinely monitor, audit and streamline our business systems.

Our assurance in providing quality in our services and products is fundamental to achieving our vision: “To be New Zealand’s leading provider of hydro excavation for the protection of underground assets and safe excavation practices.