Bureau Veritas (BV) and Insee Cement Sri Lanka teams holding the ISO 39001:2012 global certification for road safety management in Sri Lanka. From left: Business Development Executive, Certification Services, BV, Basith Ali, Manager, Marketing and Sales Certification Service Line, BV, Subash De Silva, General Manager, BV, Shan Nanayakkara, CEO, Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Jan Kunigk, Head of Health and Safety, Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Randika Moses, General Manager, Outbound and Logistics, Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Hiyan Perera, Systems Compliance Manager, Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Supun Jayasinghe, and Health and Safety Manager, Logistics, Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Lakmal Wijethunge. Pic: Dinesh Liyanage
Insee Cement has been awarded the ISO 39001:2012 certification, in recognition of its Road Traffic Safety (RTS) management system. This is the first time a private sector entity in Sri Lanka has received this certification.
Insee Cement Sri Lanka - registered as Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited - is a member of the Siam City Cement Public Company Limited (SCCC) based in Thailand. Insee Cement Sri Lanka is also the first among the SCCC Group to receive the certification.
“ISO 39001:2012 is a landmark certification for Sri Lanka. It recognises the proactive measures Insee has taken to ensure that our road safety management system is in line with globally recognised international standards,” said Chief Executive Officer of Insee Cement Sri Lanka, Jan Kunigk.
“Corporate entities have a responsibility to ensure their respective operations adhere to strict, effective and efficient measures to make the roads safer for the people in Sri Lanka. We are ready to help others do the same and improve their road safety culture,” he said. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 39001:2012 was awarded to Insee Cement by Bureau Veritas, a company involved in testing, inspection and certification. The certification covers Insee Cement and its waste management arm Insee Ecocycle.
It provides the template for the best practice for road management in an organisational context. It is designed to help organisations reduce, and ultimately eliminate, incidents and risk of deaths and serious injuries due to road traffic crashes.
Head of Health and Safety for Insee Cement in Sri Lanka, Randika Moses said, “Insee Cement logistics operations cover over 20 million kilometres each year due to our broad distribution network reaching the four corners of Sri Lanka and the scale of our operations.
“With this certification, we are confident that our road traffic safety management system is helping increase road safety, lower road traffic incident rates and curb the risk of injuries or fatalities in our operations,” he said.