Abu Dhabi EHSMS- ADEHSMS-ADOSH Compliance Facilitation

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About Abu Dhabi EHSMS- ADEHSMS-ADOSH Compliance Facilitation

🟢 Abu Dhabi Emirate Environment, Health and Safety Management System (AD EHSMS) was developed under the direction of the Abu Dhabi Government to effectively manage environmental, health, and safety (EHS) risks. The framework assists both government and private sector entities in identifying, controlling, and reducing workplace hazards and minimizing the impact of their operations on the environment, human health, and community safety. 🔵 Initially, as per the recommendations of the EHS Higher Committee, seven major sectors were prioritized for implementation: • Building and Construction • Transport • Industry • Energy • Health • Tourism • Waste 🟡 The Education and Food sectors were scheduled for inclusion in 2011, with more sectors to be added as the system expands across the Emirate. 🟣 The AD EHSMS promotes a unified and consistent approach to managing EHS risks across various sectors, ensuring legal compliance and global best practices. 🟤 It requires entities to develop their own EHS Management Systems (EHSMS) aligned with the Abu Dhabi EHSMS Regulatory Framework, ensuring sector-specific relevance. 🔴 Regulatory authorities for each sector are designated as Sector Regulatory Authorities (SRAs), responsible for overseeing, supporting, and monitoring the implementation of EHSMS in their sectors. 🟠 The system ensures continuous improvement through a Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and regular internal and external EHS performance audits. 🔵 AD EHSMS supports the sustainable development goals of Abu Dhabi by reducing environmental impact and improving occupational health and safety performance. ⚪ It also encourages cross-sector collaboration, knowledge sharing, and training initiatives to build EHS capacity within the Emirate. 🟢 Entities are required to submit regular EHS performance reports to their respective SRAs for evaluation and compliance tracking. 🟠 The implementation of AD EHSMS contributes to raising public awareness and fostering a safety and environmental protection culture within the society.

Main Highlights

Abu Dhabi EHSMS as a regulatory body had introduced many set of Policies and Procedures that need to be followed and adhered to by different entities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Also there are many forms that need to be submitted in order to achieve the compliance status. Abu Dhabi EHSMS has introduced many set of Code of Practices as below:

CoP 1.0 Hazardous Materials
CoP 1.1 Management of Asbestos Containing Materials
CoP 1.2 Lead Exposure Management
CoP 3.0 Occupational Noise
CoP 3.1 Vibration
CoP 4.0 First Aid and Medical Treatment
CoP 5.0 Occupational Health Screening and Medical Surveillance
CoP 6.0 Emergency Management Requirements
CoP 7.0 Fire Prevention Planning and Control
CoP 8.0 General Workplace Amenities
CoP 9.0 Workplace Wellness
CoP 9.2 Managing Work-Related Stress
CoP 10.0 Rehabilitation and Return to Work, etc.,

Brief about the ISO standard

AD EHSMS OHSHAD

The objectives of the AD EHSMS is to continuously achieve an excellence in the management and protection of the environment, health and safety, through the partnership between all government entities and private sectors to completely ensure that activities within Abu Dhabi Emirate are undertaken in a responsible, safe and sustainable manner.

The continual improvement is an essential component of the AD EHSMS, which aims to consistently improve the organizational EHS performance.

The entities will be compensated for the self-identification and correction of non-conformances, contributing to the continual improvement of EHS performance.

Adapted from EHSMS -OSHAD- Abu Dhabi www.oshad.ae

It ensures that the organization will have a boosted and improved reputation as an AD EHSMS which creates a competitive advantage for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
It will be able to enhance the confidence of the organizations investors and private sectors management on stabilizing the EHS regulations.
The organization will be able to practice an aligned business health and safety objectives which drives improvement in EHS performance.
The standard will benefit the organization on developing an integrated regulations that can streamline and harmonized requirements.
Continuous improvement can be achieved by the organization which are applicable to all the levels of the organization.
Striving for a continuous improvement for the safety performance and compliances in the organization for the regulatory bodies.
The organization will be able to promote and drive a positive awareness and concerns on the natural resources conservation and utilization.
The organization will be providing a safer and healthier workplaces to the employees, customers and suppliers which will result to less workplace injuries, illnesses and consequently less working hours lost.

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Certification Details

BAS is a versatile ISO certification body, with various industrial expertise and strong exposures in the field of Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental, Service Management and Information Security Management. We provide reliable services in the UK, Middle East, India and Other countries.

