Simeon is the transport company for your liquid transports

HEALTH (H)

Hazardous goods transporters encounter thousands of other road users on a daily basis. Each driver is responsible for looking after their personal health and well-being, but as an employer, Simeon wants to do its part to support its employees in health-related matters.

The goals of our health policy are that:

♦  everyone at Simeon who undertakes transport tasks has been declared fit to work as a driver

♦  every Simeon employee is aware of their personal responsibility to look after their health through healthy habits, exercise and diet, and sets themselves a goal to retire healthy

♦  we use the principles of early support to help our employees cope with their work

♦  everyone understands the contents of the intoxicant/drug control programme and follows them

♦  we purchase statutory occupational health services and monitor that they are used

♦  we examine our operational environment to identify risks and to sufficiently prepare for both isolated workplace accidents and occupational illnesses.

There is significant variation in the laws governing healthcare services between different countries. However, access to high-quality healthcare services plays a significant role in job satisfaction, so our aim is to support high-quality healthcare services in all the countries where Simeon operates.

SAFETY (S)

Multiple stages of hazardous waste transport include safety risks and everyone at Simeon is expected to be able to identify potential risks and assess their impact. We use Quentic tools to analyse our operational environment in order to improve the safety of both our employees and our business partners.

The goals of our safety policy are that:

♦  our safety culture is based on every employee following the principles of behaviour-based safety (BBS)

♦  everyone at Simeon goes home healthy (target: zero accidents at work)

♦  we behave responsibly in traffic

♦  we know the whereabouts of every unit in our fleet at all times

♦  everyone working for Simeon, including subcontractors, follows the provided health and safety regulations in all situations regardless of whether the norms were provided by clients, interest groups or Simeon itself

♦  everyone working for Simeon, including subcontractors, understands when to turn down an unsafe job

♦  our essential business-related documents have been protected and everyone at Simeon understands the role of data security in their line of work

Professional skills are based on know-how, which is why we improve our safety behaviour through continuous training; the current social media environment has introduced new requirements to provide more detailed instructions regarding publicity matters related to the safety plan. In addition to the statutory professional qualification and ADR courses, we also work together with our client companies to provide training.

Modern fleet and high-quality tools and equipment help us achieve safer working conditions, but it should always be borne in mind that the actions we can take to ensure safety are simple and clear, such as always using a seat belt when driving.

We use GPS technology to track our fleet in real time, and we also monitor our employees’ driving styles, such as sudden braking and speeding. We ensure our drivers are alert and fit to drive through balanced shift scheduling and monitoring compliance with the rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods.

QUALITY (Q)

Thousands of customer orders are handled across all Simeon branches every day. Handling the orders from first receiving them to delivering them safely and on time and finally invoicing them requires seamless cooperation between different departments.

The goals of our quality policy are that:

♦  the customer or the end user of the product receives the product as agreed, and that the delivery gives the customer a positive impression of the product and service

♦  we get things right in one go

♦  quality is the end result of a process in which everyone involved does their part to ensure quality assurance, which allows us to constantly improve our operations and react without delay

♦  we create contractual partnerships with reliable and well-known partners and do not tolerate corruption in any shape or form

♦  we produce profitable contract-based transport services of uniform quality

♦  everyone at Simeon follows specified operational guidelines and instructions and understands that in a team game, everyone needs to follow the same rules in order to achieve the best end result

As a part of our efforts to improve quality, we scan consignment notes and transfer them directly from the vehicles to the office. This is part of our digitalisation process. As part of this process, the documents and information related to payroll matters, purchase invoices and invoicing are managed electronically, in so far as our customers and suppliers are able to do so.

To ensure quality, we review compliance with our operational guidelines regularly and address cases of non-compliance in accordance with our responsibilities and values without delay.

An important part of our continuous improvement scheme is the handling of non-conformance reports where the incident’s root causes are analysed and actions are presented to prevent similar situations in the future.

In order to achieve our quality targets, we are responsible for providing induction and training throughout the entire employment period, which we also require from all of our partners, i.e. subcontractors, suppliers and customers. Our partners must agree to follow the same ethical principles that we follow, such as the ban on forced and child labour.

ENVIRONMENT (E)

The environmental impact of road transport stands out due to the visibility of the industry in everyday life. Each day, Simeon tank trucks cover a distance of roughly twice the Earth’s perimeter hauling hazardous liquid materials on road in Northern Europe. As such, we have been determined since 1998 to develop our environmental policy while meeting the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.

The goals of our environmental policy are that:

♦  we operate responsibly to mitigate climate change and prevent environmental pollution

♦  through our solutions, we make it possible to achieve our clients’ environmental targets

♦  we meet the requirements of our interest groups (e.g. legislation)

♦  we ensure that everyone working for Simeon, including subcontractors, takes environmental matters into consideration in their actions and decisions

♦  we lead the way in the transport industry as a company that implements innovative solutions that protect the environment

In practice, we implement the principles of our environmental policy for example in our life cycle approach, where vehicle purchases in accordance with our investment plan enable us to reduce emission components and minimise CO₂ emissions. Standardised vehicle maintenance programmes and driving-style monitoring, in particular, have proved to be successful tools for reducing fuel consumption. It goes without saying that everyone at Simeon considers sorting the waste they have produced for recycling as an environmentally positive action that is a part of their everyday lives.