HazGard
With the concept of the Polluter Pays the interaction of corporate organisations with the environment has changed dramatically. Whilst major spill incidents are rare in the commercial markets where fuel oil is commonplace, corporate organisations can no longer afford to ignore their environmental responsibilities.
Growing awareness of environmental best practice alongside the threat of huge fines and irreparable brand damage is driving astute commercial organisations to look for partners who can support them in the event of a pollution spill.
Our research shows that commercial organisations want a service which gives them the security of knowing they are supported by a high-quality spill responder for those rare occasions where they accidentally pollute the environment. Because this doesn’t happen often they don’t want to pay large retainer fees to that supplier.
Therefore we created HazGard.
HazGard is a free-to-join membership programme for large commercial organisations. Our members are given a 24/7 contact number to call if they uncover a spill incident on their site. As well as being free to join the first phone call you make is also free so the person who discovers the spill doesn’t have to worry about incurring any cost in reporting the incident. If we mobilise a team to the site then we start to charge fees.
Why join?
It’s a free membership scheme with no catch so why not?
No charge until we mobilise a team
Agreed rates at sign up
Reassurance that you have 24/7 access to a skilled and experienced spill response team
Initial phone call is free so any doubt in the minds of site personnel about reporting a spill are removed
We ask for £10k delegated authority so you can be assured we will respond to a spill 24/7 without disturbing senior client personnel, possibly in the middle of the night
Preferential member rates which are lower than our one-off rates
Calls are recorded
Access to Seed Environmental Incident Advisors, not a call centre, who can remove the sense of panic and triage the incident on the phone – we may not need to mobilise
Access to additional information, advice and education on ways to reduce the risk of a spill and methods to contain it before/in lieu of a team being mobilised • Makes a positive contribution to ISO 14001 and forms part of an environmental best practice plan
Early response will minimise the damage to the environment which may help reduce fines and prosecution
• Positive impact on brand reputation showing an organisation which is mindful of the environment and which is taking action to protect it
• Members get their own account number and access to the emergency telephone number – this guarantees them a response ahead of non-members and at our preferential rate
To find out more about joining our HazGard scheme please email roger.mckerlie@seedenvironmental.co.uk