We at BAS with our veteran assessors provide you with certification which provides value for your management system. Many clients around the world have greatly benefited through our exemplary service.

The following are the steps in this phase we do as part of certification

Contract signature

BAS representative sends out an application which is a questionnaire to the organization which is the applicant for the Certification.

Once BAS receives the filled in application, the BAS representative sends an official quote to the applicant for approval.

Pre-audit (optional):

Gap analysis and diagnosis of your systems current position against requirements of the standard - A pre-certification audit is a high level evaluation indicating where your company currently stands in compliance with specific standards before the main certification audit.

Audit Stage 1- Initial Visit: to verify the establishment and implementation of the basic structure of your Management System

BAS will carry out a Document review Assessment of the client�s Management System according to the requirements of Standard in order to establish to what extent the System addresses the requirements of the standard and if a subsequent Initial Assessment for Accredited Certificate is likely to result in successful certification at an early stage, by which usually companies take the necessary corrective/preventive actions as appropriate and prior to the Initial Assessment. The Pre-audit should not be considered as a Consultancy Service

Audit Stage 2 - Certification audit (certificate issued after successful certification audit)

The principal purpose of the Initial Assessment is to audit the Company�s Management Systems for compliance with the the standard. Please note that Initial Assessment is the obligatory service. In this phase if there are any opportunities for improvements identified BAS auditors would report them in the interest of the organization.

Surveillance audits to follow the continual improvement

It is also an obligatory service; BAS will perform Surveillance Visit approximately after every year i.e. a total of 3 Surveillance Visits will be performed every year during the 3 years validation period of the Certificate. Such routine surveillance Visits are performed to ensure the continuous compliance of your Management System to the requirements of Standards.

Re-certification after 3 years through full audit or continual assessment.

What we do?

BAS can assist your organization to acquire any relevant ISO certifications in UAE which is well-known internationally. It will generate additional business opportunities, exhibit the organizations compliance and commitment to the best-practices in any industries in order to be more competitive in today�s market.
We at BAS with our veteran assessors provide you with certification which provides value for your management system. Many clients around the world have greatly benefited through our exemplary service.
When you choose BAS as your certification partner you stand to gain monetarily in your business by our straight forward assessment. The overall aim of certification is to give confidence to all parties that a management system fulfills specified requirements. The value of certification is the degree of public confidence and trust that is established by an Impartial and competent assessment by a third party.
With BAS, you will have the capability to deliver on the promises you make � this helps you to enhance your reputation, creates confidence in your capabilities, substantiates claims and differentiates your organization;
With BAS, Obtains the full tangible benefits and value of your management systems � this helps you to link assessment system benefits to financial performance or improvements in effectiveness and efficiency that help drive your business forward in measurable and verifiable ways; and develops your capability to better manage a range of non-financial risks.
As an integral part of this process, BAS will evaluate the relevance of the quality objectives against the analysis of stakeholder expectations and strategic goals of the company. We will assess the capability of the management system in controlling the defined processes. We will assess the effectiveness of the management decision making in respect to this data and, on the basis of this assessment, we will help senior management identify any changes required to support continual improvement.
Providing more opportunities for improvements than just performing a compliance audit against the standards requirements.
Understand the local culture and working patterns of the clients will facilitate better communication and understanding between BAS and the clients.
BAS possesses resources who have the knowledge and skills of multiple standards such as ISO 20000, ISO 27001, SKEA for eg., in Abu Dhabi for Business Excellence programs etc.,. This greatly helps the clients to have better inputs as the standards can be applied in an integrated way and the auditors can provide a holistic feedback.
BAS has offices around the world and the auditors have access to the knowledge from all around the global parts which will be helpful to the clients as they can have a better understanding and more practical suggestions from BAS auditors.
BAS location advantage within the Emirates on the following: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain, Sharja, Ajman, Ras Al Kaimah and Fujairah (We have successfully completed many and different projects locally and also internationally).
BAS strongly promotes and implements the facilitations on the relevant Management System not only for the sake of certification but to really make a difference in the processes and procedures that will be implemented throughout any organization.
BAS consist of some project members which are also EFQM International Assessors this can add value to the assignment as Abu Dhabi government is highly recommending Organizational Excellence program across Abu Dhabi Emirate (and UAE).