120 APAC / June 2017 , Freo Group is the leading provider of crane hire services andmaterial logistics management in Australia. Freo Group provides a complete range of crane hire, heavy lifting, logistics management, oversize transport, materials handling, warehousing and storage services from our many locations across Australia. Achieving ‘Zero Harm’ At Freo Group, we are committed to offering our services in a manner that promotes strong community participation, health & safety excellence, and environmental responsibility. We provide services to some of Australia’s leading ‘blue chip’ clients, including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Woodside, Fortescue Metals Group, BP, Chevron, Apache Corporation, Newcrest Mining Limited, AngloGold Ashanti, Anglo American, Wesfarmers, Tronox, Karara Mining, in addition to various utility companies. In early 2012, Marmon Crane Services Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company, acquired Freo Group Limited. Marmon Crane Services Inc. is one of 11 business sectors within the Marmon Group, which is an international association of more than 125 manufacturing and service businesses with a collective revenue of approximately US $7 billion. Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in several diverse business activities on a global basis. Common stock of Berkshire Hathaway is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BRK.A). This acquisition has paved the way for Freo Group’s ongoing expansion and gives us access to the world’s best practices, systems and processes of an international conglomerate. Our journey to ‘Zero Harm’ At Freo Group, we have an objective of achieving ‘Zero Harm’ to our people, the environment and the community. We continue to work towards this objective by providing education and training opportunities to our workforce, and through ensuring they have the support of management. Freo enables our purpose and mission by using a management system that integrates all aspects of the business, including quality, health & safety, environment and supply and finance. Our management and employees use this system as a guide and reference for all our business processes, including meeting the needs of our clients. Our commitment to quality is demonstrated by the implementation of a quality management system, that meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. To continually improve on this system, we have several full-time QHSE specialists, who are responsible for both implementing and building on our policies and objectives. We are committed to high standards of health & safety throughout our organisation and worksites, ensuring Freo can meet the challenges of a changing environment and the demands of industry. To reduce exposure to risks and hazards in the workplace, Freo encourages our employees to be observant and to recommend changes. We foster occupational health & safety on our worksites, and we induct all our employees and specialist contractors into workplace health & safety practices. Environment Freo Group’s Environmental Management System works in tandem with our Quality Assurance System, regulating the environmental impact of all our activities. We regard the protection of the environment as an integral part of our operations and a necessary element of good corporate citizenship. To improve our environmental performance, Freo has set out several strategic objectives based on the impacts that our activities, services and processes have on the environment. From these objectives, specific targets and detailed actions have been developed to improve our environmental performance. Company: Freo Name: Tanya Bergeest Email:
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