OUR POLICY

QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL 

VDL Special Vehicles is responsible for the development and production, sales and after-sales of vehicles and related parts, repair, bodywork repair and maintenance of
vehicles, including spare parts. Quality, working conditions, environment and social welfare are primary company tasks.

The VDL Special Vehicles quality system was drawn up as a guideline for all activities in the the field of Quality, Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment that occur during the activities of VDL Special Vehicles.
occur.

Starting points for the VDL Special Vehicles quality policy

  • Meeting the ISO-9001 standard requirements
  • Continuously improving quality performance (service, organisation, product production process)
  • The customer takes centre stage
  • Management takes the lead
  • Involvement of employees
  • Working from process objectives
  • Demonstrable process control

Quality objectives

  • Controlling and continuously improving processes
  • Attention to preventing or reducing waste
  • Ensuring or increasing customer satisfaction
  • Committed & motivated employees

Exit points for VDL Special Vehicles' environmental policy

  • Comply with relevant laws and regulations
  • Complying with ISO-14001 standard requirements
  • Continuous improvement of environmental performance
  • Reducing environmental burden
  • Limiting and controlling environmental risks and - Pollution
  • Responding quickly and appropriately to environmental incidents
  • Life cycle analysis of the end product and its interaction with key environmental compartments
  • Primary focus in the development of our vehicle modifications on the lowest possible own weight, thereby achieving minimal fuel consumption
  • Striving for an optimal balance between ecological and economic interests
  • Full alignment with VDL Groep policy on Corporate Social Responsibility. Enterprise
  • Creating/increasing environmental awareness among personnel
  • To realise this policy, all employees are expected to make an active contribution

Environmental objectives

  • Controlling and continuously improving logistics processes
  • Modernising and improving production processes
  • Continuous attention to waste improvement (prevention, reduction and recycling of waste)
  • Investigate opportunities to reduce energy consumption
  • Identifying processes and activities that significantly interact with the associated environmental compartments.